MarketWatch talked to credit experts to develop an order of operations to improve your credit score ASAP and get better loan ...

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Only a tiny group hits an 850 credit score. Here are four habits they share, and how you can borrow them to boost your own score.

Fannie Mae no longer requires borrowers to have a 620 minimum credit score if the loan is processed through its Desktop Underwriter system. As of Nov. 16, 2025, it joined Freddie Mac, which made a ...

This sevenfold gap highlights the absence of credit education in traditional curricula, leaving most U.S. consumers to piece ...

FICO’s agreement to release long-delayed historical 10T data clears the final obstacle to implementing more modern, inclusive credit scoring models at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac In a move that Federal ...

These credit score myths can sabotage your finances. Here's what to believe (and what to ignore) if you want to build better credit.

Jessica Gibson is a content update editor and writer for Investopedia. She has over 10 years of experience in digital publishing and three years of experience covering financial topics like insurance, ...

Building on FICO's trailblazing work in cash flow scoring with the initial release of the UltraFICO® Score, this collaboration with Plaid—whose market-leading infrastructure enables ...

Fair Isaac is best known as the creator of the FICO credit score, the lending industry’s standard for assessing consumer credit risk. It also develops analytics, decision-management, and ...