New credit can have a significant impact on your credit score, even though it only accounts for 10 percent of your FICO score. Hard inquiries and new credit accounts are the primary factors that go ...

According to a survey, financial health, including good savings, low debt, good credit scores, and budgeting, is more ...

TurboTenant reports tips for passing a rental credit check, emphasizing strong documentation and alternative options for ...

According to the FICO credit scoring model, an excellent credit score falls between 800 and 850 points. FICO, or the Fair ...

A top housing finance regulator announced that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac would allow lenders to use the traditional FICO ...

Private mortgage insurers must accept the FICO alternative as valid collateral before it can be widely adopted by the ...

One of elected officials’ favorite tricks is to drag out the line “But are you better off than you were (insert politically beneficial timeframe here)?” It gets people thinking: Am I better off? For ...

One of elected officials’ favorite tricks is to drag out the line “But are you better off than you were (insert politically beneficial timeframe here)?” It gets people thinking: Am I better off? For ...

Adding this competitor created by the big three credit bureaus likely means credit score prices will go up, not down.

As the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) opens the gates for lenders to use VantageScore 4.0 alongside, or in place of, ...

The FHFA was right to open the door to VantageScore. The time for credit-score competition has come.

Dun & Bradstreet is a pillar in business credit reporting as thousands of companies rely on its data to make decisions each ...