The Preferred Program bundles Classic FICO and FICO 10T at an unchanged wholesale price
Tagged: VantageScore
The tool projects how borrower actions could affect VantageScore 4.0 scores across three bureaus, extending competition with FICO into borrower preparation
Both bureaus introduce ways to purchase credit scores separately from reports, while Equifax reports growing VantageScore adoption and extends $1 pricing through 2028
The lender drops its minimum score overlays on agency loans and automatically selects the highest qualifying FICO or VantageScore result through its free credit reports
Workforce reductions come amid wider lender adoption of VantageScore and changes to GSE credit-score pricing
The rollout gives brokers and correspondent lenders another major outlet for VantageScore 4.0
With an announcement reportedly possible, the fight over two-bureau versus tri-merge credit reports is putting cost, borrower outcomes, and lender choice in the spotlight
The wholesale lender removes an adjustment for new locks while Fannie and Freddie align pricing between VantageScore 4.0 and Classic FICO
More than 1,100 mortgage lenders have enabled the alternative score, but TransUnion tells NMP that “adoption” includes uses beyond loan originations
CHLA sees new Fannie and Freddie score disclosures as a first step toward more competition, while lenders are already finding different borrower outcomes under today's models