The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has decided to allow mortgage lenders to use an alternative credit score for borrower applications.

For years, lenders have used only the FICO score, from Fair Isaac Corp. — a metric that generally excludes such things as ...

Americans facing housing challenges may benefit from new FHFA policy that counts rent payments toward mortgage qualification, ...

William J. Pulte, Chairman of the Board of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, weighed in Friday on unconfirmed reports that ...

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

Fair Isaac (NYSE:FICO) stock tumbled 8.9% in Tuesday trading after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte said ...

Key Points The FICO score inventor continues its war with the new administration's FHFA Director Bill Pulte.Pulte said this week that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will allow lenders to use a FICO ...

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

Mortgage lenders working with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can now choose to use Vantage Score 4.0, while still keeping ...

The overseer of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac called Wednesday for Congress to investigate Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, ...

FHFA Director William Pulte demanded that Powell be probed by lawmakers and suggested he could even be fired by President ...

Bill Pulte, regulator and conservator of entities that buy and securitize many mortgages, also reaffirmed he's 'not happy ...