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Equifax dismisses FICO's success fee model, signaling that VantageScore pricing undercuts FICO and that the mortgage industry will likely continue to shift.

Equifax lowered its VantageScore mortgage pricing from $4.50 to $1 to accelerate conversion, citing a $1 billion annual savings opportunity for originators and consumers. This aggressive pricing move could compress FICO's market share in mortgage scoring. — A $1 Vantage score vs. ~$10 for FICO creates a massive cost incentive for lenders to switch, which could rapidly erode FICO's near-monopoly in agency mortgage scoring and boost Equifax's margins.

Equifax's new VantageScore pricing ($4.50/score) vs FICO ($10) creates a $550 savings per pull for customers, and for Equifax a $4.50 incremental profit per VantageScore vs a $10 cost per FICO score – a potential $100-200M annual profit upside at full adoption. — This can structurally shift profit from FICO to Equifax as mortgage lenders adopt VantageScore, and sets up a multi-year competitive dynamic in credit scoring.