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Credit score nation: How much do people think their score defines their financial future?

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This year, rental payment history is moving from the margins of mortgage lending into the score itself. In April 2026, the Federal Housing Finance Agency announced that Fannie Mae would accept VantageScore 4.0, a model that builds rent payments into the credit score rather than treating them as a supplemental underwriting input, with historical

First report: Loan Settlement and Credit Score: How Long Does the "Settled" Tag Stay? — businesstoday.in, 11d