Freddie Mae and Fannie Mac are now allowed to calculate rent history in the algorithm for determining credit history loan ...

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director William J. Pulte ordered Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — the two government-sponsored enterprises that help keep mortgage dollars flowing in ...

Mortgage lenders can now use the VantageScore 4.0 model when originating loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which ...

KBRA releases research commenting on the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) July 8 announcement that lenders may now use VantageScore 4.0 (VS4) for mortgages sold to government-sponsored entities ...

For more than sixteen years, the commercial real estate industry has waited for a resolution to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The question of when these government-sponsored ...

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will accept a credit scoring model for mortgage applications that captures rent and utility ...

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

Millions more Americans may soon have a shot at homeownership, thanks to a major shift in how credit scores are evaluated for ...

That sent the stock of America’s biggest credit score company plunging Tuesday. Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill ...

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

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

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