Tagged: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)

Informative Research reports active use of Classic FICO and VantageScore 4.0 as lenders expand scoring options

As voters head to the polls Tuesday, Washington is weighing changes to refinancing costs, loan pricing, and lending regulations

Anthony Hutchinson succeeds Silvio Tavares as the credit-scoring company expands lender adoption and competition with FICO intensifies

The executive order calls for automatic mortgage insurance cancellation, expanded title insurance alternatives, and cheaper refinances, potentially changing how lenders and servicers handle borrower costs

With 30-year rates above 7% and nearly half of outstanding loans below 4%, originators face a stubborn obstacle to rebuilding repeat-buyer pipelines

CHLA’s Scott Olson examines how the next Congress could reshape housing tax breaks, lending costs, and access to homeownership — and where bipartisan deals remain possible

Broeksmit says the compensation rule “isn’t long for this world,” but CFPB’s published agenda sets no firm timetable

Both bureaus introduce ways to purchase credit scores separately from reports, while Equifax reports growing VantageScore adoption and extends $1 pricing through 2028

More than 50 lenders are offering $845,000, $847,440, or $850,000 before FHFA acts, but investor execution and lender overlays determine which borrowers can use them

The rollout gives brokers and correspondent lenders another major outlet for VantageScore 4.0