How to Contest Errors in Your Credit Report
Many credit reports accumulate errors over time and some of these errors can be serious enough to lead to a denial of credit. For this reason it is important to fix any incorrect information as soon as you discover it.
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Steps to Take to Improve your Credit
What can you do about information on your credit report that's correct but damaging to your creditworthiness? Unfortunately, this is more difficult to resolve than simple clerical errors that might have been made on your report. Although there are "credit repair clinics" and "credit doctors" who claim to be able to help you improve your credit rating (for a fee, of course), they can't do much to get correct but negative information off your credit report. The only real solution is to understand how your creditworthiness is measured, and then start acting in a credit-responsible fashion. As time passes, prior slipups become less important as you demonstrate that you are now less of a credit risk. (more)
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