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Consumers with good
credit will have demonstrated a "paid as agreed" credit history
for at least three years. "Unapplied for" negative items on the
credit report such as medical bills, and civil judgments from
non-creditors are often overlooked.
Good Credit Consumers
have had "paid as agreed" installment credit such as a mortgage or
an auto loan within the last three years. Major derogatory items
such as a repossession or bankruptcy should have happened over
three years ago. |
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Consumers with fair
credit history will have demonstrated a "paid as agreed" credit
history for at least two years. They may have an occasional late
payment on their credit report.
Consumers without a
"paid as agreed" installment credit such as a mortgage or an auto
loan within the last two years should have substantial good
revolving credit. Major negative items such as repossession and
bankruptcy happened over eighteen months ago. |
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Consumers with a
situational credit problem. You can usually identify a large
economic disaster or event that caused the credit situation. Here
are some examples:
- A Divorce.
- Illness or injury.
- Loss of employment.
- Bankruptcy due to medical
problems, credit card debt, or loss of income.
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Consumers with little or no applied
for credit. May have numerous unapplied for charge-off accounts
such as bad checks, unpaid medical bills and utility bills, small
unpaid charge accounts, and unresolved repossessions over two
years old. |
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Consumers with credit
issues that can’t be isolated to a single event. It could be a
long term history of bad credit. Here are some examples:
- Multiple bankruptcies.
- Multiple repossessions outside
of bankruptcy at different times.
- Significant bad credit after a
bankruptcy.
- Currently delinquent on all
existing obligations.
- Repossessions less than one year
old.
- History of writing bad checks
over a long period of time.
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