"At a time when record numbers of first-time buyers are missing in action in the home-purchase market — many of them in part because their credit scores don't make the grade — the non-reporting of key credit records is costly to them and the economy as a whole," The Columbus Dispatch reports.
Some companies also are stepping in to ensure renters get their on-time payment histories included when applying for a mortgage. ECredable, an alternative credit data company, says it will verify renters' payment histories that haven't been reported to the major credit bureaus, and then generate a credit report and score. Potential home buyers are then urged to present the report to mortgage loan officers and ask that the information be considered in their application for a mortgage (which the lender is required to do under federal credit regulations). Source: “Credit Scores Might Soon Reflect Rental Payments,” The Columbus Dispatch (June 29, 2014)
