Posts Tagged ‘impact of settlement on credit score’

Will Paying Cards in Full Raise Score More than Settling?

Posted on: June 19th, 2009 by Kenneth Long No Comments

(Terrie from Ohio) I have 4 credit cards that I settled with this past year and I did a short sale on my house. I am trying to bring up my credit score. If I pay on the credit cards so they will say paid in full instead of settled on will this improve my score at all? I know the negative part will be on there for 7 years. (more…)

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