Three times your yearly (after tax) income would be a reasonably safe debt level if you own assets. If you have no assets, you should owe no more than one years after tax income.
Yes a lot of people have too much credit card debt that they are only paying the minimum due each month and not enough saving
1) Late payments 2) Judgements 3) Too much debt (Income to Debt Ratio) 4) Closed accounts 5) "Too much" Credit 6) No credit history
That means the applicants owe too much money to take on more debt. They are not considered a good risk.
As long as you are paying your bills on time each month, your credit score will not be effected. However, too much debt or revolving credit can affect whether or now you can get loans.
One can find credit card debt advice from a variety of different locations. You can try a debt counselling agency, blogs on cutting down on debt, debt forums and you can even ask your credit card for help too.
Debt problems, bankruptcy, poor credit ratings - loss of home/possessions, depression.
A credit counseling agency is a good bet for anyone who is struggling with debt, no matter how much debt is on the books. The service they provide if only advice is good and sound.
Too much creditHigh Debt to income ratioNo positive accounts etablished.To many negative accounts.
As your credit report may not follow you from the US to Canada, you can probably move there and become debt free. Moving back, thou, to the US may be difficult if you are trying to obtain credit as your credit report may have to be accessed and the unpaid accounts may show up.
Lending companies have calculated that if you have no credit or low scores, that means you are a risk and probably won't be able to pay them back. So they don't offer cards as much to these people. People with large debt (but who still pay more or less on time and therefore have decent credit) are paying huge amounts of interests to the lending companies already. If you are a credit card company, you hope to load these people up with debt and more debt so they will pay lots of interest to you. Of course there is the danger that the debt will become too much, and then you've got problems.
none. how does putting your spouse in your debt help their score?
There are several ways to management the credit card debt. Financial Consulting is the best way to get credit card management. One can get financial information too.