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David Battany

David Battany

EVP of Capital Markets at Guild Mortgage with 30+ years in mortgage industry leadership

Jun 23, 2026

6:01
As underwriting tools and credit models evolve, what opportunities do you see to better serve qualified borrowers who may have been overlooked by more traditional or legacy approaches?
6:11
I think as a legacy issue, as an industry, we have over relied on credit scores historically.
6:17
I think when they were first introduced in the 90s, they added a lot of value in terms of consistency, quality of decision, removing human error, human bias.
6:29
But there's a lot of qualified people who don't cleanly fit into the traditional credit score box in terms of how many years of counts they've had.
6:39
So as we look at these new models, the idea to see trended data, to see additional data sources such as utility bills and rent helps give more insight to a person in their patterns of payment and also insights into their ability to repay a new debt.
6:56
And at the same time, folding in other electronic data such as income and expense data through their electronic bank data.
7:04
Looking at that data as well as expanded credit pattern data gives a more complete picture of a person and more complete picture of their ability to repay a loan.
8:21
Looking ahead, what do you see as the biggest opportunities for expanding sustainable home ownership, particularly to those first-time homebuyers who have historically been underserved? I think the single

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