TO DO WITH THESE STEPS. FROM CONSUMER REPORTS. BACK WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE, NESTOR VARGAS GOT A SURPRISE TRYING TO BUY A CAR. WE WENT TO GO APPLY FOR A LOAN, A CAR LOAN, AND I WAS DENIED BECAUSE THEY ...

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Imagine being turned down for a loan or paying higher interest rates due to errors on your credit report. It happens more often than you might think. But Consumer Reports has ...

HOW YOU CAN MAKE SURE YOUR REPORT IS ACCURATE. BACK WHEN HE WAS IN COLLEGE, NESTOR VARGAS GOT A SURPRISE TRYING TO BUY A CAR. WENT TO GO APPLY FOR A LOAN, A CAR LOAN, AND I WAS DENIED BECAUSE THEY ...

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Common credit report errors include on-time payments wrongly reported as late or the same debt listed multiple times. If you find errors on your credit report, you can file a dispute with the credit ...

Nearly half of all credit reports may contain errors, some of them costly to your credit score, according to a new watchdog report. One-quarter of the consumers were unable to access their credit ...

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