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Build A Good Credit Record By Managing Your Loans

by John Thackeray

If you have bad credit you first need to establish exactly how bad it really is! You might suspect that you have bad credit, or your credit applications get turned down, but before you haven't pulled your credit report you will not know the full extent of the situation. You can get one yearly free credit report from Equifax, Experian and Trans Union.

You can assess your report to make sure that there are no errors reported on it and that will make some difference to your credit score, but a credit score alone is not really going to gain you much if you do not have a solid credit history behind you and this is what we are going to discuss further.

Despite what popular websites are trying to tell you, there is really no quick way to build up a credit history. The very term 'history' implies that some time had gone by and you need time to establish a good credit record.

You will have to make a plan to pay off some of your current credit cards and loans. The chances are that you are over-committed in any case and this reflects badly on your credit record. Make a plan to target your loans or cards that have the shortest payment period remaining - this will enable you to have a quick payoff and will also motivate you to continue with the plan!

You need to take a look at your expenses to decide what you are going to sacrifice. You need to get some extra funds from somewhere! You need to take a good look at what you can potentially give up - entertainment springs to mind! Even your eating habits might give you some lee-way with regards to scraping together some extra funds - maybe you like fast foods. These are more expensive than cooking for yourself so it could be one way of saving some money. You need to take this money and put it towards paying off the credit card or loan with the shortest time period remaining.

You need to pay off the loan or credit card. If you have more cards, then close the credit card account, else you should keep it active and use it occasionally to maintain a good credit history.

Once you have paid off the first loan or card, take the full amount that you were paying off on that loan and start paying it towards the loan with the second longest term remaining. Once you have paid this loan off, once again, take the full amount that you were paying towards that loan and put this amount towards the next loan.

You will find that as you start paying off your credit cards and loans in a timely fashion your credit score WILL improve. The trick then moving forward is to maintain a balance between using your available credit facilities but not over extending yourself to such an extent that your credit rating starts to drop again. - 41115

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Title: Build A Good Credit Record By Managing Your Loans
Author: John Thackeray
Email: articles.submit@tm4y.co.za
Keywords: credit debt management, paying debt, credit score, credit history, finance
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Category: Finance:Credit
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