New Credit Card Applications Can Hurt Credit Scores
There are so many sounds to look forward to around the holidays — the warm popping of a yule log in the fireplace, the enthusiastic voices of carolers echoing down a snow-lined road, the squeals of glee coming from the mouths of children as they open their gifts. However, there’s one seasonal sound heard in greater numbers every year, and that’s the phrase, “Care to sign up for a new credit card today?”
In the mail, at the checkout, almost everywhere you go, it seems that someone is offering you a credit card application. What they