Even if conforming mortgage lenders were ready to adopt VantageScore 4.0 tomorrow, several industry players warn that infrastructure and policy alignment are still lacking — and that the road to implementation could be longer and bumpier than it seems. For example, they need to be certain the private mortgage insurers are capable of providing coverage […]
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The FHFA’s nod to VantageScore 4.0 — and silence on FICO’s rival 10T model in a recent X post — has reignited a bitter fight over the future of mortgage credit scoring. A B of A Global Research report dated July 11 on the agency RMBS market pointed to the imprecise language in the post
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The conservator and regulator of two influential government-related mortgage investors has announced a credit score other than FICO’s “classic” metric can be used when submitting loans to them. Effective immediately, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will allow lenders to use VantageScore 4.0, Bill Pulte said in an X post referencing one of two advanced credit
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Bill Pulte, the head of an oversight agency for mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, is planning “a full scale review” of the credit bureaus. The director of the entity formerly known as the Federal Housing Finance Agency posted the statement on X Friday afternoon, and subsequently indicated on early Monday he also wants
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FICO has updated its latest credit score models to include buy now, pay later data, showing how important this pandemic-era tool has become in the overall consumer debt market. The credit score algorithm provider has introduced the capabilities in FICO Score 10 BNPL and FICO Score 10T BNPL. “Our clients tell us that FICO’s initiative
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Bill Pulte, a key housing regulator, is poised to do something about high costs associated with credit metrics as two key legislators steer him away from one related move his predecessor considered. “Still not happy with FICO. We should be making some decisions on all related items in next 1-3 weeks,” Pulte said in an
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Fair Isaac Corp.’s shares saw their worst day since March 2020 on Wednesday, falling alongside credit bureau stocks after the head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency questioned credit report pricing. The FICO score provider dropped 16%, notching the day’s worst performance among S&P 500 Index members and extending Tuesday’s 8.1% slide. Shares of credit
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