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chapter 7 Bankruptcy discharge and jump in credit scores

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Just two days after we received notification that our chapter 7 bankruptcy chscharge went through our scores both jumped afer no activity for a few weeks. Over two months in my case!

My credit score went increased from a 542 up to a 635. My wifes went raised up from a 580 to a 647. Not bad for just a couple days after the paperwork went through. These must have been electronic notifications. Hopefully others will get changes, and cause the credit scores to go up even further.

In a few weeks though we will have the task of going through the credit reports, and making sure information is correct, everything shows as IIB (Included in Bankruptcy) and there is no incorrect info. I’m sure there will be dicrepencies that will need to be corrected.

Here are links to Equifax which I’ve been using for several years to monitor our credit reports and scores:

Equifax Credit Watch Gold 3-in-1
Equifax Score Watch
Equifax Score Power

No credit history changes or credit score changes

Sunday, January 18th, 2009

No changes or updates at all in our credit scores for the past week. Mine have not changed since the end of November.

Increased credit score for wife

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

Today my wifes credit score jumped from a 551 up to a 580. This was do to accounts on her credit score being changed to IIB (Included in Bankruptcy).

No changes since November 22 for me.

We use several items from equifax to monitor our credit reports and credit scores. We use Equifax Credit Watch Gold 3-in-1, Equifax Score Watch, and Equifax Score Power Whis is pretty cool as you get e-mail alerts to notify you of any changes to your credit reports, or credit scores.

New year and same credit scores

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

It’s 2009! Neither one of us has had any activity in our credit scores in about a month. We are stagnant at 542 for me, and 551 for my wife. This is about a 136 points lower than a couple months before the bankruptcy, and my wifes is 196 lower than pre-bankruptcy.

Our 60 days toward our bankruptcy discharge should occur later this month. Hopefully score will rebound after the bankruptcy debt discharge.

No credit score changes

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Odd… but it must be most of the bankruptcy paperwork has slowed down, and most creditors have reported changes to the credit reporting agencies. Neither one of us has had any activity on our credit reports or scores for a few weeks now.