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While our economy is rocked by recent economic events around the globe, many people’s incomes have been disrupted. Whether due to layoffs, reduced hours, or furloughs, the need to stay…
Creating your own get-out-of-debt plan truly is possible. With some fundamental changes to your lifestyle, you can get out of debt fast even with a low income. However, turning around…
Here at Springboard, a former client was excited to tell us that her credit score was 723. That’s a respectable score, and much higher than she expected given her credit history. Another consumer who had recently been the victim of identity theft checked her credit and was ecstatic to learn that her score was right at 800, which is as high a score as anyone needs.
Unfortunately, they had both been misled. Their scores weren’t nearly as good as they thought.
With the New Year, many people work to improve their financial situation by changing their bad spending habits and repaying debt. Like most New Year’s resolutions, people tend to start…
Paying off credit card balances is one of the primary goals we at credit.org help people achieve. It’s on practically everyone’s roadmap to financial freedom. The process of paying down…
Holiday expenses have a way of sneaking up on you. Many people will find they aren’t fiscally prepared for the holiday season, and some last-minute savings will be needed to…
It’s important to save money when shopping for groceries, and there’s a lot of good advice out there on how to spend less when buying food. With recent health, economic…
This Veterans Day, we hope all current and former military service members will take advantage of the professional services available to help them establish and improve their credit, become homeowners,…
When helping people to manage their credit, we often want people to know what their credit score is, and what their credit limit is, so they can gauge how well…
It’s difficult to get exact answers to this important question. Every expert, credit bureau, and loan officer has a different opinion as to where the threshold between good and poor credit lies.
In addition, “good” can be a relative term. Do we mean “good” as in excellent, or “good” as in “good enough”?
September is National Preparedness Month Every year, September is designated as National Preparedness Month. This year the month has special significance because we are going through some particularly devastating economic…
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