New Mortgage Standard Must Be Predictive A major debate underway in our nation’s capitol hinges on how federal regulators choose to define a “Qualified Residenti... Learn More
What Makes a Score “Fair”? In writing my last post about legislative and consumer pressures to modify credit scores, often to make them “fair,” I b... Learn More
Subjective Tinkering of Credit Scores is Bad Policy Recently I made a case against a new IRS policy to withdraw tax liens from the credit bureau files of delinquent taxpaye... Learn More
Credit Reports Are More Reliable Than They Get Credit For A new report by PERC demonstrates the accuracy of U.S. credit reports. In the study, less than 1 percent of all credit r... Learn More
Preparing for new score disclosure regulations in July On the heels of the Federal Reserve/FTC’s risk-based pricing rule that went into effect January 1, lenders must immediat... Learn More
Withdrawing tax liens unwise You’ve probably heard that the IRS will now make it easier for delinquent taxpayers to have tax lien records completely ... Learn More