Welcome to the Experian Thought Leadership Hub

See how evolving credit scores, alternative data, and verification tools could help lenders improve the mortgage process and expand access to homeownership.

In this HousingWire conversation, Allison LaForgia speaks with Michele Bodda, Group President of Experian Housing, Verification Solutions and Employer Services. Bodda discusses how lenders can put modern credit scoring and consumer data to work in underwriting today.

Watch the video to hear about:

• Using alternative credit data to better represent consumers with limited traditional credit histories

• Bringing the right information into the underwriting process at the right time

• How Power Profile Plus lets lenders request another score later in the process without repurchasing the underlying credit data

• Experian’s investment in income and employment verification, including its partnership with Workday

• Opportunities to improve efficiency and help more people pursue homeownership

Explore credit card market trends through Q2 2026, including changes in originations, issuer performance and consumer segments.

• Track secured and unsecured credit card growth.
• Compare national banks, regional banks, credit unions, fintechs and subprime issuers.
• Examine origination trends by credit score and generation.

In this episode of the Chrisman Commentary, we explore why income and employment verification are reaching a turning point for mortgage lenders and borrowers alike. Ryan Rosales discusses how new data sources, including Experian Verify’s integration with Workday, are helping move the industry beyond the traditional choice between a few verification providers and cumbersome manual documentation. Tune in to hear how greater competition, expanded data coverage, real-time verification, and a more open ecosystem could reduce borrower friction, lower lender costs, and potentially reshape the future of mortgage origination. 

Explore economic conditions and consumer credit trends shaping the lending environment in Q3 2026.

• Economic and labor market indicators, inflation and interest rates
• Lending standards, credit demand and originations across major products
• Delinquency trends by product, borrower segment and lender type

The U.S. housing market may begin to thaw in 2027, but improvement won't be universal. Changing affordability, borrower readiness, household finances and property-level costs will shape where opportunity emerges and who is positioned to act.

Experian's 2027 State of the U.S. Housing Market Report takes a closer look at the consumer, financial, and market signals behind these shifts, helping lenders look beyond national averages to understand where housing opportunity may be emerging, for whom, and under what conditions.

Inside the report

Explore the trends and data shaping the 2027 housing market, including:

• Mortgage demand and borrower readiness
• The true cost of homeownership
• Regional market conditions
• Household financial resilience
• Home equity and lending opportunity
• Renter sentiment and future demand
• Economic and consumer trends

In today’s competitive mortgage market, lenders are challenged to reduce origination costs, improve operational efficiency, and create a better borrower experience. This webinar explores how the Experian Verify Preview Report gives lenders visibility into employment and income record availability before ordering a full Verification of Income and Employment (VOIE) report. By providing transparency upfront, lenders can reduce unnecessary verification expenses, improve operational efficiency, and make more informed sourcing decisions.

What we’ll cover:

• How to determine record availability before ordering a full income and employment verification report
• Strategies for reducing unnecessary verification spending while improving operational efficiency
• Ways to improve borrower experience, accelerate loan processing, and reduce lender workload through smarter verification workflows
• How verification innovation supports broader mortgage automation and data-driven decisioning initiatives

Most commercial risk models are designed to assess every industry. Construction operates by a different set of rules. Explore the data, research, and analytics behind Experian's first construction-specific score and learn how trade creditors can improve risk visibility, credit decisions, and portfolio performance.

Explore Experian's Q3 2026 U.S. economic outlook and scenarios forecasts. Tune into our experts' commentary on current trends.

• See GDP projections for 2026 and 2027.
  
• Understand the outlook for inflation and unemployment.
  
• Review expectations for Federal Reserve interest rates.
  
• Compare base-case, optimistic and pessimistic scenarios.

Explore key trends shaping the U.S. labor market and how workers are faring in today's economy.

• Examine job creation, unemployment and wage growth
• Explore research on AI's labor market impact
• See how healthcare is driving employment growth