Owning a home is the American Dream, but building the credit necessary to qualify for a mortgage can feel more like a nightmare. The same goes for obtaining a car or other loan, qualifying for...
Reporting rent paymentsto credit bureaus — companies that gather and maintain individuals’ financial information and sell those reports to creditors and lenders — is a relatively new and powerful...
Identity theft is serious business.
There’s an imbalance in the modern credit reporting industry.
Are you one of the145+ million peopleaffected by the Equifax breach in 2017? When hackers exploited a flaw in a tool for building web applications to access information stored by Equifax, one of...
What happens when you don’t pay your bills – credit cards, utilities, cell phone, etc. – on time?
If you’re like42%of the population, you’ve made a New Year’s resolution (or two, or more) about improving your financial outlook.
Credit ratings are key when it comes to renting an apartment, as most lease applications require that you provide a credit score. In fact, according to a report byTransUnion, nearly half of all...
Rent Reporting is a new thing, so when it comes to figuring out what type of impact rent reporting might have on your credit score, a solid answer might be hard to come by. Some studies have been...
According to a recently releasedanalysis from TransUnion, rent reporting had quick and positive effect for a majority of consumers in the study. Considering there are now almost 40 million renters...
