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Applying For a Loan if You Have Bad Credit

There are multitudes of situations that can cause a consumer to develop a bad credit rating. Credit card debt that has become overwhelming or even an illness within the family can leave the consumer vulnerable to becoming overwhelmed within the finances and becoming unable to pay their debts. Unfortunately a bad credit rating can greatly decrease the chances of a consumer being approved for a home loan, personal loan or even a vehicle loan.

Here are some tips that you can use to apply and increase your chances of a loan for those consumers that have a less than perfect credit rating:

  1. Order a free copy of your credit report to gauge where your finances are really at. It is important to know what you are dealing with as well as removing any mistakes from the credit report. In some cases, mistakes can be made when reporting information to the credit report that can subtract valuable points from the credit score. In the case that you find one of these mistakes simply contacting the credit agency can decrease the impact on the credit report by removing this mistake.
  2. Ensure that any mistakes on the credit report have been removed and begin to right any wrongs or outstanding debts that can be taken care of. Sometimes this can increase the appearance of the credit score to lenders as it shows that the individual is taking the initiative to increase their credit score.
  3. Check out your options. When searching for a loan for bad credit history contacts your regular bank first. As you have often developed a history with this bank, it can be used to create a credit request that may come with a higher interest rate, but may also come with an approval because of the history that has been developed. As an alternative option, research companies that provide loans to those with a less than perfect credit history and begin to research the fees and interest rates that accompany the loan.
  4. Be prepared to pay the fees that are associated with applying for the loan, as well as a higher interest rate. There are often higher interest rates associated with those consumers with bad credit as there is thought to be an increased risk that these consumers may default on the loan that is being granted.
  5. Upon approval, be prepared to make the payments on time each month to maintain the terms of the loan. In the case that the consumer misses payments, there is often an increase towards the interest rating of the loan.

Use these tips and techniques to increase your chances of being approved for a loan, despite your less than perfect credit history.

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38 Responses to “Applying For a Loan if You Have Bad Credit”

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    To clear your credit report:
    If any of your accounts were charged off more than seven years ago, the damaging information on that account should have been erased from your credit bureau file, and a collection agency cannot reenter the information. This process take place under a federal law, called the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), that regulates the actions of all creditors and credit reporting agencies. The law is designed to protect consumers, creditors, and credit reporting agencies. The FCRA enforces the seven-year limit; specifically, it says that information in a consumer's file concerning accounts that have been charged off or placed for collection must be completely erased after seven years from the date of last activity; last activity generally means the date the creditor charged off the account. On the copy of your report look at the date of last activity. Has it been seven years from that date? If so, write to the credit bureau and tell it to remove the account from your file. Each one of your accounts is probably different. For many of them, that seven-year limit may not be far away. Making a new payment now would merely create new activity in your account and start the seven-year cycle over. Be very careful about doing this.

    Bill Collectors:
    When it comes to collection efforts, each state has its own statute of limitations governing how long a debt is considered legally collectible. In general, the limit is about four to five years from date of your last payment. If a creditor waits beyond the time limit set by the statute of limitations to sue you, the case can be thrown out of court. To find out about the statute of limitations in your state, contact the Office of the State Attorney General. If you know that your debt has expired under this statute of limitations and a collection agency happens to call you, do this: Explain to the agency that you will pay only if you are taken to court and a judgment is obtained against you; otherwise, you have no intention to pay what you believe to be a legally uncollectible debt. The key here is to put your argument in writing, adding a clear demand that the agency stop contacting you. The Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, another federal law, declares that if the state-regulated limitation period is up, the agency may not contact you again once it receives your letter-except to say there will be no further contact. If the state statute of limitations hasn't yet run out, paying something on your charged-off accounts will not help clear up your credit report and may start the collection agencies' clock ticking anew, so once again, think hard before you do this. Only time will repair your credit report-specifically, the seven years it takes until the credit bureau must, by law, remove the debt notation.

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    There is no distinct indication of a "bad credit" loan on a report. If you pay on time then it good. If you're late then it's bad. Sometimes the industry code can be used if the company is scoring the data themselves. We used to do this when I worked for a major retailer evaluating credit. The theory was that if you were using a "loan company" like Household Finance or Beneficial Finance, instead of a bank, it must be that you got turned down by your local banks. On of the people on our accounts receivable team flipped out when she heard this, because she had bought some dishes and the store salesman had convinced her to finance them through the store, rather than her bank card, which turned out to be placed with HFC. Oh, well. It's more of a guideline rather than a rule.

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