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Best Efforts to Mandatory Spread: Determining the Risk and Reward of Pipeline Hedging

BLUELINE Blog: Advantages of Real-Time MSR Data and the Impact on MSR Valuations

Advantages of Real-Time MSR Data and the Impact on MSR Valuations

BLUELINE Blog: 5 Steps for Improving Secondary Marketing Profitability

Free eBook: 5 Steps for Improving Secondary Marketing Profitability

BLUELINE Blog: Lock and Shop Loan Strategies in Volatile Markets

Lock and Shop Loan Strategies in Volatile Markets

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Success With TBA Trading: Managing Counterparties, Executing Efficiently and Avoiding Pitfalls

BLUELINE Blog: 3 Characteristics of a Quality Mortgage Pricing Data Source

3 Characteristics of a Quality Mortgage Pricing Data Source

Taking Loan Pricing From Reactive to Proactive with Real-Time Data

BLUELINE Blog: Trusting Your Hedge System in Today’s Volatile Marketplace

Trusting Your Hedge System in Today’s Volatile Marketplace

BLUELINE Blog: Free White Paper – Five Key Components Of A Successful PPE

Free White Paper – Five Key Components Of A Successful PPE

BLUELINE Blog: Navigating The Risk Of Interest Rate Lock Commitments

Navigating The Risk Of Interest Rate Lock Commitments

BLUELINE Blog: New White Paper Examines How Rate Lock Data Can Help Manage Portfolio Risk

It’s A Lock: New White Paper Examines How Rate Lock Data Can Help Manage Portfolio Risk

Buy-Downs Rise With Shift to Cash-Out Refis

BLUELINE Blog: New White Paper Examines How Rate Lock Data Can Help Manage Portfolio Risk

It’s a Lock: New White Paper Examines How Rate Lock Data Can Help Manage Portfolio Risk

BLUELINE Blog: Clock Is Ticking For Dwindling Refi Candidate Population

Clock Is Ticking For Dwindling Refi Candidate Population

BLUELINE Blog: 4 Concepts to Consider When Refining Your Hedging Strategy

4 Concepts to Consider When Refining Your Hedging Strategy

BLUELINE Blog: How Will the Latest FHFA Pricing Changes Impact You and Your Borrowers?

How Will the Latest FHFA Pricing Changes Impact You and Your Borrowers?

BLUELINE Blog: Riding the Latest Margin Compression Wave

Riding the Latest Margin Compression Wave

BLUELINE Blog: Cashing In on the Cash-Out Refinance Boom

Cashing In On the Cash-Out Refinance Boom

BLUELINE Blog: 5 Reasons to Include Broker-Managed Assumptions in Your MSR Valuation

5 Reasons to Include Broker-Managed Assumptions in Your MSR Valuation

BLUELINE Blog: It’s Time to Set Servicing Grids Aside for More Precise MSR Valuation

It’s Time to Set Servicing Grids Aside for More Precise MSR Valuation

BLUELINE Blog: Manage Risk & Increase Returns With the Right Hedging Option

Manage Risk & Increase Returns With the Right Hedging Option

BLUELINE Blog: The Journey to Securitization: Understanding Pricing Inputs

The Journey to Securitization: Understanding Pricing Inputs

BLUELINE Blog: What’s That Loan Worth, Anyway?

What’s That Loan Worth, Anyway?

BLUELINE Blog: Have We Seen The Worst Of The Pricing Stress For Non-Owner-Occupied Properties?

Have We Seen The Worst Of The Pricing Stress For Non-Owner-Occupied Properties?

BLUELINE Blog: Stressed Bulk Aggregator Pricing Continues for Non-Owner-Occupied Properties

Stressed Bulk Aggregator Pricing Continues for Non-Owner-Occupied Properties

Social Media for Loan Officers: Building Your Brand

BLUELINE Blog: Observing the Secondary Marketing Impacts of GSE Caps on Non-Owner-Occupied Properties

Observing the Secondary Marketing Impacts of GSE Caps on Non-Owner-Occupied Properties

Don’t Agonize Over Securitization, Plan for It

BLUELINE Blog: In the Game of Recapture, Your Data is the MVP

In the Game of Recapture, Your Data is the MVP

BLUELINE Blog: It’s Time to Prepare for Pushback on N/O/O and other “High-Risk” Mortgage Acquisitions

It’s Time to Prepare for Pushback on N/O/O and other “High-Risk” Mortgage Acquisitions

BLUELINE Blog: What’s Hiding in the Shadows of Your Company’s Online Reputation?

What’s Hiding in the Shadows of Your Company’s Online Reputation?

BLUELINE Blog: API Webhooks Usher New Frontier for Real-Time, Automated Data Transactions

API Webhooks Usher New Frontier for Real-Time, Automated Data Transactions

BLUELINE Blog: Impact on Mortgage Rates from Rising 10-Year Treasury Yields

Impact on Mortgage Rates from Rising 10-Year Treasury Yields

BLUELINE Blog: How Often Should MSRs Be Valued?

How Often Should MSRs Be Valued?

BLUELINE Blog: The Bifurcation of Refinance and Purchase Rates

The Bifurcation of Refinance and Purchase Rates

BLUELINE Blog: Solving Agency Loan Pool-Level Constraints

Solving Agency Loan Pool-Level Constraints

The Risks & Rewards of Social Media in Mortgage

The Risks & Rewards of Social Media in Mortgage

Social Media for Loan Officers—Building Your Brand

BLUELINE Blog: Video Chat With HousingWire: How Lenders Will Benefit From Black Knight’s Acquisition of Optimal Blue

Video Chat With HousingWire: How Lenders Will Benefit From Black Knight’s Acquisition of Optimal Blue

Discover the Power of Integrated Mobile Rate Locking

Great News!...? FHA Will Start Taking Loans in Forbearance, but Not All of the Risk

Great News!...? FHA Will Start Taking Loans in Forbearance, but Not All of the Risk

BLUELINE Blog: How Data And Analytics Can Give Lenders A Competitive Edge In A Changing Market

How Data And Analytics Can Give Lenders A Competitive Edge In A Changing Market

Time to Start Thinking About Getting Conventional Loans Out of Forbearance

Time to Start Thinking About Getting Conventional Loans Out of Forbearance

COVID-19 Forbearance Issues & Cash-out Considerations

COVID-19 Forbearance Issues & Cash-out Considerations

Mortgage Volumes Still Strong Despite Economic Uncertainty

Downside Risks in the Mortgage Market

Downside Risks in the Mortgage Market

Is the Virus-related Mortgage Market Turmoil Abating?

Is the Virus-related Mortgage Market Turmoil Abating?

The CARES Act and its Impact on the Economy and the Mortgage Market

Market Commentary: Recent Actions Taken in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Recent Actions Taken in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 and its Impact on Today's Mortgage Pipelines

Emergency Actions in Response to COVID-19 & the Implications of the Policy Actions

Emergency Actions in Response to COVID-19 & the Implications of the Policy Actions

Market Volatility and the Anatomy of Mortgage Rates

BLUELINE Blog: Thoughts From the Desk

Thoughts from the Desk...

BLUELINE Blog: Records!!

Records!!

2020 Economic Outlook & the Impact of Global Politics

Market Commentary: Economic Outlook & the Impact of Global Politics

Third-Party Oversight Best Practices

Four TPO Mistakes To Avoid & Corrective Actions for Partner Success

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Automating the Secondary Marketing Function: Part III

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Market Commentary: The Impact of Rate Movement and Loan Characteristics on Servicing Value

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Automating the Secondary Marketing Function: Part II

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Market Commentary: The Impact of Rates, Seasonality, and Appreciation on Mortgage Volumes

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Market Commentary: Optimal Blue Examines the Mid-Cycle Adjustment

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Market Commentary: Rates Are Falling, Will It Continue?

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Automating the Secondary Marketing Function: Part I

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Market Commentary: The Impact of Low Rates on Lender Profitability

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Market Commentary: Monetary Policy Impact on the Mortgage Market

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Examining the Bid Tape Assignment of Trade Strategy

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Market Commentary: Rates Falling, Are Volumes Responding?

Social Media Compliance: Monitoring vs. Auditing

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Who's at Risk? Originator License Renewal Concerns

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A Loan Officers Guide to Secondary Marketing - Part II

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The Digital Mortgage Marketplace Explained

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4 Key Points to Consider When Transitioning from Best Efforts to Mandatory Delivery

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How Does a Credit Score Impact Loan Payments?

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A Loan Officers Guide to Secondary Marketing - Part I

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A Lenders Obligation to Social Media Compliance