A recent study analyzing the impact of rental data on the credit scores of subsidized housing residents uncovered compelling results. The simulated analysis, which added 2 years of positive rental payment data to actual credit files, found:
- One-hundred percent of the “unscoreable” population in the study became scoreable by VantageScore® 3.0 after the addition of rental data, and a significant portion of these consumers fell into the prime risk score category
- The average VantageScore 3.0 score change for previously scoreable participants was an increase of 29 points
The results demonstrate the significant impact of positive rent reporting and the importance of using more advanced risk models.
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