In the world of credit reporting there are two major scoring models, the FICO and Vantage scoring models. FICO has been around since 1989, and while Vantage Score has only been available since 2006, it has become a major player in the credit industry. FICO was developed by the Fair Isaac Corporation and the Vantage … Read more
A lot of questions have been circulating through the industry around the proposed changes to Credit Score Models that were announced by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in October 2022. In March, Fannie Mae created a “Partner Playbook” that covers a lot of detail regarding the upcoming changes. The Playbook was just revised in … Read more
On July 1, 2022, some positive changes took effect regarding medical collection practices. First, all paid medical collections started falling off credit reports, and second, collection agencies were required to wait one year before reporting a medical debt to the credit bureaus. This was to give the consumer a chance to pay the debt before … Read more
Last week the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced approval of FICO 10T (released January 2020) and Vantage 4.0 (released fall 2017) scoring models. Once rolled out, these will replace the older scoring models used today and that have been used for the last 20 years. According to the FHFA these new models will make … Read more
In 2020 the House passed two bills that could have a dramatic impact on credit reports. The Comprehensive Credit Act and the Protecting Your Credit Score Act of 2020(21). Both are similar and provide pretty extreme changes to what some consider to be a very unfair credit reporting system. To summarize, there are five main … Read more
Fair Isaac Company (FICO) along with Experian and data aggregator Finicity announced last week that starting in January 2019 they will begin pilot testing a new credit score called “UltraFICO.” In addition to the information the scoring models already take into consideration, this new score will also factor in the money a consumer has in … Read more
Evergreen, Colo., September 14, 2015 – One way that Advantage Credit, Inc. remains on the cutting-edge of credit reporting is by continually striving to provide the most effective tools and applications. The latest endeavor is to introduce Rapid Rent Reporting, which allows the reporting of a consumer’s rental payment history as a traditional credit report … Read more
One of the most misunderstood facts about FICO scores is that most consumers think they only have 3…one for each bureau. The fact is that a consumer actually has dozens of FICO scores. With the rollout of FICO 09 a consumer now has approximately 65 different FICO scores. That can sound a bit overwhelming but … Read more
We all know FICO scores can be incredibly confusing to say the least. It seems there are always more questions than answers. How are they calculated? Why do they vary? What makes them change? I could go on and on. But what about those score factors/reasons you see when a lender pulls your credit report? … Read more
We all know there are differences in credit scores because of different scoring models (i.e. FICO,Vantage or other proprietary credit scores). Credit scores will also vary depending on the permissiblepurpose behind your accessing a credit report. For example, when a consumer applies for a credit card,the credit score delivered is different than the credit score … Read more