Equifax

Equifax is a multinational consumer credit reporting agency. One of the three largest consumer credit reporting agencies, Equifax collects and aggregates information on hundreds of millions of individual consumers. In addition to credit and demographic data services, Equifax sells credit monitoring and fraud prevention services directly to consumers.

Founded in 1899, Equifax is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Credit reports will be at least 20% more expensive in 2025, frustrated mortgage execs say 

Nov 20, 2024By Flávia Furlan Nunes

Lenders have yet to see price increases from credit providers. However, in planning for 2025, many have already started factoring in higher credit reporting costs.

• The mortgage industry braces for (more) FICO price hikes 

  Oct 31, 2024By James Kleimann and Flávia Furlan Nunes

• Floify now competes directly with Equifax’s The Work Number 

  Oct 11, 2024By James Kleimann

• Lenders file class-action lawsuit against Equifax, citing monopoly in work number product 

  May 31, 2024By Flávia Furlan Nunes

• Chopra: Credit reporting industry’s fee hikes ‘raise big questions’ 

  May 20, 2024By James Kleimann

• VantageScore releases new credit-scoring model 

  May 15, 2024By James Kleimann

• 15 million Americans still have medical bills on credit reports  

  Apr 30, 2024By Sarah Marx

• CHLA wants credit bureaus to restore pricing discounts for soft credit pulls 

  Feb 14, 2024By Connie Kim

• Gateless partners with Equifax on employment and income verification 

  Jan 23, 2024By Connie Kim

• Credit reports will be more expensive for mortgage lenders in 2024 

  Dec 01, 2023By Flávia Furlan Nunes

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Two charts that explain why Texas housing markets have stalled 

Dec 21, 2024By Jeff Andrews

Relatively cheap housing, low taxes, looser COVID-19 restrictions and an influx of major employers turned Texas housing markets into hotspots after the pandemic began in March 2020. 

• 5 best online Florida estate schools for 2025 

  Dec 20, 2024By Sara Stover

• Anywhere settles lawsuit tied to Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint 

  Dec 20, 2024By Brooklee Han

• Investor purchases are sinking with the housing market at large 

  Dec 20, 2024By Jeff Andrews

• Keller Williams expands in Milwaukee with addition of Houseworks Collective 

  Dec 20, 2024By Kennedy Edgerton

• Trade groups push for flood insurance extension ahead of potential government shutdown 

  Dec 20, 2024By Flávia Furlan Nunes

• Rocket Companies’ Bill Emerson on HUD lawsuit: ‘We want the correct party responsible, not us’ 

  Dec 20, 2024By Kennedy Edgerton

• What real estate leaders need to know about the 2025 housing market 

  Dec 20, 2024By Jessica Lautz

• FHFA finalizes new housing goals for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac 

  Dec 20, 2024By Chris Clow

• Homebuilders are using more buyer incentives since the election 

  Dec 20, 2024By Sarah Wolak

• Ginnie Mae exec who helped launch MBS issuer scorecard announces retirement 

  Dec 20, 2024By Chris Clow

• How New Hampshire is looking to alleviate its housing crisis 

  Dec 20, 2024By Brooklee Han