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The Trump Administration is working hard on affordability for homeowners. That effort depends not only on lowering barriers for borrowers, but also on preserving confidence in the system that determines who qualifies for a mortgage and on what terms.<\/p>

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That is why recent guidance from the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) has welcomed reassurance that the mortgage market and housing affordability can be strengthened together. The agency announced in May that it would retain the tri-merge model of credit reporting for mortgage applicants, which requires lenders to review information from all three national credit bureaus rather than relying on only one or two.<\/p>\n

The decision recognized a basic reality: affordability is not served by giving lenders or borrowers a less complete picture. A reliable mortgage market needs accurate and consistent information, especially when small differences in a credit assessment can determine whether a family qualifies for a loan or what price it pays.<\/p>\n

Yet the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) continues to push for a single-report model, citing cost and other factors. In doing so, the trade association is treating a narrower credit review as an affordability solution even though its own data shows how much uncertainty that approach could introduce.<\/p>\n

According to the trade association, roughly one-third\u00a0of borrowers would fall into a different mortgage pricing bucket under a single, randomly selected credit score. That is not a marginal change. It means the report chosen could materially affect the terms a borrower receives, even though nothing about that borrower’s underlying finances has changed. It is also exactly the danger that Republican members of Congress recognized when repealing the tri-merge model was first proposed under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

By bucking the FHA’s guidance and continuing to advocate for a single-report approach, the association is placing an industry preference ahead of the stability and transparency that homebuyers need. That should concern anyone who is serious about expanding access to homeownership. A system that makes outcomes more dependent on which bureau happens to be selected is not more affordable or more equitable. It is less predictable. Some creditworthy borrowers could face higher costs or lose access to financing, while other consumers could appear less risky than a fuller review would suggest.<\/p>

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Different bureaus use different criteria to assess consumers, including many factors that can vary reports by as much as 200 points. Taking the median of these scores, as enforced under the tri-merge model, ensures that lenders receive a full and accurate picture. Under a single-report system, a mortgage lender could instead cherry-pick reports with good scores to originate more mortgages, leaving taxpayers on the hook if that falls through. It\u2019s similar to what happened with the subprime mortgage crisis that started in 2007 and led to a recession — it was caused by a lowering of lending standards, which created a housing bubble that burst when mortgage-backed securities dropped in value.<\/p>\n

HousingWire captured the problem plainly in June, warning that moving to a single-report system would create a blind spot by ignoring two-thirds of the available national credit data. MBA may characterize a single report as a simpler or cheaper alternative, but simplicity for lenders should not come at the expense of accuracy, consistency, and affordability for borrowers.<\/p>\n

The debate should not be reduced to the technical mechanics of single-report, bi-merge, or tri-merge reporting. The real question is what kind of mortgage market policymakers want to build. If the goal is to responsibly expand homeownership, the system should use the fullest available information and protect qualified borrowers from arbitrary pricing swings.<\/p>\n

MBA’s position fails that test. A policy that can shuffle millions of borrowers into different pricing categories based on a randomly selected report is not a credible housing affordability strategy.<\/p>

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