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First credit cards and credit smarts / by Byers, Ann.(CARDINAL)394616;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 60-61) and index.Understanding credit -- The fine print -- Getting started -- Traps and trip-ups -- Credit scores and reports -- Guarding your credit.
Subjects: Consumer credit.; Credit scoring systems.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The subprimes : a novel / by Greenfeld, Karl Taro,1964-author.(CARDINAL)382351;
"In a future America that feels increasingly familiar, you are your credit score. Extreme wealth inequality has created a class of have-nothings: Subprimes. Their bad credit ratings make them unemployable. Jobless and without assets, they've walked out on mortgages, been foreclosed upon, or can no longer afford a fixed address. Fugitives who must keep moving to avoid arrest, they wander the globally-warmed American wasteland searching for day labor and a place to park their battered SUVs for the night"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Dystopias.; Humorous fiction.; Poor; Credit scoring systems;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Your credit score, your money & what's at stake : how to improve the 3-digit number that shapes your financial future / by Weston, Liz Pulliam.;
Why your credit score matters -- How credit scoring works -- VantageScore : a revolution or just more of the same? -- Improving your score : the right way -- Credit-scoring myths -- Coping with a credit crisis -- Rebuilding your score after a credit disaster -- Identity theft and your credit -- Emergency! : fixing your credit score fast -- Insurance and your credit score -- Keeping your score healthy.
Subjects: Consumer credit.; Credit ratings.; Credit scoring systems; Consumer credit; Credit ratings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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I didn't learn that in high school : 199 facts about credit scores / by Zschunke, Jeff,[author].(CARDINAL)416236;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-192) and index.Introduction -- What is a credit score? -- The credit report -- Credit scoring models -- Building credit -- Repairing bad credit -- Credit counseling -- Identity theft -- Bankruptcy : the dreaded "B-word" -- Maintaining good credit -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Author bio -- Index.
Subjects: Consumer credit.; Consumer protection; Credit ratings.; Credit scoring systems.;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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How to repair your credit score now : simple no cost methods you can put to use today / by Burrell, Jamaine,1958-(CARDINAL)477927;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Credit scoring systems; Consumer credit; Credit ratings;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Your credit score : how to improve the 3-digit number that shapes your financial future / by Weston, Liz Pulliam.(CARDINAL)471818;
Why your credit score matters -- How credit scoring works -- FICO versus "FAKO" : competitors to the leading score? -- Improving your score : the right way -- Credit-scoring myths -- Coping with a credit crisis -- Rebuilding your score after a credit disaster -- Identity theft and your credit -- Emergency! fixing your credit score fast -- Insurance and your credit score -- Can bad credit cost you a job? -- Keeping your score healthy.
Subjects: Credit scoring systems; Consumer credit; Credit ratings;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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Your credit score : how to improve the 3-digit number that shapes your financial future / by Weston, Liz Pulliam,author.(CARDINAL)471818;
Why your credit score matters -- How credit scoring works -- Vantage score: a FICO rival emerges -- Improving your score: the right way -- Credit-scoring myths -- Coping with a credit crisis -- Rebuilding your score after a credit disaster -- Identity theft and your credit -- Emergency! Fixing your credit score fast -- Insurance and your credit score -- Can bad credit cost you a job? -- Keeping your score healthy."Improve your credit score, for real, with the #1 best-selling guide you can trust! Today, a good credit score is essential for getting credit, getting a job, even getting car insurance or a cellphone. Now, best selling journalist Liz Pulliam Weston has thoroughly updated her top-selling guide to credit scores, with crucial new information for protecting (or rebuilding) yours. Weston thoroughly covers brand-new laws and rules surrounding credit scoring - including some surprising good news and some frightening new risks."--Publisher annotation.
Subjects: Consumer credit; Credit ratings; Credit scoring systems;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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High credit score secrets : the smart raise and repair guide to excellent credit / by Herold, Thomas(Writer on finance),author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Poor Credit Score Could Cost You Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars. A recent financial statistic revealed that increasing your score from "fair" to "good" saves you an average of
Subjects: Credit ratings; Credit scoring systems; Finance, Personal;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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American credit repair [sound recording] : everything you need to know about raising your credit score / by Rhodes, Trevor.(CARDINAL)490631; Smith, Nadine.(CARDINAL)558278;
System requirements for CD-ROM: Windowns 2000, XP or Vista, Adobe Reader 7 or higher.
Subjects: Handbooks and manuals.; Consumer credit; Credit scoring systems;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Your score : an insider's secrets to understanding, controlling, and protecting your credit score / by Davenport, Anthony,author.(CARDINAL)356830;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-194) and index.Introduction: A cautionary tale -- What you don't know can hurt you -- What's in your score? -- Building the perfect credit profile -- Gaming the system -- The five biggest credit mistakes and how to avoid them -- Preparing your credit score for a new home purchase -- The care and feeding of credit cards -- Protecting your credit score from identity theft -- The "newbie" : establishing credit for the first time -- Higher education : navigating the school loan landscape -- Disaster relief : surviving divorce, foreclosure, and bankruptcy."The most comprehensive insider's look at what every consumer needs to know about their credit score--and most importantly, how to fix it. If you, like so many millions of Americans, are terrified by the daily headlines regarding Equifax and identity theft, and how all of this can directly affect your basic credit score, then this book should be considered as mandatory reading. Like it or not, a healthy credit score is essential if you want to participate in today's financial world. But very few people actually understand how their credit score is determined. Worse yet, most don't know how their score is used by all kinds of companies and banks to dictate financial terms that will strongly affect their daily lives. When consumers interact with the world of credit, they do so from a position of weakness. In Your Score, Anthony Davenport aims to change that. Finally, here is a road map for navigating the confusing world of consumer credit. Drawing on the real stories of his own firm's high-profile clients, as well as the stories of middle-class Americans, he reveals the hidden credit pitfalls that await even the most careful consumer and shares smart strategies to avoid them. An accessible but detailed manual, Your Score finally lets readers take control of their credit score, understand how to play the game, and gain an insider's knowledge of how to better navigate the most important financial decisions of their lives"Presents a road map for how to navigate the confusing, secretive world of consumer credit, and how to upgrade and correct one's credit score.
Subjects: Consumer credit; Credit ratings; Credit scoring systems;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 22
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