Internal dissent at the Fed continues. Meanwhile, the president extended his tariff deadline and the FHFA introduced a major ...

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

The pilot, relaunched by Fannie Mae in March 2024, allows approved mortgage lenders to use an automated title review process.

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

The FICO score inventor continues its war with the new administration's FHFA Director Bill Pulte. Pulte said this week that ...

Westcor Land Title Insurance Co. is partnering with X1 Analytics to be a vendor in Fannie Mae’s title acceptance pilot, offering a title insurance-backed product. Federal Housing Finance Agency ...

The government-sponsored enterprise has reportedly added a new vendor to a test in which it buys certain loans without title ...

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

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

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

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

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