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TransUnion Cuts VantageScore 4.0 Price to 99 Cents Per Mortgage Origination Score

TransUnion Cuts VantageScore 4.0 Price to 99 Cents Per Mortgage Origination Score

by Phil Hall | Mar 9, 2026 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) has unveiled a 99 cents per mortgage origination score for VantageScore 4.0. TransUnion said the price reduction is designed to support the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s focus on increasing score competition in the mortgage market between...
Experian Offers Free VantageScore 4.0 to Mortgage Lenders

Experian Offers Free VantageScore 4.0 to Mortgage Lenders

by Phil Hall | Oct 14, 2025 | Current News & Events, Mortgage Information, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

Experian (OTCMKTS: EXPGY) is now providing the VantageScore 4.0 credit score for free to its US mortgage clients. The Costa Mesa, California-based company said it would offer a free VantageScore 4.0 indefinitely so lenders can evaluate using VantageScore during the...
Report: FICO Increases DC Lobbying Efforts Following Attacks by FHFA’s Pulte

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...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: 10 Questions for FHFA’s Bill Pulte

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: 10 Questions for FHFA’s Bill Pulte

by Phil Hall | Jul 28, 2025 | A Phil Hall Op-Ed, Current News & Events, Industry Updates, Real Estate News, WRE News Exclusive

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Yesterday, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte posted a message on his X page that he was soon to be the subject of spurious coverage from one of the nation’s most influential newspapers. “The Washington Post, like...
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: 10 Questions for FHFA’s Bill Pulte

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: A Few Problems with Pulte’s Credit Scoring Plans

by Phil Hall | Jul 9, 2025 | A Phil Hall Op-Ed, Current News & Events, Real Estate News, U.S. Housing Market, WRE News Exclusive

A Phil Hall Op-Ed: Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte took a break yesterday from his endless and emetic harassment of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to make an announcement framed in the manner one associates with news of life-saving...
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