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Financial Literacy 2007 - Mortgages
Part 3 of 18
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5 mortgage mess-ups
Before applying for a mortgage, get your credit in shape. Any of these five moves could sabotage your mortgage approval.
Understanding mortgages

5 mortgage mess-ups
5 mortgage mistakes
Ignoring your credit reports
The key to getting the best mortgage rate is good credit. A 2004 study by the U.S. PIRG, the federation of state Public Interest Research Groups, found that one in four adults have serious errors on their credit reports. Not small errors either. The Fair Credit Reporting Act requires credit-reporting agencies to fix these mistakes, but it's up to you to find the problems and to ask for the errors to be corrected. Use Bankrate's work sheet to assist you.
-- Posted: March 19, 2007
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