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Sweeping Credit Score Overhaul Points to Positive Outcome for Real Estate Industry

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By Jameson Doris
August 17, 2018
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Sweeping Credit Score Overhaul Points to Positive Outcome for Real Estate Industry

U.S. currency in a bull market.

Have you checked your credit score recently? Millions of potential homebuyers could now have easier access to mortgages, following a change to the way the three largest U.S. credit reporting firms handle negative credit events.

That change is the National Consumer Assistance Plan (NCAP). Launched by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion, the plan sets forth the goal of making credit reports more accurate for consumers and makes it easier for them to correct any errors they may find on their credit reports.

Between June 2017, when the plan went into effect, and June 2018, collections were removed from eight million consumers’ credit reports, which resulted in an average increase of 14 points to their scores, according to a recently released Federal Reserve Bank of New York report.

NCAP removes “from credit reports any previously reported medical collections that have been paid or are being paid by insurance,” according to the plan’s site.

It also requires debt collectors to not only “include original creditor information with each account being reported for collection,” but to “regularly update the status of unpaid debts and remove debts no longer being pursued for collection,” as well.

At the same time, the total U.S. household debt has risen for a 16th straight month, to $13.3 trillion, according to the New York Fed’s Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit. Generally, confidence is connected to consumers’ financial picture, including borrowing, and when debt grows, demand for housing often rises in tandem.

Brokers, have you spoken with your agents about the changes at the credit reporting firms?

JamoJameson Doris is RISMedia’s blog and social media editor. Email him your real estate blog ideas at jdoris@rismedia.com. For the latest real estate news and trends, bookmark RISMedia.com.

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