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How do I write a letter to credit bureau to have report updated?

Written by Credit Answers on February 5th, 2010

anajaaki asked:
Credit and was told to the reciepts to send copy of the credit bureau with letter attached what should the letters say.
The reciepts to send copy of the letters say.
Credit and was told to the credit bureau with letter attached what should the credit and was told to send copy of the reciepts [...]

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Is there any way to get a secured credit card without a credit report being pulled?

Written by Credit Answers on December 22nd, 2009

BlackDahlia asked:
I don’t understand why if you give a bank money up front, and that’s your limit on the card, why they have to pull a credit report? Is there any way around? The reason I don’t want a report pulled is I’m trying to raise the score, but it’s already been affected negatively [...]

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How does it effect your credit score, if your mortgage gets sold to another lender?

Written by Credit Answers on December 16th, 2009

Robert W asked:
Does it help, because it appears that you fully paid off a mortgage, and then took out another one?
Does it hurt, because all of a sudden you have a new huge loan on your credit report?
There is something called “length of time major accounts have been established” that is frequently sited as [...]

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My credit rpt lists a delinquency date & a delinquency first reported date. What date is used for removal?

Written by Credit Answers on November 23rd, 2009

Marie asked:
I am trying to read and clean up my credit report. Some of the debt is really old, but I need to know how to determine the date at which bad debt should be removed from my credit report. My Equifax report is confusing.

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How do you clean your credit report when dispute letters fail ?

Written by Credit Answers on September 23rd, 2009

praniuk asked:
I need to clean my credit reports, all 3 bureaus, I have been late in 2 mortgage payments this year, bringing my score to about 530. I need to have it to 620 or more. I have written dispute letters, did not work to clear entries in reports.

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