Sunday, May 3, 2009

Discover How To Remove A Repossession From Your Credit

By Henry Waut

You may have heard the shocking offers being made by a few car manufacturers lately|recently. In response to their own problems and the recent economic conditions they are offering to make your payments on your car loan for up to 9 months in the event that you lose your job. This type of offer is unprecedented. And as good as it sounds right now, let us all hope that the economy recovers to such as extent as to stop these types of offers.

In the past, if you lost your job and you were not able to pay your payments you were out of luck and your car would be repossessed. Many people have gone through the difficult experience of having a car repossessed. One of the most unfortunate things that follows a repossession is the fact that the negative credit can remain on your credit report for as long as 7 years and it can prevent you from getting financing on everything from another car loan to a home mortgage.

As long as this negative rating remains on your report it will affect your overall credit score and prevent you from getting additional credit, however, it is possible to get a repossession deleted from your report and it happens all the time. Through credit bureau disputes and creditor negotiations, you may be able to remove the repossession entirely or at the very least, improve the status of the repossession.

You can work with a professional credit repair company to negotiate the removal or amendment to the repossession or you can attempt to do it yourself. Either way you will probably need to contact the creditor to see if they may be willing to remove the account or report is as "paid in full" upon the payment of any money due. If the repossession is being wrongly listed on your report then you need to dispute it only with the credit bureaus. They will get verification from the creditor and if it is not accurate it will be removed from your report.

Negative marks on credit reports are disputed and removed all of the time. This includes repossessions, collection accounts and even tax liens or more. There is no need to be hesitant about trying to repair your credit if you are having challenges with your report. Many people experience hard times in their lives where they have some financial challenges but there is no need to suffer more than you have to. Make an effort to clean up your credit and keep it clean and your life will be easier.

A fresh financial future is available to you as you get your credit repaired. You will now be able to get financing on cars, houses and more with ease. After you clean up your credit though it is important to keep it good by being very prudent when and where you use credit and if you are unsure of your ability to make the payments waiting until you can pay cash.

The unprecedented offer of helping you make your car payments by the car manufacturers will not last. It is a short-term fix for a current challenge and hopefully the economy will recover so that such offers become obsolete again. The best way you can help yourself is to repair your credit and keep it good for the future by living within your means.

Repossessions and other negative marks can be removed from your credit reports but it does take some time and expertise. These problems happen to good people all the time. Just repair your credit and then try to avoid problems in the future.

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