The cards that you have the longest history of regular payments with will help your rating.

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The rating you see on the site is your rating of the driver on a given trip.

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For example, the more selective you are, the more students you turn down as an institute of higher education, the higher your rating.

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So while the government struggles to cap its spending, you can come away with a credit card that helps control spending while building your rating.

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The number of credit card accounts is 10% of your rating.

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So please continue to do that because if you don't pay your mortgage, it will affect your credit rating and that will affect your money -- your ability to raise money, to borrow money at a good interest rate.

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If after gathering all of that information you are brave enough to send it off through the mail, the packet that you get back will simply summarize your credit rating, with absolutely no information about your insurance score.

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Helping out a colleague, common sense would suggest, may boost your popularity rating but at the expense of time spent on your own tasks.

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Their liens will louse up your title to property and devastate your credit rating.

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Moreover, they would advise you that is your best course to maintain your credit rating.

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You can establish your trade rating if you choose, but it is a users choice.

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The amount you owe compared to your credit limits dictates 30% of your credit rating.

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The section on public records will include bankruptcies, liens and judgments--items guaranteed to pound your credit rating.

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The best way to ease fears about your credit rating is to educate yourself on how credit works.

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This option also takes a negative hit against your credit rating, but not as hard as a foreclosure.

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If you have an amount in the "past due" column, expect to take a hit on your credit rating.

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If your credit cards are a significant part of your credit history, there are some things you can do to improve your credit rating.

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So you have your guaranteed issue and your community rating.

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Just as a bank will check your credit rating before offering you a mortgage, so too will a potential customer on a collaborative marketplace check feedback and ratings before considering making a transaction.

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This will hammer your credit rating.

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If sustainability ranks high on your list, then this rating will help you make your decision.

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But credit cards are just one part of your overall credit rating.

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When the time comes to reverse that process, your favorable credit rating in the past looks more like a curse than an advantage.

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Run up spending and debt, raise taxes in the naming of balancing the budget, but then watch as deficits rise and your credit-rating falls anyway.

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You laugh at your bad credit rating.

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Taxi drivers have always been rated informally and occasionally fired for egregious behavior, but the Uber app puts the trigger for rating your driver right next to your statement of how much you have just paid for the pleasure of their service.

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Based on the most recent financial information available, we have calculated a new rating for your organization.

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When factoring in medical trend, taxes and fees, carrier and product changes and the introduction of community rating, your premiums will jump significantly.

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Knowing what is missing is difficult especially when you think you are doing all the right things: managing your money well, staying out of debt, maintaining a good credit rating, and contributing to your retirement plan.

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The larger the percentage of alumni you contribute you get additional points toward your US News and World Report rating.

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