WILL I EVER GET CREDIT AGAIN AFTER BANKRUPTCY?

Yes!  A number of banks now offer “secured” credit cards where a debtor puts up a certain amount of money (as little as $200) in an account at the bank to guarantee payment.  Usually the credit limit is equal to the security given and is increased as the debtor proves his or her ability to pay the debt. 

Two years after a discharge, debtors are eligible for mortgage loans on terms as good as those of others, with the same financial profile who have not filed Chapter 7.  The size of your down payment and the stability of your income will be much more important than the fact you filed Chapter 7 Bankruptcy in the past.

The fact you filed a Chapter 7 Bankruptcy or Chapter 13 bankruptcy stays on your credit report for 10 years.  It becomes less significant the further in the past the filing is.  The truth is that you are probably a better credit risk after bankruptcy than before.  To learn more about how bankruptcy affects your credit and ways you can repair it after filing for bankruptcy, feel free to contact a Los Angeles bankruptcy attorney at the Law Offices of Alon Darvish.

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