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How to Remove a Foreclosure from Your Credit Report

A foreclosure can be reported on your credit report for 7 years and should be avoided at all costs. A foreclosure can be devastating to your credit scores. If you have a foreclosure on your record, credit repair should be one of the very first things you look into. A foreclosure can be deleted from your credit report just like any other negative account, but you must know what you are dealing with or you could actually make matters worse.

If you would like to remove a foreclosure from your credit report, you will first want to learn about your rights in the Fair Credit Reporting Act and all other laws having to do with foreclosures and credit reporting. The better you understand your rights, the easier it will be to have your foreclosure removed from your credit report.

Most people would claim that they don’t have the time or resources to commit to learning about the laws and their rights, but it’s very important to know your civil and consumer rights. If you don’t have the time you may want to seek legal help and/or consult with a credit repair company.

Credit repair professionals specialize in removing foreclosures and other negative items from your credit reports. They focus on correcting inaccurate and erroneous information on your credit report. If a negative item on your credit report is disputed and can not be verified by the creditor or contains any kind of inaccurate information it must be legally be corrected and/or removed from your report immediately.

Learn more about removing foreclosures and other negative listings from your credit reports at the credit repair forum!
3 commentsChane Steiner • January 13 2008 12:54AM

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Good post. It is always good to posts things like this so more people know what they can do. I assist many with credit repair and then get them in a home after these services are performed. Gives them a new start with a new home.
Posted by Flagstar Bank about 1 year ago
People sometimes turn to foreclosure as a quick fix for their financial difficulties without considering long term affects. Thanks for the clarification.
Posted by Rosario Lewis, GRI ~ DDR Realty, Orange County, NY (DDR Realty) about 1 year ago

Can you give a little more detail on the steps that should be took on removing a foreclosure from your credit. I'm a full-time student who allowed my parents to put their home in my name and they became ill and was unable to pay the monthly increasing moorage rate and now I have a foreclosure on my credit.

PLEASE HELP

Posted by Lisa Jones about 1 year ago

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