President Donald Trump's administration announced this week that mortgages sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will now accept ...

The regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac wants to allow mortgage lenders to use an alternative credit score to FICO for ...

Effective immediately, Fannie and Freddie will allow mortgage lenders to use VantageScore credit ratings to assess ...

A new rule could help millions qualify for a mortgage, especially renters, gig workers and those with limited credit history.

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

VantageScore is a new credit score developed by the three major credit bureaus in 2017. It incorporates alternative data and ...

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

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

Director William J. Pulte’s announcement yesterday that mortgage lenders who sell loans to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac can, ...

Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, on X: "Effective today, to increase competition to the Credit ...

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