Let's face it; when buying a new home or refinancing your mortgage loan, you don't want to be stuck with a high interest rate because of your bad credit. Even more, when buying that new car or applying for any other loan, you don't want your bad credit score to limit the amount you can borrow or force you into a bad credit interest rate.
Bad credit means that there are items in your credit history that are lowering your credit score. This leads to loans with higher interest rates and higher monthly payments.
Not only does bad credit limit your ability purchase a new home or vehicle, but if you already own a home, you may not be able to borrow on the equity at the same rate as if you have good credit. People with low credit scores who own a house still have to settle for bad credit home equity loans that have higher interest rates then home loans provided to people with high credit scores.
The same goes for personal loans and credit card rates. If your credit score is low, your only option will be bad credit personal loans and high credit card interest rates that could reach 26% annually!
Improving your credit score could help to:
Naturally, everyone wants to repair bad credit; the question is how.
You can repair your credit by yourself by working with the big three credit bureaus and the individual creditors who have contributed to your credit report or you can contract with a credit repair agency such as Lexington Law.
Lexington Law is a successful credit repair law firm dedicated to working to remove inaccurate, misleading or unverifiable items from your credit reports. Lexington applies a proven strategy that has deleted negative items from the credit reports of over 1/2 million clients. Lexington Law believes the no one should have to pay hundreds of dollars in extra fees because of a bad credit score resulting from errors and inaccuracies in their credit reports.
Bad credit means that there are items in your credit history that are lowering your credit score. This leads to loans with higher interest rates and higher monthly payments.
Not only does bad credit limit your ability purchase a new home or vehicle, but if you already own a home, you may not be able to borrow on the equity at the same rate as if you have good credit. People with low credit scores who own a house still have to settle for bad credit home equity loans that have higher interest rates then home loans provided to people with high credit scores.
The same goes for personal loans and credit card rates. If your credit score is low, your only option will be bad credit personal loans and high credit card interest rates that could reach 26% annually!
Stop letting your bad credit control your financial life
If you are having problems making payments on bad credit loans, paying your monthly bills or getting lenders to provide you with credit, then fixing your bad credit should be your highest priority.Improving your credit score could help to:
- Get better rates on credit cards, home mortgages, and auto loans
- Qualify for lower interest rates on home equity lines of credit
- Improve your self-esteem and provide you with a fresh start
Turning your bad credit around
Before you begin shopping for loans, you should review your credit report and correct any inaccurate information reported there. Repairing your bad credit, however, is easier said than done.Naturally, everyone wants to repair bad credit; the question is how.
You can repair your credit by yourself by working with the big three credit bureaus and the individual creditors who have contributed to your credit report or you can contract with a credit repair agency such as Lexington Law.
Lexington Law is a successful credit repair law firm dedicated to working to remove inaccurate, misleading or unverifiable items from your credit reports. Lexington applies a proven strategy that has deleted negative items from the credit reports of over 1/2 million clients. Lexington Law believes the no one should have to pay hundreds of dollars in extra fees because of a bad credit score resulting from errors and inaccuracies in their credit reports.
“I have had your service for over a year now. I have a new truck at a great interest rate and a loan at a great interest rate.
All creditors rave about how great my credit is. It sounds really weird but i am getting the credit now! Thank you so much!”
— S.S., Lexington client*
(Your results may vary)
— S.S., Lexington client*
(Your results may vary)
© 2008 Lexington Law™. All rights reserved. John C. Heath, Attorney at Law, PLLC. *Actual client testimonial. Individual results may vary. The services of Lexington and its affiliates may not be available in all states. Lexington Law™ is a group of law firms that may also be referred to throughout this site as "Lexington," "Lexington Law," "we," "us," or "the firms". "Credit Repair" means all the legal work, strategy and methods that Lexington Law uses to dispute questionable credit listings that are inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, biased, untimely or unverifiable. The number of items deleted represents the combined results of the group. The Terms were last updated on 02/24/2006. The Privacy Policy was last updated on 02/24/2006. // 1.0.1