For decades, mortgage lenders have used a single credit score — the FICO score — to underwrite applications for home loans.

The FICO score inventor continues its war with the new administration's FHFA Director Bill Pulte. Pulte said this week that ...

The move their regulator Bill Pulte announced introduces competition for one metric but charges from three credit bureaus ...

The regulator for Fannie and Freddie wants to reduce the use of FICO for housing credit, while factoring in borrowers’ rent ...

Experts say policy change will help Americans with 'thinner credit files' build equity and generational wealth.

Fair Isaac (FICO) stock tumbled 8.9% in Tuesday trading after FHfA Director Bill Pulte said mortgage finance giants Fannie ...

Both government-sponsored enterprises also are tightening rules around condo and co-op loans in buildings that have been ...

As the latest housing bubble pops, home sellers are asking for unreal prices for their homes, while buyers are waiting for ...

Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte announced that lenders may start using VantageScore, a rival to the Fair ...

Americans now have a new credit option to use when applying for a mortgage, and it allows them to use their rent payments as ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will accept a credit scoring model for mortgage applications that captures rent and utility ...

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