Credit Scores

Like It or Not, You Need a Good Credit Score

We live in a world where, in select situations, one’s credit report is considered a character reference.
Like It or Not, You Need a Good Credit Score
Like it or not, lots of things are now predicated on one's credit score. Andrew Angelov/Shutterstock
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In my perfect world, there would be no credit scores. And while I do not believe that credit is necessarily evil, in that perfect world of mine, there would be no need for any of that because it would be, well ... perfect!

Back to reality. There are myriad reasons we need to have good credit histories and excellent credit scores.

Mary Hunt
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