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Providing more evidence of a housing recovery, Q1 2013 mortgage originations increased 16 percent year over year to $471 billion. The Midwest region delivered...

Published: May 26, 2013 by admin

A recent survey that polled Americans on credit scores found that while nearly half of respondents (49 percent) check their credit scores at least...

Published: May 19, 2013 by admin

VantageScore Solutions’ analysts recently examined how many accounts consumers with prime credit scores typically have in their credit file. Consumers who generally qualify for...

Published: May 12, 2013 by admin

A recent analysis by Experian Automotive found that, overall, consumers purchasing a hybrid have significantly higher credit scores than those purchasing another type of...

Published: May 5, 2013 by admin

While VantageScore® super-prime consumers carried the lowest average credit card balance of all credit tiers in Q4 2012 ($2,581), this group experienced the greatest...

Published: April 28, 2013 by admin

Findings from Experian's latest State of the Automotive Finance Market analysis showed the average loan term for a new vehicle jumped to an all-time...

Published: April 21, 2013 by admin

The most recent release of the S&P/Experian Consumer Credit Default Indices showed national credit default rates decreased in February. The national composite* moved from...

Published: April 14, 2013 by admin

Using a more inclusive scoring model such as the new VantageScore® 3.0, lenders can score up to 30 million consumers who are labeled "unscoreable"...

Published: April 7, 2013 by admin

While the overall average VantageScore® for consumers in Q4 2012 was 748, the average score can vary greatly by specific loan product. For example,...

Published: March 31, 2013 by admin

Spending on debit and prepaid cards in the United States topped $2 trillion in 2011, with 75 percent of this purchase volume being non-ATM...

Published: March 24, 2013 by admin

The Experian/Moody's Analytics Small Business Credit Index tumbled in Q4 2012, falling 6.8 points to 97.3 from 104.1 in the previous quarter. This is...

Published: March 17, 2013 by admin

Experian Automotive's Q4 2012 credit trends analysis found that 60-day delinquencies rose from 0.72 percent in Q4 2011 to 0.74 percent in Q4 2012....

Published: March 10, 2013 by admin

According to a recent Ponemon Institute study, 65 percent of study participants say their organization has had a data breach in the past two...

Published: March 3, 2013 by admin

The average unscoreable consumer has a good job and a better-than-adequate credit profile. Sixty-one percent of unscoreable consumers hold professional level or skilled labor...

Published: February 24, 2013 by admin

According to a recent survey that asked Americans about their understanding of credit scores 83 percent have checked their credit scores and nearly half...

Published: February 3, 2013 by admin

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