| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.12.2025 | Michele Meyers Joins Sprinklr as Chief Accounting Officer | Sprinklr (NYSE: CXM), the definitive, AI-native platform for Unified Customer Experience Management (Unified-CXM), today announced that Michele Meyers is joining Sprinklr as Chief Accounting Officer, effective January 5, 2026. In this role,... |
| 18.12.2024 | ICE, Sagent are expanding their footprints with new offices | Intercontinental Exchange Inc. will spend at least $173 million to locate the headquarters of its Mortgage Technology division to Jacksonville, Fla.
The company, city officials and the JAX Chamber‘s economic development arm, JAXUSA Partners... |
| 03.10.2024 |
ICE launches pilot to sunset old Encompass CRM | ICE Mortgage Technology is continuing to accelerate the adoption of its more modern tools by sunsetting older tech stacks. The mortgage tech behemoth on Wednesday told clients that it would be launching a pilot program that will ultimately ... |
| 03.09.2024 |
Dan Sogorka joins Rocket Pro TPO as general manager | Rocket Pro TPO tapped Dan Sogorka as its general manager as the wholesale arm of Rocket Mortgage looks to equip broker partners with better technology.
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Sogorka will spend much of his time with broker partners to help them unders... |
| 10.06.2024 |
Mortgage veteran Joe Tyrrell named CEO of Optimal Blue | Mortgage veteran Joe Tyrrell will succeed Scott Smith as CEO of Optimal Blue, the company announced Monday. Tyrrell has more than 25 years of experience in mortgage, finance and technology, serving as president of ICE Mortgage Technology fo... |
| 16.05.2024 | Mortgage Technology Leader Brad Vasto Joins Asurity® as Senior Vice President of Sales | WASHINGTON, May 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Asurity Technologies, LLC ("Asurity®"), a leader in consumer lending compliance software and advisory services, announced today that mortgage technology veteran Brad Vasto has joined the co... |
| 08.05.2024 |
Surefire CRM error results in 600K errant, unsolicited messages: sources | Because of an apparent error made by staff at ICE Mortgage Technology‘s Surefire customer relationship management (CRM) platform, more than 600,000 emails and texts were sent without permission to real estate agents, business partners and p... |
| 24.04.2024 |
Pennymac posts first-quarter profit of $39M | Pennymac Financial Services earned a profit of $39.3 million in the first quarter of 2024, the California-based multichannel lender and servicer announced Wednesday.
The company’s pretax gain in the first quarter was $43.9 million. That was... |
| 11.04.2024 |
Chief information officer Brian Woodring to leave Rocket | Rocket Mortgage Chief Information Officer Brian Woodring is departing the company to pursue other opportunities, multiple sources told HousingWire. The decision comes as the lender shifts its business strategy to embrace artificial intellig... |
| 19.03.2024 |
Fifth Third Bank signs on with ICE’s mortgage technology ecosystem | Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio-based regional bank, moved its origination and servicing operations to Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) Mortgage Technology’s end-to-end mortgage technology ecosystem, the companies announced on Tuesday.
The bank wi... |
| 18.03.2024 |
PennyMac pays $158M to Black Knight in servicing platform dispute | PennyMac Financial Services has paid $158.4 million to Black Knight Servicing Technologies, concluding a five-year legal battle over allegations of trade secret theft involving two of the biggest companies in the housing industry.
An arbitr... |
| 15.03.2024 |
ICE Mortgage Technology’s Sara Holtz joins Optimal Blue as CMO | Optimal Blue has brought on Sara Holtz, former vice president of demand marketing and communications at ICE Mortgage Technology, as chief marketing officer (CMO).
Holtz will drive unified marketing and communications strategies to advance O... |
| 06.11.2023 |
Homebuyers faced high mortgage rates, worsening affordability in October: ICE | Stubbornly elevated mortgage rates created more affordability pressures for homebuyers in October, according to ICE Mortgage Technology’s November Mortgage Monitor report.
In October, the monthly payment needed to purchase a median-priced h... |
| 05.10.2023 |
Home equity products light up a dark housing market | As the housing market suffers through a drought of home sales and related mortgage originations in the current high-rate environment, home prices and home equity continue to climb, helping to spark a revival of another sector — home equity ... |
| 14.08.2023 |
Rate lock activity declined sharply in July as rates exceeded 7% | Rate lock activity fell for the second month in July as mortgage rates topped 7% for the first time since November 2022.
Overall rate lock volume was down 7% month over month, with purchase lending accounting for 88% of total lock activity,... |
| 08.08.2023 |
Demo Day: Black Knight Validate | Validate
Validate is an innovative, digital, borrower-driven mobile app that provides fast, easy, reliable and objective property valuations for home equity lending. The solution combines property data, AI, a condition-adjusted AVM and phot... |
| 20.07.2023 | Inman Honors Innovation and Creativity in the Real Estate Industry by Announcing the 2023 Innovator Award Finalists | Since 1998, the Inman Innovator Awards have honored companies, individuals and new technology that increases productivity, efficiency and transparency for consumers and real estate professionals alike.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (PRWEB) July 20, 202... |
| 12.07.2023 |
In these housing markets, refis are still (kinda) happening | Purchase loans continue to claim a larger share of the origination pipeline as refinance opportunities dwindle, according to Black Knight’s originations market monitor report.
In June, purchase locks made up 88.4% of the month’s market mix,... |
| 10.07.2023 |
Only in Austin, Texas are home prices sinking | As the spring homebuying season comes to an end, there are distinct signs of the housing market reheating from a home price perspective. The lack of inventory drove home prices up, challenging potential buyers, Black Knight pointed out in i... |
| 05.05.2023 |
Optimal Blue PPE adds investor content from 54 state-based HFAs | Optimal Blue, a division of Black Knight, Inc., announced on Thursday that the Optimal Blue product, pricing and eligibility engine (PPE) has added investor content from 54 state-based housing finance agencies (HFAs).
HFAs provide affordabl... |
| 16.03.2023 | The typical home for sale in the US has had its price cut, been on the market for months, and comes with at least one sweetener for buyers | Getty Images
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| 10.03.2023 | Home equity is the bright spot of the housing market | Stubborn inflation and high interest rates continue to wreak havoc on the mortgage-origination market, but there is one asset class in the housing market that is arguably flourishing in these hard times – home equity.
Along with the solid b... |
| 09.03.2023 | LoanCare to implement Black Knight loss mitigation solution | Black Knight, Inc. on Thursday announced that mortgage loan sub-servicing provider LoanCare will implement the Black Knight Loss Mitigation solution to support homeowners in need of mortgage payment assistance programs.
LoanCare, which serv... |
| 01.03.2023 | Announcing the 2023 Tech100 Mortgage Winners | For more than a decade, HousingWire’s Tech100 program has identified and recognized the most innovative technology companies serving the mortgage and real estate industries.
The 2023 Tech100 Mortgage winners are continuing to bring innovati... |
| 16.02.2023 | Weaker economy, inflation caused mortgage delinquency uptick in Q4 | The overall national mortgage delinquency rate rose in the fourth quarter of 2022, due in part to a weaker economy and ongoing inflationary pressures.
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one- to four-unit residential properties rose ... |
| 09.02.2023 | Black Knight White Paper Explores Strategies for Managing Artificial Intelligence and Machine-Learning Solutions Within the Mortgage Industry | While AI/ML is increasingly being used to solve problems in the mortgage industry, as a relatively new technology domain for financial institutions, these tools also present new – and different – risk and challenges, including when to apply... |
| 06.02.2023 | Borrowers opt for permanent rate buydowns amid affordability challenges | Home prices growth and mortgage rates have come down from the peaks in 2022, but affordability still remains a challenge. In turn, borrowers who are entering the market are leaning heavily toward buying down their first lien interest rates ... |
| 20.01.2023 | Industry Leader Black Knight to Help Fuel loanDepot’s Next Generation of Lending Services | Black Knight, Inc. announced it will be integrated with loanDepot’s next generation of lending services as the company migrates some of its backend operations to Black Knight’s scalable and secure cloud-based Empower loan origination system... |
| 05.01.2023 | An increasing number of lawsuits are being filed against real estate agents as home prices continue to fall across the US | An upset homeowner. Getty Images
Lawsuits against real estate professionals increased 9% between 2021 and 2022 as home prices declined.
Most lawsuits are aimed at triggering reimbursements under professional liability insurance policies.
Za... |
| 15.12.2022 | Mortgage demand rises after nearly a month of declines as buyers respond to pullback in rates | Weekly applications for home loans have risen after weeks of declines.
The average 30-year fixed-rate for mortgages was at 6.42%, near its lowest in a month.
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| 09.12.2022 | As U.S. home prices fall, an alarming number of buyers are underwater | Surging mortgage rates aren't just raising the cost of purchasing a new home. An alarming number of recent homebuyers have discovered they already owe more on their property than it's worth, according to a new analysis.
Some 250,000 people ... |
| 07.12.2022 | Ivy Zelman, who famously predicted the 2008 housing crash, says that home prices could drop 20% from their current values if the economy doesn't improve | A couple unloads boxes from moving van. Getty Images
The Fed's fight against inflation has led to high mortgage interest rates, cooling housing demands.
As demand falls, Ivy Zelman, a real-estate anaylist, said national home prices could fa... |
| 05.12.2022 | About one in 12 mortgaged homes purchased in 2022 are underwater | Home price corrections exposed a growing pocket of equity risk concentrated among purchase mortgages originated in 2022, Black Knight said in its latest mortgage monitor report. Of all homes purchased with a mortgage in 2022, 8% are now at ... |
| 30.11.2022 | Did you believe falling home prices would make buying a house more affordable in 2023? You're wrong. | Home prices are falling at the fastest rate in the last 15 years, according to financial database Black Knight. Getty Images
Home prices are falling at the fastest rate in 15 years, according to data firm Black Knight.
But most mortgage bor... |
| 30.11.2022 | Home prices are falling at the fastest rate in 15 years. 7 real estate analysts and economists break down how bad they think it's going to get. | Exterior view of house with for sale sign. Getty Images
As demand fades in the housing market, price cuts have become widespread. Insider asked several experts about how far they think prices will fall in 2023.
Most say that larger cuts are... |
| 08.11.2022 | The housing market lost a record $1.3 trillion in equity in the 3rd quarter as prices continue to fall, new data shows | The housing market lost a record $1.3 trillion in equity in the third quarter, according to Black Knight.
That's the largest quarterly dollar-value decline on record, the mortgage software and analytics company said.
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| 08.11.2022 | Slumping US housing market lost $1.3T in home equity over three months | More On: mortgages
Confidence in US housing market hits lowest on record: Fannie Mae US housing market expert predicts when mortgage rates might finally fall Fed hikes rates by 0.75 points again — but signals smaller increases ahead Inflati... |
| 26.10.2022 | MortgageHippo announces a rebrand to Revvin | MortgageHippo, a digital mortgage proptech that offers a no code/low code digital mortgage platform to lenders, on Monday announced that it was rebranding to Revvin.
The new name is based on the sound an engine makes when the running speed ... |
| 12.10.2022 | Black Knight integrates servicing platform with Surefire CRM | Black Knight announced the integration of its digital servicing platform and its Surefire CRM, which it says will enhance customer engagement and retention.
Servicing Digital, offered as an app or responsive web design, allows customers to ... |
| 11.10.2022 | Yikes! Rate lock volume is down 60%, and it’s getting worse | As mortgage rates rose more than 90 basis points to finish September at 6.72%, overall rate lock volumes predictably fell sharply – down 10% from August and almost 60% off levels from 2021.
Falling rate lock dollar volume was driven by a 26... |
| 04.10.2022 | US home prices are falling at the fastest rate since the Great Financial Crisis, says Black Knight | Home prices fell in August for the second straight month, according to data from Black Knight.
Median prices fell 0.98% in August, following July's upwardly revised 1.05% monthly decline.
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| 03.10.2022 | Home prices are dropping like it’s 2009 | Home prices are now posting the biggest monthly declines since January 2009, according to the latest Mortgage Monitor report from Black Knight.
Median home prices in August fell 0.98%, only slightly better than July’s 1.05% monthly decline.... |
| 12.09.2022 | Inflation, home price growth headed downward: Fed report | Inflation is expected to continue “to decline across all horizons” over the next year while home price growth, too, is projected to decline “sharply” to the lowest level since July 2020, according to the most recent Survey of Consumer Expec... |
| 12.09.2022 | Rate lock volume hasn’t been this low since December 2019 | As mortgage interest rates crept back up in August after retreating the previous month, rate lock volume dipped to a four-year low.
Total lock volumes were down 8.9% from July, led by a 13.9% decline in rate/term refinance locks, according ... |
| 08.09.2022 | 6 reasons why the US housing market is well-positioned to absorb a series of corrections as prices fall quickly | Lower home prices aren't a precursor to a market crash. Posnov/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
US home prices are starting to fall as demand wanes. But new re... |
| 07.09.2022 | The National Association of Mortgage Brokers Welcomes Black Knight as Technology Partner | WASHINGTON (PRWEB) September 07, 2022
The National Association of Mortgage Brokers (NAMB), the voice of the mortgage industry representing the interests of mortgage professionals and home buyers since 1973, is delighted to welcome Black Kni... |
| 07.09.2022 | Expect more price corrections to the housing market | Price corrections are coming to housing markets across the United States, Black Knight said following July’s home price decline from June. Relatedly, tappable home equity is expected to pull back in the third quarter as equity-rich markets ... |
| 07.09.2022 | Home prices plunge most in a decade as mortgage rates surge | More On: housing
US housing market to remain ‘especially frigid’ as mortgage rates spike: Redfin Mortgage rates jump to 5.89%, highest since 2008 US housing market decline to worsen in 2023, Goldman Sachs warns Red tape ‘status quo’ keeping... |
| 01.09.2022 | Rocket Pro TPO to offer home equity loan products | Rocket Pro TPO is diversifying its product portfolio by offering home equity loans to brokers by mid-September amid increased competition in the wholesale channel. The move follows Rocket Mortgage‘s roll out of home equity loans in August a... |
| 31.08.2022 | Home prices are falling at the fastest rate in over a decade, but affordability is still about as bad it's been in the past 35 years | Homebuyers haven't yet seen a substantial improvement in home affordability. Getty Images. This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| 30.08.2022 | US home price growth ‘to stall completely,’ Goldman warns | More On: housing
West Village ‘grifter’ finally locked out of apartment after eviction Home sale cancellations rise in ‘remarkably uncertain time’ for market: Redfin CEO Housing prices could fall by 20% in 183 cities, new data shows Wait go... |
| 25.08.2022 | Will new products stop the bleeding for mortgage lenders? | Homepoint is in a tough spot.
Like its peers, the wholesale lender’s origination volume has plunged over the past year due to a dearth of refinancings and a sluggish purchase market. But there’s another threat that Homepoint executives must... |
| 18.08.2022 | Nothing can stop Americans from believing a home is a good investment — even record-high prices and a looming crash, UBS says | Soaring home prices and robust buyer demand have made purchasing a house far more difficult.
However, despite these headwinds, Americans continue to pursue homeownership.
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Over the past few years, pursuing homeownership has bee... |
| 15.08.2022 | HELOCs are now “raging back” | A combination of fast-rising home values and the fact that nearly two-thirds of borrowers with at least some home equity have mortgage rates below 4% — and would not benefit from refinancing — is helping to propel a resurgent market for hom... |
| 08.08.2022 | Big investors like Bain Capital and Redwood Trust are buying up stakes in Americans' homes and plan to 'revolutionize' how people tap into a record $27.8 trillion in home equity | At the end of the second quarter, the average US homebuyer had $216,900 in tappable equity, according to Black Knight Inc. Investors see a highly attractive asset class. Thomas Northcut/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to In... |
| 26.07.2022 | Opinion: Servicers should take a page from an originator’s playbook | The digital revolution has changed the game in mortgage lending over the last few decades, resulting in a rise in digital operations such as online applications and eClosings. While digital strategies have focused primarily on origination, ... |
| 11.07.2022 | As the mortgage market went haywire, rate locks fell by 11% | Just how bad was the mortgage market in June, when rates climbed north of 6%? Rate locks fell across all loan types last month, and were down 11% overall from May, according to Black Knight.
The company’s monthly mortgage originations repor... |
| 06.07.2022 | Home price growth slows but affordability pressures remain: Black Knight | Home price growth slowed in May, showing signs of a cooling housing market. But housing is the least affordable it has been since the mid-1980s as mortgage rates rise and home values soar, driven by low housing inventory, a new Black Knight... |
| 27.06.2022 | MBA, HPC urge VA to extend partial claim program | The Mortgage Bankers Association and the Housing Policy Council sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs urging the department to delay the expiration of its COVID-19 assistance partial claim program. If it doesn’t heed the lette... |
| 14.06.2022 | Credit scores dropped in May, but what does that mean? | The average borrower’s credit score trended down in May, led by a significant drop in cash-out refinance scores — a move attributed to higher-credit borrowers exiting the cash-out refi pool over the past two years.
Average credit scores for... |
| 13.06.2022 | About 82% of origination comes from purchase mortgages | Overall mortgage rate lock took a hit in May, led by a drop in refinance activity, both for rate-term refis and cash-outs. In a higher rate environment, lenders were more reliant on the purchase market for origination volumes.
Rate locks we... |
| 17.05.2022 | The housing market resembles 2007—these 3 interactives show if your local home prices are ‘overvalued’ | Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.
Simple economics dictates that neither home prices nor incomes can outgrow the other for very long. They go hand i... |
| 12.05.2022 | Something big is happening in the housing market | Sign up for the Fortune Features email list so you don’t miss our biggest features, exclusive interviews, and investigations.
The most competitive housing market ever is finally showing signs of breaking.
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| 09.05.2022 | Mortgage rate locks tumble amid sharp rate rise | Fewer buyers rushed to lock mortgages last month amid a rapid climb in long-term mortgage rates, reflecting home affordability concerns, reports from Mortgage Capital Trading and Black Knight showed.
Total mortgage rate locks by dollar volu... |
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| 04.05.2022 | NYSE owner ICE to acquire mortgage data company Black Knight for $13.1B
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that include... | Intercontinental Exchange Inc., the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, today announced an agreement to acquire data technology and mortgage market infrastructure firm Black Knight Inc. for $13.1 billion.
The deal is a cash-and-stock tran... |
| 25.04.2022 | Another housing bubble? ‘We’re skating close to one,’ says Realtor.com economist | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
This might be the hottest housing market ever recorded. Over the past 12 months, U.S. home prices are up a... |
| 20.04.2022 | The economic shock hitting the housing market continues to grow—but where it’ll take us remains uncertain | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
The inflationary period that took off during the ’70s was eventually quelled by the Federal Reserve. But i... |
| 18.04.2022 | A bit of 2008 déjà vu: The housing market hits a level not seen since the last bubble | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
You’d be hard-pressed to find housing economists proclaiming that the ongoing housing boom is nearing a 20... |
| 11.04.2022 | Buyers rush to lock mortgages as rates skyrocket | Mortgage origination activity rose last month despite rapidly rising mortgage rates as prospective buyers sought to lock in their loans.
Overall origination activity jumped 19% in March from the previous month, led by a 31% increase in purc... |
| 04.04.2022 | Are shopping signals the secret to mortgage marketing? | As we usher in a new era of galvanized homebuyers who are well-researched before making a move, personalizing the shopping experience is imperative to breakthrough. Educate your outreach by keying into shopping behavior and you can empower ... |
| 14.03.2022 | Cash-out refis starting to slow despite equity gains | Mortgage origination activity took a major hit in February, with rate hikes squeezing out refinance activity, both for rate-term refis and cash-outs.
Overall origination activity in February was down 5.4% from January, according to the late... |
| 07.02.2022 | Black Knight : December 2021 Mortgage Monitor | Tappable equity - the amount available for mortgage holders to access while retaining at least 20% equity in their homes - increased by 35% in 2021, for an aggregate total of nearly $10 trillion
The $2.6 trillion gain was the largest annual... |
| 02.02.2022 | Black Knight : Surefire CRM and Mortgage Marketing Engine Is Now Available via a Seamless Integration with the Empower LOS | The seamless, "lights-out" integration between the Surefire CRM and Mortgage Marketing Engine and the Empower loan origination system (LOS) is designed to help mortgage lenders create a customer-for-life experience
The integration... |
| 27.01.2022 | Black Knight : Successfully Completes Year-End Processing for More Than 57 Million Loans for MSP Loan Servicing System Clients | Year-end processing is a critical annual event required for Black Knight's servicing clients to meet internal and regulatory reporting requirements
All month-end, quarter-end and year-end processing of more than 57 million first mortgage an... |
| 27.01.2022 | Housing: The 2021 Asset of the Year | Housing should be on the cover of TIME Magazine as "Asset of the Year" for 2021.
The net worth of the average US homeowner increased by about $80,000 dollars in the past year, just from the increased value of their home. That's a ... |
| 13.01.2022 | Black Knight : The Real Estate Market in 2022 – Home Prices and Indexes Versus Granular Realities | The month of January always evokes questions regarding the outlook for the U.S. real estate market in the new year. This is a difficult question to answer simply because even though monthly data is published on nationwide home prices and sa... |
| 10.01.2022 | Black Knight : December 2021 Originations Market Monitor | December marked the fourth consecutive monthly decline in origination activity, with rate locks down 35% year-over-year in response to both higher rates and a seasonal slowdown in home purchases
Lock volumes fell across the board, driven by... |
| 05.01.2022 | Black Knight : National Mortgage Professional Recognizes Black Knight Surefire's John Hardesty with ‘40 Under 40' Award | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Jan. 5, 2021 - Today, Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI) announced that John Hardesty, manager, Inside Sales and Strategic Partnerships for the Black Knight Surefire platform, was selected by National Mortgage Professional (... |
| 23.12.2021 | Mortgage delinquencies continued to improve in November | The delinquency landscape continues to improve on a monthly basis, with the total delinquency rate in the nation falling to 3.59% in November, according to Black Knight’s November mortgage monitor published this week.
In October, the analyt... |
| 17.12.2021 | Black Knight : Julian Grey, EVP of Mortgage and Capital Markets Product Management, Named to NMP's ‘Mortgage Lending's Women of Inspiration' List | Black Knight's Julian Grey, EVP of Mortgage and Capital Markets Product Management, Named to NMP's 'Mortgage Lending's Women of Inspiration' List
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Dec. 16, 2021 - Black Knight, Inc. (NYSE:BKI), a leading provider of inte... |
| 14.12.2021 | What’s Maxwell’s mortgage processing solution up against in the booming US market? | The news: Maxwell Financial Labs and its subsidiary Maxwell Lender Solutions—a US-based fintech mortgage solutions platform founded in 2015—launched what it claims is a “first of its kind” product platform, Maxwell Processor Edge, targeting... |
| 13.12.2021 | Black Knight : Home Price Trends are Local and Medians may be Misleading – copy | Home prices in the United States are rising faster than incomes. It now requires 22.4% of the median household income to purchase an average home with 20% down and a 30-year mortgage - up from 18.1% at the beginning of 2021.
While that is l... |
| 09.12.2021 | Black Knight : Home Price Trends are Local and Medians may be Misleading | Home prices in the United States are rising faster than incomes. It now requires 22.4% of the median household income to purchase an average home with 20% down and a 30-year mortgage - up from 18.1% at the beginning of 2021.
While that is l... |
| 08.12.2021 | Will we start 2022 with all-time lows in housing inventory? | My biggest concern for housing in the years 2020-2024 was that if the demographic push in demand picks up and total home sales get over 6.2 million, we could be at risk of housing inventory falling to such low levels that I would have to ca... |
| 07.12.2021 | Cash-out refis are in high demand as equity levels skyrocket | Record home price appreciation in recent years has pushed tappable home equity to new heights.
According to a report published by data vendor Black Knight this week, the third quarter of 2021 saw a nearly $250 billion dollar increase in tap... |
| 06.12.2021 | This one practice can help lenders stop losing customers | Chazz Huston
Strategic Alliances Manager, Black Knight Secondary Marketing Technologies
A few months ago, I started shopping for a new car. During this pursuit, I scoped out dozens of automaker and dealer websites to browse a wide variety o... |
| 06.12.2021 | Black Knight : October 2021 Mortgage Monitor | Tappable equity - the amount available for homeowners to access while retaining at least 20% equity in their homes - has risen by 32% over the past year, an increase of $2.3 trillion since Q3 2020
Skyrocketing home values over the past 18 m... |
| 01.12.2021 | Black Knight : Surefire CRM and Marketing Automation Solution Named a Grand Globee® Award Winner | JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Dec. 1, 2021 - Today, Black Knight (NYSE:BKI) announced that Surefire, its leading customer relationship management (CRM) and marketing automation software for the mortgage lending industry, was named a Grand Globee win... |
| 09.11.2021 | Wells Fargo Selects Black Knight's Servicing Digital to Enhance Customers' Digital Experience, Provide Personalized Information About Their Loans and Homes | Wells Fargo is now using Servicing Digital, Black Knight's interactive, user-friendly web and mobile solution that provides consumers with tailored, up-to-date information about their mortgages and homes
Servicing Digital's self-service cap... |
| 08.11.2021 | Black Knight's October 2021 Originations Market Monitor | While rate locks on cash-out refinances (-0.3%) and purchase loans (+0.4%) remained relatively flat in October, overall volumes fell by 5.9% due to a more than 23% decline in rate/term refinance locks
Rate/term refinance activity is now dow... |
| 07.11.2021 | Huntington National Bank Renews Contract With Black Knight for its MSP Servicing System | Black Knight, Inc. announced that Huntington National Bank has renewed its contract to use the Black Knight MSP loan servicing system. In addition, Huntington is implementing several other Black Knight solutions to support growth, the custo... |
| 01.11.2021 | Black Knight's September 2021 Mortgage Monitor | Recent rate increases have eliminated refinance incentive for 3.4 million mortgage-holders, but the population of 11.5 million remaining high-quality candidates is still larger than at any time prior to 2020
In the 18 months since the start... |
| 20.10.2021 | Black Knight : Cashing In on the Cash-Out Refinance Boom | Over the past year, the red-hot housing market has given many homeowners a bounty of tappable equity that has risen so quickly it's all but burst through the roofs of their very houses. Driven by increasing home values, triggered by low rea... |
| 19.10.2021 | Black Knight : 5 Reasons to Include Broker-Managed Assumptions in Your MSR Valuation | You've finally tossed those outdated servicing grids aside in favor of more precise mortgage servicing rights (MSR) valuation. Congratulations! With a new cash flow model, you're maximizing the profitability of your MSR assets and avoiding ... |
| 15.10.2021 | Vulnerable U.S. homeowners face uncertainty as mortgage forbearance ends | Oct 15 (Reuters) - Close to half a million low-income homeowners in the United States, many of them minorities, are nearing the end of mortgage forbearance plans that allowed them to halt loan payments during the pandemic, presenting a test... |
| 15.10.2021 | Vulnerable U.S. homeowners face uncertainty as mortgage forbearance ends | The number of borrowers exiting the plans is expected to surge over coming weeks as people who signed up early on in the pandemic reach the 18-month limit for forbearance. While close to 80% of homeowners who entered programs at some point ... |
| 11.10.2021 | Black Knight : September 2021 Originations Market Monitor | Rate lock volumes fell across the board in September as interest rates rose throughout much of the month
Black Knight's OBMMI daily interest rate tracker showed September's month-end conforming 30-year rate at 3.20%, 16 basis points higher ... |
| 08.10.2021 | Black Knight’s Surefire Marketing Automation Solution Enhanced With New Tools for Wholesale Mortgage Lenders, Brokers and Other Third-Party Originators | To help improve marketing performance for mortgage lenders’ wholesale divisions, Black Knight, Inc. announced the launch of a new broker portal and a smart broker assignment capability within Surefire, its industry-leading customer relation... |
| 07.10.2021 | Black Knight : Virginia Housing Renews Contract for Black Knight's MSP Servicing System, Adds Loss Mitigation Solution | Virginia Housing, a Black Knight client for 25 years, has renewed its contract to use the industry-leading MSP servicing system to support its operations
MSP is a comprehensive, end-to-end loan servicing system that encompasses all aspects ... |
