Collection?

[Muff]

I'm cleaning up my husbands credit to move towards buying a new home. We had an auto loan from crescent bank in 2011-2012 long story short the car needed a new motor in less than a year because it was a piece of junk that a salesman tricked us into buying. Lesson learned.  The loan amount is on his report, not listed as a collection because it's still with crescent I plan to settle it next month for around $4k. But how is it being listed on his credit report? I'm basically asking how is it classified since it's not a collection?  Just a charge off? 

[Anonymous]

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@Muff wrote:

I'm cleaning up my husbands credit to move towards buying a new home. We had an auto loan from crescent bank in 2011-2012 long story short the car needed a new motor in less than a year because it was a piece of junk that a salesman tricked us into buying. Lesson learned.  The loan amount is on his report, not listed as a collection because it's still with crescent I plan to settle it next month for around $4k. But how is it being listed on his credit report? I'm basically asking how is it classified since it's not a collection?  Just a charge off? 

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Have you pulled his reports to see how its being reported? Go to annualcreditreport.com to pull his full, free reports once a year.

[Muff]

Ok

[Anonymous]

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@Muff wrote:

Ok

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In terms of FICO scoring, both Charge Offs, and Collections are considered "major derogatories". If a charge off is not settled, it will eventially get reported as a separate collection, and then possibly a judgement as well, making three major derogs from one bad account. Good idea to get it settled ASAP.