FICO Shares Plunge 20% as FHFA Unifies Mortgage Pricing Grid

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Fair Isaac Corporation shares fell 20% in pre-market trading after Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte announced a unified mortgage pricing grid that places VantageScore on equal footing with FICO Classic. According to Bloomberg Law, Pulte said on social media that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will consolidate their loan-pricing matrices into a single grid. Hours later, TransUnion said in a press release that it will hold standalone VantageScore 4.0 mortgage pricing at 99 cents per score through December 2028, giving lenders multi-year cost certainty. The move follows a 15.2% drop 25 days ago, when the FHFA approved VantageScore 4.0 for all lenders originating Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage loans. FICO is down 60.2% year to date and, at $654.71 per share, trades 65.2% below its 52-week high of $1,880 from October 2025.

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Fair Isaac Corporation
FICO
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FHFA's unified mortgage pricing grid puts VantageScore on equal footing with FICO Classic, eroding FICO's dominance in mortgage credit scoring.

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TransUnion
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TransUnion's VantageScore 4.0 gains equal footing with FICO under the unified grid and it locks in 99-cent mortgage pricing through 2028.

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