Your credit report affects your life in so many ways, many more than most people realise. A poor credit report can dog you for the rest of your life unless you take steps to fix it up. And what is the first step to fixing up your credit report? Get a copy of it and have a look at what it says.
The information on your credit report is used by many agencies to assess your credit worthiness. What is your credit worthiness? Well lets say you decide to get a loan for a new car. You apply for a car loan. The company which receives the application has to decide whether or not it should grant you the loan. And there are quite a number of things it will take into account when making that decision. And one of them is your credit score and the information that appears on your credit report.
There are 3 nationwide consumer reporting agencies and these collect information on everyone. This information in total makes up your credit report. What type of information is kept? Your name, other names, your address and any alternative or previous addresses to start with. And all sorts of things that you may never have even begun to think about.
For example if youve ever been...