Information on managing your credit score

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Six Valuable Credit Score Tips
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With the spring market upon us, and rates at historically
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looking for opportunities to acquire a new mortgage or
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need to know to get approved and to know where your interest
rate will be priced is “what is your credit score”. Below are six 3/14 Import Price Index (MoM) 0.6% 0.3%
simple tips in managing and getting insight:
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- Don't try to manage your score on a daily or weekly basis. If
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you wait for the full 30-day cycle, all your information will have
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- If you want to purchase a home or car in the next year, look 3/15 PPI (MoM) 0.5% 0.1%
at your credit score now and make moves to improve it by
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- Your credit reports may contain errors. If you contest 3/15 PPI (YoY) 3.1% 4.1%
something in your report, it freezes that information until a
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decision has been made.
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- A foreclosure or bankruptcy filing will lower your score
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- A missed mortgage payment will set off alarms, especially if 3/15 Total Net TIC Flows - $87.1B
your payment history has been pristine until then, but a late
credit-card payment can be more easily fixed by consecutive 3/15 Net Long Term TIC Flows - $17.9B
months of good payment behavior.
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- Get pre-approved by your knowledgeable Weichert Financial
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your dreams or refinance an existing one…we can help!
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The Week Ahead -> The “Keys”
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- The Fed and Inflation Data Highlight The Week Ahead
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