Identity Theft Can Hurt Your Ability to Buy/Keep a Home

It's no secret that identity theft is one of the, if not the, fastest growing crimes. We don't always think what that could mean to us, though, beyond replacing credit cards and social security number.  It can effectively destroy your credit rating, which would make it difficult or impossible to obtain a home loan or even a credit card. Fraud, ID Theft Cast Half Billion Dollar Net In 2004 takes a closer look at some of the ramifications based on the government report National And State Trends In Fraud And Identity Theft January - December 2004. If you haven't thought much about identity theft, it's worth taking a look.