July 10, 2012, Santa Ana, Calif. -
Innovative predictive score can help lenders safely
grow mortgage origination volumes
CoreLogic® (NYSE: CLGX), a leading provider of information,
analytics and business services, and FICO (NYSE: FICO), the leading
provider of predictive
analytics and
decision management technology, today jointly
introduced a high-performance consumer credit risk score
that is expected to improve lending decision quality and
increase the number of mortgage loans lenders make. The new
FICO
®
Mortgage Score Powered by CoreLogic
® evaluates the traditional credit data from the
national credit data repositories and the unique
supplemental consumer credit data contained in the
CoreLogic CoreScore
™ credit report, introduced in October 2011, to deliver
a more comprehensive and accurate view of a consumer's
credit risk profile for loan prequalification and
origination.
The new scoring model was designed specifically to predict
mortgage loan performance and has shown a substantial
improvement in risk prediction over other generally
available risk scores in use today. As a result, this new
scoring model developed by FICO to leverage data only
available on the CoreLogic CoreScore credit report, will
help mortgage lenders more safely and profitably expand
their origination volumes, ultimately strengthening and
growing the overall mortgage lending market.
According to a recent FICO
quarterly survey of bank risk professionals, conducted
by the Professional Risk Managers' International
Association (PRMIA), bankers continue to lack confidence in
the housing finance marketplace. Of bankers surveyed,
approximately 75 percent of respondents expect the level of
mortgage delinquencies to increase or stay the same over
the six-month period following the survey, and more than 85
percent hold the same view for home equity line
delinquencies.
"In this complicated operating environment, lenders are
increasingly turning to new data sources to help better
interpret a consumer's credit risk, so that more loans can
be approved while mitigating potential losses," said Tim
Grace, senior vice president of product management at
CoreLogic. "Today, we are announcing an industry first-a
new composite, multi-bureau credit score generated from
both traditional credit data and CoreLogic supplemental
data, expanding the applicant credit spectrum by including
property transaction data, landlord/tenant data,
borrower-specific public data, and other alternative credit
data. For a top-20 lender processing 300,000 applications a
year, adopting this new score could translate into 3,900
more loans approved every year along with a net financial
benefit of $14.5 million. As such, it not only provides a
more complete and predictive evaluation of a consumer's
credit risk profile, but it can empower lenders to better
mitigate risk and approve more loans for more consumers."
"The new FICOMortgage Score is designed especially for
prequalification and origination and delivers increased
insight when it matters most," said Joanne Gaskin, senior
director of Scores product management and mortgage practice
leader at FICO. "For many lenders, the increased predictive
lift will translate into thousands of new mortgages, and
the avoidance of millions of dollars in bad loans and
associated costs. This innovation is a win-win for lenders
and consumers alike."
The new FICO® Mortgage Score Powered by CoreLogic®
maintains a consistent score range, set of reason codes and
odds-to-score relationship with prior
FICO
®
Score versions, making it easy for lenders to integrate
and for consumers to understand. Additionally, the
CoreScore Solution maintains backward compatibility making
it readily available within existing CoreLogic Credco
Instant Merge® integrations - the most widely used credit
report in the mortgage industry.
For more information about the new FICO® Mortgage Score
Powered by CoreLogic® and the CoreScore credit report,
visit www.CoreScore.com.
About CoreLogic
CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX) is a leading provider of consumer,
financial and property information, analytics and services
to business and government. The Company combines public,
contributory and proprietary data to develop predictive
decision analytics and provide business services that bring
dynamic insight and transparency to the markets it serves.
CoreLogic has built one of the largest and most
comprehensive U.S. real estate, mortgage application,
fraud, and loan performance databases and is a recognized
leading provider of mortgage and automotive credit
reporting, property tax, valuation, flood determination,
and geospatial analytics and services. More than one
million users rely on CoreLogic to assess risk, support
underwriting, investment and marketing decisions, prevent
fraud, and improve business performance in their daily
operations. The Company, headquartered in Santa Ana,
Calif., has approximately 5,000 employees globally. For
more information, visit www.corelogic.com.
CORELOGIC, the stylized CoreLogic logo, CREDCO and
INSTANT MERGE are registered trademarks owned by CoreLogic,
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CoreLogic Statement Concerning Forward Looking
Statements
Certain statements made in this news release are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the
federal securities laws, including but not limited to those
statements related to the mortgage default industry,
expected number of future mortgage delinquencies, benefits
of the CoreLogic CoreScore credit report and/or the new
credit score. Factors that could cause the anticipated
results to differ from those described in the
forward-looking statements are set forth in Part I, Item 1A
of CoreLogic's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2011, including but not limited
to: limitations on access to data from external sources,
including government and public record sources; changes in
applicable government legislation, regulations and the
level of regulatory scrutiny affecting our customers or us,
including with respect to consumer financial services and
the use of public records and consumer data which may,
among other things, limit the manner in which we conduct
business with our customers; compromises in the security of
our data transmissions, including the transmission of
confidential information or systems interruptions;
difficult conditions in the mortgage and consumer credit
industry, including the continued decline in mortgage
applications, declines in the level of loans seriously
delinquent and continued delays in the default cycle, the
state of the securitization market, increased unemployment,
and conditions in the economy generally; our cost reduction
initiatives and our ability to significantly decrease
future allocated costs and other amounts in connection
therewith; risks related to our international operations
and the outsourcing of various business process and
information technology services to third parties, including
potential disruptions to services and customers and
inability to achieve cost savings; and impairments in our
goodwill or other intangible assets. The forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date they are made.
CoreLogic does not undertake to update forward-looking
statements to reflect circumstances or events that occur
after the date the forward-looking statements are made.
About the FICO® Score
With over 10 billion FICO® Scores used worldwide to empower
lenders to make credit decisions, the FICO® Score has
become the standard measure of credit risk worldwide. FICO®
Scores are used today in more than 20 countries on five
continents, as well as all of the top 50 U.S. financial
institutions and both the 25 largest U.S. credit card
issuers and auto lenders. The latest FICO® Score version,
the FICO® 8 Score, has already been adopted by more than
7,500 lenders.
About FICO
FICO (NYSE:FICO)
delivers superior
predictive analytics solutions that drive smarter
decisions. The company's groundbreaking use of mathematics
to predict consumer behavior has transformed entire
industries and revolutionized the way risk is managed and
products are marketed. FICO's innovative solutions include
the
FICO
®
Score - the standard measure of consumer credit risk in
the United States - along with industry-leading solutions
for managing credit accounts, identifying and minimizing
the impact of fraud, and customizing consumer offers with
pinpoint accuracy. Most of the world's top banks, as well
as leading insurers, retailers, pharmaceutical companies
and government agencies, rely on FICO solutions to
accelerate growth, control risk, boost profits and meet
regulatory and competitive demands. FICO also helps
millions of individuals manage their personal credit health
through www.myFICO.com. Learn more at
www.fico.com. FICO: Make
every decision count™.
For FICO news and media resources, visit www.fico.com/news.
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FICO or its business are forward-looking statements within
the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially, including the success of the Company's Decision
Management strategy and reengineering plan, the maintenance
of its existing relationships and ability to create new
relationships with customers and key alliance partners, its
ability to continue to develop new and enhanced products
and services, its ability to recruit and retain key
technical and managerial personnel, competition, regulatory
changes applicable to the use of consumer credit and other
data, the failure to realize the anticipated benefits of
any acquisitions, continuing material adverse developments
in global economic conditions, and other risks described
from time to time in FICO's SEC reports, including its
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30,
2011 and its last quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the
period ended December 31, 2011. If any of these risks or
uncertainties materializes, FICO's results could differ
materially from its expectations. FICO disclaims any intent
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