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risk scoring

risk scoring an automated way to analyze a credit report verses a manual review. It takes into account late payments, outstanding debt, credit experience, and number of inquiries in an unbiased manner. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


credit score

credit score a score calculated by using a person's credit report to determine the likelihood of a loan being repaid on time. Scores range from about 360 - 840: a lower score meaning a person is a higher risk, while a higher score means that there is less risk. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


fico score

fico score FICO is an abbreviation for Fair Isaac Corporation and refers to a person's credit score based on credit history. Lenders and credit card companies use the number to decide if the person is likely to pay his or her bills. A credit score is evaluated using information from the three major credit bureaus and is usually between 300 and 850. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


mortgage score

mortgage score a score based on a combination of information about the borrower that is obtained from the loan application, the credit report, and property value information. The score is a comprehensive analysis of the borrower's ability to repay a mortgage loan and manage credit. Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ...


assumption of risk

assumption of risk :a doctrine that a person may in advance relieve another person of the obligation to act towards him or her with due care and may accept the chance of being injured ;also : an affirmative defense that the plaintiff cannot receive compensation for injuries from the defendant because the plaintiff freely and knowingly assumed the risk of injury and relieved the defendant of the obligation to act with reasonable care compare contributory negligence at negligence, volenti non fit injuria NOTE: Assumption of risk may be express or may be implied from the plaintiff's words and actions. Assumption of risk has been abolished in certain types of cases, such as workers' compensation cases. ...


pure risk

pure risk : a risk that can only result in loss compare speculative risk ...


speculative risk

speculative risk : a risk that may result in either a loss or a gain compare pure risk ...


Assumption of the risk

Assumption of the risk, means the act or an instance of a prospective plaintiff's taking on the risk of loss, injury, or damage e.g. the skydiver's assumption of the risk, Black Law Dictionary 7th Edn., p. 121....


Credit scoring

Credit scoring, means a system which enables a credit institution to assess the credit worthiness and capacity of a borrower to repay his loan and advances and discharge his other obligations in respect of credit facility availed or to be availed by him [Credit Information Companies (Regulation) Act, 2005 (30 of 2005), s. 2(g)...


assigned risk

assigned risk : a poor risk (as an accident-prone driver) that insurance companies would normally reject but are forced to insure by state law ...


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