Rebuilding Credit After Bankruptcy

Posted: 30 Jun 2008 | Categories: Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy provides debtors with a fresh start, a second chance at managing their finances. However, it comes with a price. Bankruptcy deteriorates debtor’s credit report and makes it difficult to get decent credit at a reasonable rate. Bankruptcy stays on the credit report for ten years, allowing creditors to limit credit to such persons or to charge them higher rates for loans. Even though there are challenges in acquiring credit after bankruptcy, such challenges can be overcome by taking proper steps in improving your credit score.

The first step that should be taken after bankruptcy is the credit bureaus should be checked to make sure that all of the bankruptcy-discharged-debts are closed. In some cases, debts that have been discharged in bankruptcy are never closed in the credit bureaus and continue on hurting person’s credit score after bankruptcy. The next step is to start rebuilding your credit score. The only way to do that is to actually use credit. The fresh-start, after bankruptcy, has to begin with the person using credit responsibly, which entails always paying bills on time and using a limited amount of credit available.

However, getting credit after bankruptcy might be challenging. A secured credit card might be one of the options. Secured credit cards are issued by banks in which a person deposits an X amount of money that secures the credit on such credit cards for the X amount of money. Even though these cards usually tend to have a little credit limit they shouldn’t be used to their full capacity. Maxing out these credit cards will impair credit score while using around 30% of the card’s limit will improve it. The balance on the credit card should be paid of every month, it is not necessary to carry on payments from one month to the next to improve your credit score.

Although, getting a secured credit card might be a good option, it should be chosen carefully. The credit card shouldn’t have an application fee and the annual fee shouldn’t be unreasonable. It is also essential that the credit card reports to the credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian, TransUnion,) if the credit card doesn’t report to the credit bureaus then there is no way for the credit score to improve. The credit card should also have an option for an unsecured credit after 12-18 month of use of the secured credit card.

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Article Author :David_M_Siegel

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