Rapid rescorings by independent, legitimate firms use procedures approved by the three major credit bureaus. They can help correct errors or omissions that are dragging down your scores. Call it the great real estate disconnect of 2010: Mortgage rates have been at half-century lows and home prices have stabilized, but applications for mortgages to buy houses have declined most weeks during the ...

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Northeastern Ohio has launched a free, online service for people to busy to make office appointments.

If you think your credit score isn’t that important, consider this: It could cost you hundreds of dollars more per month on your mortgage. A homeowner with a $100,000 mortgage and a 520 credit score will pay $110,325 more in interest charges over the life of a 30-year loan than a homeowner with the same mortgage and a credit score of 720, according to Atlanta-based Consumer Credit Counseling ...

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A Queensland Labor MP says federal regulation of the consumer credit industry will help weed out firms like Storm Financial.