I recently paid off all of my credit cards. They all had pretty high balances so I'm expecting to see a generous rise of my credit score which will help tremendously since I'm going to be buying a new car soon. I paid the cards off about 5 weeks ago- all my credit card bills came in and showed a zero balance on the account but when i pulled a credit report it still shows all my debt. I want to get it off ASAP because as I stated I'm trying to buy a car- My question is does anyone know how long it takes the debt to come off my credit report and is there anyway to speed up the process?
Thanks so much!

Depends on the reporting of the credit card company and the updating cycle of the credit agency - anywhere from a month to 3 months. You can put notes in your credit report so you can note that the accounts were paid and closed on a specific date.

Yes, it should be able to get you the best rate at the bank. Many car companies have 0 percent loans now anyway, but be careful about the price of the car, some companies try to make up the cost of the loan by raising the cost of the car. But cars are very good buys now, autos are always sell at good buys for the consumer when the cost of oil goes up.