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 Im 17 years old and want to apply for a credit card i will be 18 august 2 2007 what can i do?
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 American Express losing your payment checks?
Has anyone been having problems with American Express lately? I have been a member since the 80s, and I have always loved my AmEx.

However, they have lost my payment checks three times ...


 40k USD in credit-card debt. If I take a mail-order Russian bride,does my new wife have to bear the debts too?
I'm thinking that as soon as I divorce her, she has to take on 50% of all assets OR debts, right?

Man, I'm broke....

I think its a great way to half my bills, right?<...


 I owe about 10,000 in credit card debt with no assets. can i file for bankruptcy? I simply cant make ends met?
I was on disablility, while working so i had additonal income. Now SSI says I am working too much, and they have stopped all my benefits. But with the income I make I can't seem to make ends met....


 I have no credit history and I need an unsecured credit card without a co-signer. Any suggestions?
I have no credit history and all the credit cards that are available to me are a hoax. Most require of the credit cards atleast $200 of my own money to start the credit building process. If credit ...


 I was 4 day late on my capital one credit card bill ,would this have any affect on my credit report?
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 Credit card debt? I have about 40K in credit card debts. What will happen to you if you stop paying back?
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 Debt settlement or consolidation or bankruptcy, which is best considering?
my credit score is currently around 650 but I am over stretched and just stating to fall behind on bills.
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 Is there a problem if you max out your credit cards, but pay the balance in full when you get the bill?
Does this still hurt your credit scores?...


 I'm 19 With No Credit. How Do I Get It?

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Without Getting A Credit Card?...


 What Does Paypal Do?
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 What ultimately happens when you dont pay your credit card bills?
can you go to jail for it?...


 Need auto financing, have bad credit?
i am trying to find auto financing, last year has been horrible for me. I went through bread cancer treatment and thank God I am alive, my financial creditentials went down the tubes. I was out of ...


 I forgot how, figure a percentage of something?
Like on credit card checks, they charge a percentage of the check as a fee. I plain forgot how to do this. I feel so dumb. When I learned, there weren't personal calculaters. Could someone ...


 I need to get the last 4 digits of my deceased grandmothers social security number,?
my mom just passed and she has a credit card with my grandmother name on it, my grandma passed away 2 yrs ago, and they wont let me cancel it without knowing the primary account holders (my grandma) ...


 The REAL answer on paying off collection accounts?
I have read that you should not pay these off, especially if they are close to coming off your report, becasue they will "re-age". Is this true? Also, can you have an entry for the ...


 Does medical bills affect your credit greatly?
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 Repo, after divorce, car in both names?
The judge said she got the car in our division of property Feb. 2002 . I made car payments till May 2002 because my contact info was the only they had. My-ex and I didn't talk for those months, ...


 Just got a new credit card, what should i buy?
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 HELP! I just saw my credit report and I'm not happy!?
My rating is barely above 600! Does anyone know how I can boost my numbers, I would even be happy with 675+

Thanks!!
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susan s
How hard is it to get a mortgage now? What kind of credit score do you need?
I've heard that due to all of the foreclosures mortgage companies are getting tougher.
                     
 




Meg J
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i do not know how much your score can be rasied but this will defeinitely help you out. i went to http://offur.com/fixcredit , a totally free service that helps you raise your credit and create a plan to keep it up. its pretty helpful.


TaxGurl
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20% down payment and credit score in the 700s for a decent interest rate.

It is nearly impossible to get 100% financing anymore and they are requiring larger and larger down payments from the borrower.


charles H
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heard that banks are requiring larger down payments and more critical of credit reports. I think you will be okay if you have a good history of paying back creditors on time (a fico score above 700 is excellent), good debt/ income ratio (do you have the capacity to pay a mortgage in addition to other bills), stable income, and some money saved up (depending on loan, down pymts can range from 0 to roughly 20%). as your credit score drop so does the odds a bank/ lender can deny you a loan or if they do give you a loan chances are your interest rate will be higher because of the risk the bank/ lender is taking on you. like someone said earlier, talk to a mortgage consultant at your bank or lender and dicusss your options.


☆skyblue
I just applied for my first mortgage and have found that it's all circumstantial. The best thing that I did was sit down with a mortgage consultant at the bank and discussed possibilities. Such as, if I put this much down on this price of a home, what will the monthly payments be. I found that putting only $500 more down took me into a completely different interest bracket. The people in the banks deal with these things everyday and can figure it out quicker than me trying to do it on my own. The most important things they look at is your income, credit score, down payment, price of house.


golferwhoworks
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most FHA lenders now rquire a 580 ++ credit score and clean credit for the last year and 3% down payment + closing cost if not negoiateed in the sales agreement and 2 months reserves in the bank
Fannie & Freddie you must have at least 5% down and a 660 score but can write it down to a 620 score with higher Mi factors
I am a mortgge banker in TN&KY


vear23
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Traditional lenders require at least a 680. While some others like SBA don't only consider your score as a factor. You are right about the foreclosure crunch though. I would suggest, in the interim you work on getting your score higher, because the max 850 score will be going up to 900 sooner than you think which would raise the 680 bar to 700.


Anjell
Well depending on where you are. I believe in the US the lender criteria is much more stringent in comparison to what it used to be. In Canada the lending standards have pretty much been on deck from day one, so it's not that different.

From what I understand a credit score of 680 minimum for the most prime rates (700 for some lenders), a low debt to income ratio and a no derrogatories in the last 2 years. Oh yes you're gonna need a whopper of a down payment. Absolute minimum 5%.


Joe Schmo
There are still different options for 100% financing. There are gift programs to get you to 100% on FHA, as well as VA (veterans) and USDA which go to 100% without mortgage insurance. With FHA there are no score requirments but some lenders want to see a 580 fico but some will allow less or NO scores at all.


Leafsfan29
Talk to a realtor since each area is different. Ask them what is going on in your area.

Are things getting tighter? Yes. How tight is, frankly, hard to define.

They can run your credit report, and tell you what your options are.


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