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Consumer loan picture improves across the board
Delinquencies are lower in all 11 consumer loan categories tracked by the American Bankers Assn., a rare occurence that reflects the nation’s improving jobs picture and progress that consumers and banks have made in cleaning up their respective...
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FHA rule change on 'collection' accounts could hurt home buyers
WASHINGTON — A little-noticed mortgage rule change that took effect April 1 could create hassles for significant numbers of home buyers who plan to use low-down-payment FHA financing this spring. The change affects anyone with one or more...Tags: Federal Housing Administration, Theft, The Washington Post, Loans, Fannie Mae
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Consumer agency plans to oversee big credit bureaus, debt collectors
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau plans to closely oversee large credit reporting companies and debt collectors in its first expansion of broad authority to send examiners into financial firms outside the banking system.
The agency announced...Tags: Companies and Corporations, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Finance, Consumers, Mortgages
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Experian to buy Mighty Net of Calabasas for $207.5 million
Money & CompanyCredit report giant Experian is acquiring Calabasas-based Mighty Net, a far smaller rival in the business of selling consumers information about their files at the three large credit trackers -- TransUnion, Equifax and Experian itself. Experian, based... -
Video: David Lazarus on debt help you don't need
Money & CompanyBe wary of any company that wants to charge recurring fees to help lower the amount of money you owe, consumer columnist David Lazarus say.... -
Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown sues credit repair company executives
California ConsumerCalifornia Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown today sued two top officials at a Los Angeles-based credit repair firm, accusing them of ignoring "repeated warnings" to register with his office and post a $100,000 bond. Todd Swick and Michael Sardo are the...... -
Mortgage problems are walloping Americans' credit scores
When you do a short sale of a house, or modify the mortgage, is there much of an effect on your credit score? What if you walk away from the mortgage altogether?
A scoring company created by the three national credit bureaus -- Equifax, Experian and...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Foreclosures, The Washington Post, Consumers, Financial and Business Services
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Homeowners who 'strategically default' on loans a growing problem
Who is more likely to walk away from a house and a mortgage -- a person with super-prime credit scores or someone with lower scores? Research using a massive sample of 24 million individual credit files has found that homeowners with high scores when...Tags: The Washington Post, Science and Technology, Mortgages, Financial and Business Services, Credit Ratings
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Fewer consumer loans going sour, bankers group says
Money & CompanyIn a hopeful sign for the economy, a bankers group on Wednesday reported that fewer loans to consumers were going bad in the fourth quarter, the second consecutive quarter of improvement. Delinquencies fell in eight of 11 consumer loan categories...... -
A credit history can keep a lid on doubt
Special to The TimesGraphic artist and advertising specialist David Kessler had a brainstorm while staring at the white surfaces in his apartment laundry room, waiting for the spin cycle to end. "I'm looking at a sea of white and all of a sudden said, 'Oh my God! These...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Banking, New Products, History, Dun & Bradstreet Corp.
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Correct Your Credit Errors and You'll Reduce Your Interest Rate
SPECIAL TO THE TIMESAre your credit scores high enough to qualify you for the lowest interest rate on a new home mortgage? If not, could factual errors hidden in your electronic credit files be depressing your scores artificially? Mortgage and credit industry experts say...Tags: Money and Monetary Policy, The Washington Post, Science and Technology, Mortgages, Loans
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Viewing Your Own Credit Scores
Times Staff WriterConsumers can now get a glimpse of the three-digit number that often determines whether they can get a car loan, a home mortgage or even a job. A Web site launched by credit bureau Equifax and credit scorer Fair, Isaac & Co. charges consumers $12.95 to...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Consumers, Mortgages, Credit Ratings, Credit and Debt
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