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U.S. Govt Probes S&P for Suspect Credit Ratings Related to Housing Crisis

August 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Mortgages

The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating S&P for the role its business managers may have played in setting the stage for the housing crisis.

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Credit Repair Investigation Requests – Send Social Security Number?

July 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Credit Repair, Credit Reports

Q. I’m doing some credit repair on my credit report in anticipation of buying a house. I noticed an account I don’t recognize on my credit report from American Express. This account is reporting me 30 days late 2 times in the last 2 years. I sent a letter to American Express and asked them [...]

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Disputing Credit Report Item Updates the Information Or Deletes It?

June 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Credit Repair

Many people new to credit repair ask the following question: Q. If I find inaccurate info on an item that is mine will it come off permanently or will they just update/correct the info? Example – if I had a collection that is reporting a wrong date or dollar amount and I write to them [...]

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Citibank Admits to Stealing from its Customers

September 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Credit Cards

It sounds like a sensationalistic headline, right? Stealing? Isn’t that too strong a word? Nope, it happens to be the truth. Citibank was actually removing excess cash from statements, and also stealing from the recently deceased. This is a another great reason to read your statements every month. But you’re doing this anyways, right? Have [...]

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