Black Knight Enhances MSR Platform to Offer Tailored Analytical Insight
Black Knight Inc. has expanded its mortgage servicing rights (MSR) valuation solution to provide more detailed visibility into the value and performance of servicing assets...
BSI Financial Services Hires Michael Bugbee as VP of Client Success
Michael Bugbee has joined BSI Financial Services, a mortgage-centric financial services company, as vice president of client success.
Bugbee replaces Mike Whitfield, who will transition...
Nomis Solutions Promotes Joe Zeibert to VP, Head of Mortgage Product and Strategy
Fintech expert Joe Zeibert has been promoted to vice president, head of mortgage product and strategy at Nomis Solutions, a global pricing and profitability...
Black Knight Develops API to Support Bulk Transactions in Secondary Market
Black Knight Inc. has launched a new application programming interface (API) to help investors automate bulk transaction pricing and committing in the correspondent lending process.
The...
Record Volume for Ginnie Mae Platinum Securities Set in March
Ginnie Mae says it completed a record 65 Platinum mortgage-backed securities transactions in March 2021, far exceeding the typical 19 to 22 Platinum transactions...
Optimal Blue PPE Integrated with Loan Selling Advisor APIs
Black Knight Inc. says it has completed integration of its Optimal Blue product, pricing and eligibility engine with Freddie Mac's Loan Selling Advisor application programming...
Lodasoft Builds Out Dual-AUS Submission Integration
Lodasoft says it is now offering single-click submissions of loan data to both Freddie Mac’s and Fannie Mae’s automated underwriting systems (AUS), delivering greater...
Ginnie Mae Leverages eOriginal Technology for E-Note MBS
Ginnie Mae recently guaranteed securitization of mortgage-backed securities (MBS) for the first time exclusively through the use of e-note technology using the eOriginal platform...
Myth Busters: The Capital Markets and Mandatory Execution Episode
BLOG VIEW: There are some names or phrases that when uttered strike fear into the hearts of many due to the misconceptions surrounding them....
Ginnie Mae MBS Issuance Sets Record in January
Ginnie Mae says its mortgage-backed securities (MBS) issuance volume was a record $82.6 billion in January, which was slightly above the previous record high...
ACES Quality Management Hires Amanda Phillips as EVP of Compliance
Amanda Phillips has joined ACES Quality Management (ACES) as executive vice president of compliance.
Phillips most recently served as of counsel with Ballard Spahr, LLP,...
Optimal Blue API Platform Now Has Webhooks Component
Black Knight Inc. has rolled out a new webhooks component for its Optimal Blue application programming interface (API) platform that will boost lender efficiencies and...
Black Knight Rolls Out New Tool for Secondary Marketing
Black Knight Inc. has debuted Mandatory Analytics, an interactive data dashboard that allows investors to analyze and benchmark mandatory commitments on the secondary mortgage market.
Mandatory...
Black Knight Optimal Blue PPE Now Supports HELOCs
Black Knight Inc. says its Optimal Blue product, pricing and eligibility engine has been enhanced to fully support the pricing of home equity lines...
New Algorithm in CompassPoint Tool Enhances Secondary Execution
Black Knight Inc. has rolled out enhanced capabilities in its CompassPoint risk management and loan sale platform that help identify the most profitable loan...
CFPB Proposing New Category of Seasoned QMs
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to create a new category of seasoned qualified mortgages (QMs).
Under...
Optimal Blue Mortgage Market Indices Now on FRED
Optimal Blue and the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis recently worked together to enable the real-time distribution of Optimal Blue Mortgage Market Indices...
FHFA Using RiskSpan Tool for MBS Analysis
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has selected RiskSpan’s Edge cloud platform to analyze mortgage-backed securities issued by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
The Edge...
Black Knight Buying Optimal Blue
Black Knight Inc. says it is acquiring secondary marketing technology specialist Optimal Blue for $1.8 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the...
Freddie Mac Prices New RPL Securitization
Freddie Mac has priced its second Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust (SCRT) offering of the year: a securitization of approximately $1.6 billion, including both...