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Credit history gone up to 2010?

Baffled...
I had a really poor history and was paying of a CCJ that is passed 6 years and had a few accounts that were unpaid for more than 7 years. Terrible and embarrassing on my part. I have paid of many accounts. What is odd all of my poor past has gone????

Is this because I have moved house?

My credit score is saying I owe nothing????

Will this come back when I go back on the electoral register. It does show my previous address on my credit rating so I am sure it is not this.

Comments

  • sfax
    sfax Posts: 1,154 Forumite
    Which credit report are you referring to? You'll have 3: Experian, Equifax and CallCredit
  • tinkerbell28
    tinkerbell28 Posts: 2,720 Forumite
    It could be the files haven't updated properly yet.

    Or it could be that the original defaults etc, have passed 6 years. Although not on your file, the ccj can definitely be chased, so can the others if not statute barred.
  • Experian_company_representative
    Experian_company_representative Posts: 2,134 Organisation Representative
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    When you order your credit report you need to provide all of your addresses over the past six years to make sure you're looking at all of the information held. If you've done that and everything else is in order (eg your name is spelled correctly) then perhaps the old debts have now expired.

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