Optimal Blue is an information and marketing company that provides data and analysis services to the residential mortgage industry. Serving lenders and brokers, the company offers secondary marketing, investor management and compliance automation products. The company also powers HousingWire’s Mortgage Rates Center.

Originally founded in 2002, the company is a division of Black Knight and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

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Latest Optimal Blue News

Optimal Blue CEO Scott Smith on making the right tech investments 

Apr 11, 2024By Sarah Wheeler

Scott Smith says Optimal Blue is taking a “rational and reasonable” approach to AI.

• ICE Mortgage Technology’s Sara Holtz joins Optimal Blue as CMO 

  Mar 15, 2024By Connie Kim

• Rate lock volume rose going into the spring buying season 

  Mar 11, 2024By Connie Kim

• Paceline Equity Partners backs Constellation Software’s Optimal Blue 

  Feb 21, 2024By Connie Kim

• Surging lock volume may hint at stabilization of the housing market: Optimal Blue  

  Feb 12, 2024By Sarah Marx

• Mobile app for Optimal Blue PPE allows loan officers access to scenario pricing anywhere 

  Jan 16, 2024By Connie Kim

• Mortgage rates fell 67 bps in November. Production was still down 10% 

  Dec 12, 2023By Connie Kim

• Optimal Blue’s Scott Smith talks long-term goals, competition in mortgage tech 

  Oct 20, 2023By Connie Kim

• Mortgage rate lock volume plummeted 20% in September as rates soared 

  Oct 12, 2023By Connie Kim

• ICE, Black Knight merger deal to close September 5 

  Aug 28, 2023By Connie Kim

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Optimal Blue Content

This one practice can help lenders stop losing customers 

Dec 06, 2021 5:56 pmBy Chazz Huston

Today’s consumers want more control and transparency throughout the mortgage shopping process. To remain competitive, lenders must address these evolving expectations by making product and pricing easily accessible to prospective customers.

• How fine-tuning MSR valuations can help lenders improve decision-making 

  Jul 13, 2021 5:04 pmBy HW Media Content Studio

• Optimal Blue’s Product & Pricing Solution gives lenders the tools to maintain a competitive product offering 

  Sep 01, 2020 12:01 amBy HW Media Content Studio

• How real-time data can help lenders predict and react to market trends 

  May 29, 2020 11:39 amBy HW Media Content Studio

• Optimal Blue expands BI suite with Competitive Analytics 

  Sep 03, 2019 12:01 amBy Sarah Wheeler

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