Transparency into this credit score evaluation is essential to maintaining trust and confidence across the mortgage industry.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s interim “lender choice” policy introduces a dangerous precedent that increases adverse selection risk that will raise prices for consumers. 

An analysis by FICO data scientists has found that FICO Score 10T significantly outperforms VantageScore 4.0 in mortgage origination predictive power. 

Inappropriate comparisons between credit scoring models could threaten liquidity and consumer access to affordable credit

The FICO Score is a primary factor in determining consumer credit risk for mortgage originations, secondary market, and portfolio management with consumer and regulatory benefits

What student loan borrowers can do to help avoid negative impacts to their credit scores as the federal loan “on-ramp” period ends

The royalty FICO collects for the FICO Score is the lowest among all other components commonly included in mortgage closing costs.

Milliman assessment evaluates updated FICO models coming to mortgage industry

Leveraging FICO’s heritage of scoring expertise, FICO® Score 10T is built with trended credit data enabling a higher level of predictive power

So far in 2023, consumers have braced inflation, a balanced housing market, looming prospect of a recession, removal of medical collections data, and student loan forgiveness plan

2022 marked the first year in over a decade the average FICO Score did not increase, while the industry’s attention remained on topics such as alternative data and BNPL.

FICO Score 10T gives mortgage lenders the flexibility and predictive power to make more precise lending decisions

FICO® Resilience Index tools that measure consumer resiliency, benefit lenders in a recessionary environment

What can banks do to assist consumers with their financial health – and can this be profitable?