Are Credit Scores Going Away?

Fannie Mae recently announced that a minimum credit score of 620 will no longer be a requirement for loan approval. This announcement has generated many questions within the industry. The straightforward answer is that credit scores are still a key factor and continue to hold the same level of significance as they did prior to ... Read more

Trended Data and Rescoring

As most know Trended Data will start coming into play at the end of September. Trended Data is a new way that Fannie Mae will start analyzing credit reports to see if a borrower pays his revolving debt off every month or just makes the minimum payments every month. While the Trended Data will show … Read more

Trended Credit Data Implementation is Drawing Near

You may recall Fannie Mae’s October 2015 announcement regarding their planned use of trended credit data beginning in 2016: Fannie Announcement on Trended Data. Although implementation information from Fannie Mae has been scarce since this initial announcement, Advantage Credit has recently received updates from the two national credit bureaus, Equifax and Transunion, who are participating … Read more

Fannie Mae Announces New Trended Credit Data Requirement

Evergreen, Colo., October 29, 2015 – Fannie Mae recently announced that they will require credit data used with Desktop Underwriter to include trended data beginning in 2016. The data provided by Equifax and TransUnion, will allow a better and more thorough analysis of the borrower’s credit history. Advantage Credit, Inc. is gearing up for this … Read more