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FICO Debuts Program to Sell Credit Scores Directly to Lenders

FICO Debuts Program to Sell Credit Scores Directly to Lenders

by Phil Hall | Oct 2, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

FICO (NYSE: FICO) has announced a new program that bypasses the three major credit bureaus and enables the direct sale of the company’s credit scores to lenders. According to the company, the FICO Mortgage Direct License Program, the mortgage credit specialists known...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of July 28-Aug. 1

Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of July 28-Aug. 1

by Phil Hall | Aug 1, 2025 | Commercial Real Estate News, Current News & Events, Hits and Misses, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

The Fed ignores the president, FICO lobbies Congress, and Grant Cardone needs a CFO. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the week of July 28-Aug. 1. Miss: If You Can’t Say Something Nice. For the past several weeks, President...
FICO Chief Pushes Back at Pulte Criticism Over Pricing and ‘Monopoly’ Status

FICO Chief Pushes Back at Pulte Criticism Over Pricing and ‘Monopoly’ Status

by Phil Hall | Aug 1, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

The chief executive of Fair Isaac (NYSE: FICO) has a bone to pick with Bill Pulte after the Federal Housing Finance Agency director claimed the company unfairly hiked its prices and was operating like a monopoly. In an interview with CNBC, FICO CEO Will Lansing...
Survey: One-Third of Americans Have No Problems Lying on Credit Applications

Survey: One-Third of Americans Have No Problems Lying on Credit Applications

by Phil Hall | Jul 31, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Honesty is not the best policy for many credit-seeking Americans, according to the “2025 Consumer Survey: Fraud, Identity and Digital Banking US” report published by FICO (NYSE: FICO). The survey of 1,000 adults found that up to one-third of respondents stating that...
FICO Chief Pushes Back at Pulte Criticism Over Pricing and ‘Monopoly’ Status

Report: FICO Increases DC Lobbying Efforts Following Attacks by FHFA’s Pulte

by Phil Hall | Jul 30, 2025 | Current News & Events, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

Fair Isaac Corp. (NYSE: FICO) has hired a new lobbying expert to strengthen its position in Washington following a series of attacks against the FICO score provider by Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). Politico reports that John...
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