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FICO® Score Migration Resource Center

Mortgage industry participants looking to transition to the most current model, FICO® Score 10 T, can find information here to help inform your migration strategy and planning.

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FHFA Selects FICO® Score 10 T for Use by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has completed its evaluation of new credit score models and has selected FICO Score 10 T to be used by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises).

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FICO® Score 10 T Outperforms All Prior FICO Scores


In 2020, FICO released the FICO® Score 10 T to help lenders better predict and manage credit risk. FICO® Score 10 T uses a powerful new set of predictive characteristics generated from both traditional and trended credit bureau data. As with all FICO® Scores, compliance and user experience are top priorities.
 

  • Users can feel confident using FICO® Score 10 T to integrate consumer behavior insights into decisioning, knowing that the score comes from a trusted and consistent source.
  • FICO® Score 10 T has the same minimum score criteria and score range as prior versions of the FICO® Score.
     

The development of FICO® Score 10 T reflects FICO's practice of continual innovation to address market and data evolutions. It provides lenders with market-leading risk management capabilities for a wide variety of business applications, with more flexibility than ever before.

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Data

Using FICO® Score 10 T can expand mortgage approval rates by 5% relative to versions most commonly in use today, without adding incremental risk.

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Mortgage approval rates can be expanded by 5% without adding incremental risk relative to the current score in use.

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FICO estimates delinquency rates could be reduced for mortgage originations by 17% at a cutoff of 680 as compared to prior FICO® Scores.

Ready to plan for migration?

Whether you are a national lender, mortgage servicer, local community bank or credit union, there are steps you will need to take to adopt the new FICO® Score. Which steps are right for you will depend on your specific needs. Support materials available to assist your planning include: • FAQs • Migration Guide • Release Notes • Odds Charts • Performance Overviews • User Guide • Reason Codes • Validation Guide • Compliance Support
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From the blog

Learn more about the latest versions on the FICO blog.
October 24, 2022

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Will Require the Use of FICO Score 10 T

FICO Score 10 T gives mortgage lenders the flexibility and predictive power to make more precise lending decisions
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December 07, 2020

FICO Score 10 Suite Available from All Three Credit Bureaus

Lenders gain up to a ten percent predictive lift with FICO Score 10 Suite over previous FICO Score models.
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February 03, 2020

Innovation Never Sleeps: Why We Redevelop the FICO Score

FICO Score 10 Suite gives lenders unparalleled flexibility and predictive power to make even more precise lending decisions
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Learn about FICO® Auto Score 10 and FICO® Bankcard Score 10.

Specialized versions of the latest FICO® Score 10 supports more predictive consumer credit risk management for bankcard and auto financing.
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Contact Us

To arrange for validation or migration contact your Credit Reporting Agency representative. For further information contact us at scoresupport@fico.com.