When you apply for credit, a lender is likely to check your credit file or, to use a more technical term, perform a credit ...

If you have checked your credit report lately, you may have noticed an "inquiries" section. An inquiry refers to a request to look at your credit file and falls into one of two camps: hard or soft. A ...

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A soft inquiry pulls enough of your credit history to determine your creditworthiness; a hard inquiry is a formal review of your credit report. Many or all of the products on this page are from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have checked your credit report lately, you may have noticed an "inquiries" section. An inquiry refers to a request to look ...

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When you or someone else accesses your credit information, the credit bureau that granted the access places a record of the credit check on your credit report. Some credit checks (aka credit inquiries ...