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This article mentions various terms commonly used with this topic. Here is a range of definitions. A debt management company helps you re-arrange your financial affairs in order to get you out of debt. However, they typically charge a fee for their services and some propose applying for more credit! The National Debt Line is a national phone-in helpline. It offers (free of charge), independent and private advice to persons on solving debt troubles in England, Wales and Scotland. Their phone-in helpline can be used all week long and in addition, they have an internet website that has a great deal of valuable assistance and support on it. National Debtline is an element of the Money Advice Trust or MAT for short, which is a registered charitable organisation. MAT supplies persons a systematic approach to managing serious personal debt problems in order that they can take control of their money matters. Experian is one of the major UK credit reference agencies. Loan providers will consult credit referencing agencies to determine the qualifications of a potential borrower based on their financial history. This is known as a credit file. As a borrower, it's possible to request a printed copy of your report from Experian to confirm that all the statistics on it are right and that your details haven't been used in a fraudulent manner. A credit score or credit rating is a method that possible loan providers use for calculating the credit eligibility of a customer. They will examine the potential borrower's credit file, the facts and figures on their application and the actual loan requested. They will then use a mathematical scoring equation to understand the amount of 'risk' implicated in lending to the applicant. A 'CCJ' is actually short for County Court Judgement. This signifies a judgement from a County Court regarding someone who is presently in debt to someone else (an individual or business) or a case where they have not fulfilled the terms of a credit agreement. The Judgement will establish an affordable repayment strategy with the intent that the indebted person can payback what they have been lent. CCJ's are held on official public record and will have an impact on the debtor's possibility of accessing more credit for as much as six years. Credit repair companies advertise that they can free you from the problems associated with bad debt and can 'clean up' your credit report. You may have seen the ads saying: 'We can repair your credit!' Or: 'We can get you a mortgage/loan even if you have bad credit'. However, you should be wary of companies that advertise this service. They may use illegal methods of 'cleaning' your report or may be using the service as front for what they really do - providing high interest loans. These credit repair companies cannot remove county court judgements (CCJs) from your credit report. CCJs can only be removed once they have been discharged or if they have been incorrectly granted. Anything that these companies say that they can do, you can do yourself - and at no cost. Simple things like checking the accuracy of your credit file (contact one of the major credit reference agencies such as Experian, CallCredit or Equifax for a copy for around �2) may help in repairing your credit. This is because your credit file may hold some inaccurate data. So, if you find and put right inaccuracies; make sure that you are on the electoral roll; and remove any no longer valid financial connections, this will help repair your credit.
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