Impact of Debt Problems over Credit Ratings
People suffering from the bad consequences of serious debt issues often go for one of the debt relief option. These debt relief options include debt consolidation, debt settlement, IVA or mortgage refinance. Whatever option a debtor chooses to solve his severe debt problems, it will leave a deep negative impact on his credit rating and will almost eliminate the chances of availing future credit facilities at all. Like in the case of credit card debt settlement program the effects remains on credit report for 1 to 3 years and in case of IVA it takes 5-6 years or even more to leave your credit report forever but until that period a debtor has to face poor credit record which locks the doors for taking more credit.