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How Can I Repair My Credit?
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Whether you have filed Bankruptcy or have faced foreclosure, repossession or a delinquency on a loan, it is a fact of life that your credit score can fluctuate. Access to credit is important when applying for a car or home loan or when starting a new business, the lower your credit score, the higher your interest rate will likely be. FICO scores range from 300 to 850; the median score is 723. To get the best rates, you’ll usually have to have a score of at least low- to mid-700s, so how can you repair your credit score after it has been damaged? Unfortunately, it is far easier to bring your credit score down than it is to make improve it. Neverthelless there are steps you can take:(read
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Will Bankruptcy Stop Wage Garnishments?
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The short answer is yes. Once your case is filed, creditors are no longer entitled to garnish your wages for debts that existed at the beginning of the case. The only exception may be for on-going child or family support ordered by a court. This is a function of the automatic stay. The filing of a bankruptcy case, under any chapter of the Bankruptcy Code, triggers an injunction against the continuance of any action by any creditor against the debtor or the debtor's property.(read
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Changes In Mortgage Payments In Chapter 13 Cases
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A Chapter 13 bankruptcy is also called a wage earner's plan. It enables individuals with regular income to develop a plan to repay all or part of their debts. Under this chapter, debtors propose a repayment plan to make installments to creditors over three to five years. If the debtor's current monthly income is less than the applicable state median, the plan will be for three years unless the court approves a longer period "for cause." If the debtor's current monthly income is greater than the applicable state median, the plan generally must be for five years. In no case may a plan provide for payments over a period longer than five years. 11 U.S.C. §1322(d). During this time the law forbids creditors from starting or continuing collection efforts.(read
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Yaser Arafat Of Bankruptcy?
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Exemption laws are crucial to any personal bankruptcy filing. Indeed, the availability of exemptions is usually key to the determination of whether to file bankruptcy in the first place. If the debtor has significant amounts of property that could potentially be lost in a chapter 7 liquidation, chapter 13 may be the answer. Even in a chapter 13 setting, the value of nonexempt property may determine the minimum that must be paid to unsecured creditors.(read
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How Long Does Foreclosure Take?
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In Foreclosure
Power of Sale Foreclosure vs. Judicial Foreclosure, how fast can the bank foreclose?
First of all, most lenders will not begin foreclosure proceedings until a borrower is 3-6 months behind on their payments. Although missing a single payment is a default under the terms of most loan documents, lenders have neither the time nor the desire to foreclose on borrowers who have missed one payment. The process will be initiated when it becomes clear that the debt can no longer be serviced. This post deals with the timing of a foreclosure once your lender has started the process and has instituted a foreclosure action against your property.(read
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Short Sale Traps
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I get a lot of calls from clients who tell me that their real Estate agent has recommended a short sale as an alternative to foreclosure. The selling point is that you will avoid a foreclosure on your credit report. Homeowners think this is a great option, but, while it sounds great, the reality isn't as wonderful. A short sale can lead to a number of pitfalls, a few of which are outlined below.(read
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Is There Credit After Bankruptcy?
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FUTURE CREDIT - One of the most frequent questions I receive as a Bankruptcy lawyer, is "How will Bankruptcy affect my future credit?" It is true that credit records are very important and getting more important every day. Many employers have started requesting credit reports, and certainly credit is necessary to purchase a house and in most cases a car. That is why I usually don't recommend filing bankruptcy if you have good credit. If you can avoid "ruining" your credit, you certainly should! Bankruptcy will bring down the infamous FICO credit score by at least 100 points immediately.....but sometimes it can raise the FICO score by the same amount. Usually, within a year or so after the bankruptcy is over, and the Discharge is received, an individual's credit score is better than it was than before he or she filed bankruptcy. Most people who seek out the protection of the federal bankruptcy laws are already late on their bills, which affects their credit scores.(read
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