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. 

A national credit card issuer refreshed its financial wellness program with Digital Identity Manager to strengthen engagement and grow paid bundle revenue.

• Increased the paid bundle price by 18%
• Recorded 27,315 Digital Identity Manager activations in the first year
• Increased average new acquisitions by 47%, with a 1% increase in average deactivations

This report examines the gap between the protection consumers expect from retail banks and the trust they place in them.

• Shares 2026 findings on fraud, identity, biometrics and AI.
• Explores how mobile banking, security friction and invisible protections shape customer experience.
• Outlines ways banks can make protection more visible, explainable and controllable.

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

Explore the latest fraud, identity and consumer trust trends shaping e-commerce risk strategies.

• See how agentic commerce is reshaping shopping and fraud prevention.
• Uncover gaps between consumer security preferences and merchant strategies.
• Learn how merchants can build trust while reducing friction.

The right data, in the right order is helping collections teams improve recovery across their portfolio. In our latest tip sheet, learn how to:

• Screen accounts for special handling before outreach 
• Prioritize accounts by recovery and payment likelihood 
• Improve contact strategies with current identity data 
• Scale recovery with reusable workflows and custom strategies

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