How To Build Your Credit Scores

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The ability for most consumers to get loans these days isn’t as easy as a firm handshake and a smile like it was decades ago. These days, for consumers to get a good loan, they must first have good credit scores. This process alleviates the lenders of much of the risk associated with lending. Therefore, if you are one of the many people that currently has bad credit scores, chances are, you are looking for a good way to start improving your credit score. I have done quite a bit of research on this subject and have found that the fastest way for consumers to build their credit scores is through the use of secured credit cards. Here is how to do it: Step #1: Get a secured credit card: The first thing that consumers will need to do to build their credit scores using cards is get a secured card. These are specialty lending accounts designed to help consumers to build their scores. Before consumers can use their new secured card however, they must first place a security deposit with the lender. This will alleviate the lender of much of the risk associated with loaning to consumers with poor scores. Don’t worry, the deposit is refundable as long as you use your card properly. Step #2: Use your card: The next thing that consumers are going to need to do to improve their credit scores with credit cards is well… use their cards. The truth is, it will do nothing for them if it’s not used. However, if used properly, it will help consumers to improve their scores. While consumers use their cards though, it’s important that they remember not to spend more than 50% of their credit limit because this could cause damage to their credit scores as well. Simply put, when using these cards, consumers need to keep control of the balances! Step #3: Make payments properly: There are a couple of steps to this step. First off, when consumers make a payment to their credit card company, it’s important to remember that the minimum payment is exactly that. It is the minimum amount of money that the lender is willing to accept without penalty. However, it’s not the maximum amount of money that consumers can send. Sending more than the minimum payment will help consumers to build their credit scores faster. Also, it’s important to consistently make payments on time. Late payments will do more to harm scores than to help them! I hope that this article has answered any questions you may have had about building credit scores. For more information on this topic, please feel free to click one of the links below! Agree or disagree? Tell me and I'll send you a free gift.

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