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As baseball season begins, people may be more interested in watching pre-season games and planning trips to the ballpark than focusing on their credit. However, consumers can learn a lot from the strategy on the field to improve their credit this spring.
Did you know that applying for a home loan with weak credit can lead to higher interest fees, and smaller loans? Leverage properties such as Credit Karma or myFICO to know where you credit stands.
This is because, as Ken Lin, CEO of Credit Karma.com points out, the minimum credit score requirement for a conforming loan - one that meets the terms and conditions determined by beleaguered mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - is 620.
Credit card debt among consumers with at least one account dropped 15% nationally in February to $7,168, with every state lowering its credit card debt, according to CreditKarma.com, a San Francisco-based company that tracks credit scores and household debt.
Hawaii residents reduced their credit card debt by $590 on average in February, according to consumer credit advocate CreditKarma.com.
CreditKarma in San Francisco, which tracks such things, said nationwide average credit scores are down four points from a year ago. A lower credit score is worse.
The credit scores of Florida consumers fell in February, according to CreditKarma.com.
While visiting Credit Karma today to renew my score I noticed my score had gone down.
According to Ken Lin, CEO of Credit Karma.com, if you are disputing a specific merchant charge, most credit card companies will exclude that item from payment until the issue is resolved.
Ken Lin, CEO of Credit Karma, says, "Credit repair scams operate on loaded taglines designed to lure desperate, poor credit consumers."