Credit Scores: Slow Steady and Fast Flashy Ways to Improve Yours

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Tue Sep 29 2015, 02:20AM

In this economy, having a good credit score matters more than ever before. It used to be that anybody with a score of 680 or above could land a great loan with the best possible interest rate. But when the economy tanked, banks started casting about for ways to limit their own risk and they decided not to offer the best interest rates unless a customer had a score of at least 720 – maybe even 740. Achieving a 740 or higher credit score will assure that you can get great loans and will help you SAVE BIG, because these days the interest rates offered to those with tip top credit vary drastically from those with even marginal credit.

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Tue Sep 29 2015, 02:13AM

This week I’d like to continue our conversation about how to SAVE BIG (not small) –something we could all stand to do right now. This week’s topic: how to raise your credit score to SAVE BIG on credit.

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Tue Nov 09 2010, 12:31AM

A tip top credit score is more crucial than ever in the economic times we are in, because lenders are picky, picky, picky about who they approve and bestow the best interest rates upon

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Mon Nov 09 2009, 11:31PM

In this economy, having a good credit score matters more than ever before

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Mon Nov 02 2009, 11:29PM

This week I'd like to continue our conversation about how to SAVE BIG (not small) something we could all stand to do right now

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Fri May 02 2008, 09:55PM

I've spent the past month infiltrating the internet underworld to show viewers how identity thieves actually operate

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Fri Jul 13 2007, 09:10PM

This week Consumer Reports came out with a study showing that dozens of websites are advertising "free credit reports," but then trying to lure consumers to spend money on a bunch of unnecessary credit-related services

Posted by Elisabeth Leamy, Fri Oct 27 2006, 09:03PM

Somebody else's mistake may be costing you thousands of dollars