You recently learnt driving in a driving school and want to purchase a car. But you are still not sure of your driving skills. And it hurts to even see a minor dent on a new car. You decide to go for a pre-owned or a second hand car. By the way, your lack of… Continue Reading
You know that your credit score plays an important role in getting a loan. A lower credit score can simply ruin your chances of getting a loan. What you perhaps didn’t know was that a good credit score could get you better interest rates. Although it may already be happening internally, nothing was out in… Continue Reading
Ever received an e-mail about pre-approved loans from your savings bank or credit card issuing bank? Most of us will answer this question in the affirmative. The e-mail is typically about a pre-approved home loan or a personal loan. The frequency of such e-mails is quite high too. I get an e-mail from my credit… Continue Reading
These days, it is not uncommon to find at least one e-mail per day about instant or pre-approved personal loan in your mailbox. The creative teams at banks can actually make you feel that the offer has specifically been customized for you. Do not fall for the attractive advertisement. You must avoid personal loans to… Continue Reading
You had recently applied for home loan with a private bank. You had done thorough research and were really keen to avail loan from this bank. However, your loan application got rejected. You were informed that your loan could not be approved since your CIBIL score was too low. You had never heard of CIBIL… Continue Reading
You have always been regular with your credit card payments. However, due to a financial emergency, you have not been able to make full payments for the last two months. With partial payments, you do not even enjoy interest free credit period. High interest rates, late payment and different types of financial charges are compounding… Continue Reading
When it comes to financing a new home, people have a lot of questions for which they need to find answers even before they begin the property search. For example, how big a house can one afford to buy? What will be interest that will be charged for a housing loan? What should be tenor… Continue Reading
“Oh my God, take a look at my credit score. Its awful!” cried my cousin showing his credit score along with the credit information report (CIR). “I have a salaried IT job & a healthy bank balance, have always paid the credit card balance in full and have never taken any loans. And this is… Continue Reading
In our last post, we wrote about what is CIBIL score and CIR. We even suggested you to check your report once in a while. Now you can apply for a report online as well. The process is simple and you can get your score via email quickly. By doing so, you can rectify the… Continue Reading
What is credit history? If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some. – Benjamin Franklin Credit history is the information about your past financial behaviour that takes into account the number of outstanding loans you have, the number of credit card(s) you have, your credit repayment behaviour etc. The… Continue Reading