The government-backed entities are embracing a rival type of credit score.

Fourth quarter mortgage originations revenues were up 95% versus the prior year. Mortgage origination revenue accounted for 47% of B2B revenue and 37% of total Scores revenue. Auto originations ...

April 22 (Reuters) - Shares of Fair Isaac, better known as FICO, slipped 12% on Wednesday after Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae said they will now accept mortgages assessed using rival credit scoring ...

FICO stock sank after two federal agencies announced Wednesday that mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the ...

FHFA began a VantageScore 4.0 pilot for GSE loans with new pricing grids, while HUD said FHA will add VantageScore 4.0 and ...

The American Dream of homeownership has been getting more and more expensive — and FICO’s rising fees are making it worse, ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has decided not to attend a military parade in Moscow on Victory Day, but he is not ...

Mortgage agency Fannie Mae said it is allowing lenders to use VantageScore, a competitor to Fair Isaac's FICO score, effective immediately. Freddie Mac said it would also begin accepting mortgage ...

Homeownership in the United States has become increasingly difficult for millions of Americans. Mortgage rates remain ...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is pushing the mortgage industry into a new phase of credit score competition, with ...

The move could open the housing market to more Americans, but challenges the effective control that Fair Isaac Corp. has held ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will now accept alternative credit scoring models, including VantageScore 4.0 and FICO 10T, in a move federal officials say could expand mortgage access. The decision, also ...