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Suppose we told you that there was a definitive and easy way to increase your credit score? Many college kids answered that the way to increase your credit score was to simply pay off all your bills in a timely fashion. Home owners mentioned that to do so was to pay the mortgage on time and to work on removing bad references from the credit records.

Still yet others mentioned tricks such as constantly querying the credit bureau and challenging them to respond to you within a period of time mandated by law. Truthfully, enough people mentioned the latter, that it appears that this somewhat underhand method has some validity in some jurisdictions.

As mentioned above, most people simply answered “pay your bills on time and your credit rating will be excellent”. We counter that paying your bills on time is fact expected and that this can give you an average credit rating of 5-700. But is this “pay your bills” thought really true? We are going to name this as myth number 1 and look more closely at it here. Loan institutions absolutely adore customers whom pay off their bills on time every month? We calculate stupendous bank profits in that model, right? The truth is, loan institutions and other lenders including the mafia are in absolute love with people who maintain a nice healthy balance that they can get charged interest on.

Ok, myth-ism number 2. Banks and Loan Sharks love people who borrow as much as possible. Really? If this were the case, people who couldn’t repay loans would get huge amounts of credit and constantly end up in repayment problems. Do I hear echoes of a well known mortgage problem in here? So perhaps this isn’t 100% of the answer either.

Perhaps the answer lies somewhere in between. Loan institutions love clients who pay something on their bills each month ( preferably just the interest and a little more ) and whom appear to have the ongoing ability to manage/to pay down on the debt load. I.e. Fifty thousand in available personal credit, 22,000 used already.

The key phrase here being “ongoing ability ” and “debt ratio”. Ongoing ability is why some older retired persons with otherwise good credit may sometimes have difficulty refinancing longer term loans. They are viewed as being possible risks because of the “ongoing income” requirement.

So the key issue for those looking to increase their credit scores from perhaps a low 600 to a high 800 depends more on the factor of debt ratio.Primary amongst those additional factors is as mentioned, the DEBT RATIO. If you want to have a credit score above 800 then the credit agencies must think you have a very favorable debt ratio.

That something else is the debt ratio. The key issue for getting credit card ratings above 6-700 is the debt/credit ratio.

Who then are the loan arrangers really searching for? That would be the gentle person with a credit to debt ratio which is not only low, meaning they have room to increase it, but someone who also has shown the long term ability to handle an ongoing balance. Come to the site and view the Credit Score Video then make a few quick changes to fix your score. Is 72 hours too long?

Trying for a loan, Mtg or rental. Increase your credit score first and get a better loan rate from your lender.

With 0% interest credit cards we have a great way to manage our finances to our benefit and not only keep money in our own pocket but make money at the same time. Lets find out how, shall we?

After the new millennium began, interest rates dropped to a significantly low level. 2002 was the year
that government funding loan rates plunged to less than 1%, pushing down the consumer loan rates along
with it. This drop in interest rates paved the way for an opportunity for these credit card providers to
offer 0% interest credit cards to potential card holders.

Right now at the end of 2009 we see a different financial situation altogether, but still the 0% credit card is available from credit card companies, albeit not nearly as much as it once was. Credit card companies still need to remain competitive in a highly competitive financial world, so the 0% card will never go away, which is good news for the customer.

Let us look at 3 ways to maximize their usefulness and minimize the downside:

Limited Time Offer. 0% interest credit cards tend to be offered from 6 to 12 months, although occasionally
for up to 18 months. There is a well known saying – good times never last. How true it is. Anyway, with
this type of offer, it means that anything you charged to your card during the time will not accumulate
interest. Say if you purchase $4000.00 worth on a 12 month interest free card, you can make twelve
payments over a period of 12 months of $375 interest free! You can keep earning interest on your savings
and let the credit card company do the funding for your every purchase!

Transfer Balances and Consolidation. Like many 0% APR offers, this type of card will allow you to transfer
your balances from your existing credit card to your new card and waive transfer fees. So if you owe $3000
on your current credit card and are paying 19% interest on your balance, you could save nearly $600 in
interest payments alone within 12 months!

- Do pay off the balance: on the conclusion of the interest free period, try hard to pay off the balance. Obviously if not then you will very quickly undo all the benefits gained in the past few months of interest free use.

So on the whole, 0% credit cards are actually advantageous for people seeking to make new purchases as
well as someone who wants to transfer their balances. So use the 0% APR credit card to your advantage and
put some money back into your pocket!

Click the link for further details of low interest and 0% interest credit cards. Or if you need a debt consolidation program, you can find information about this too.