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Most homebuyers forking out big bucks to buy down mortgage rate

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While mortgage rates have eased and home prices have fallen in many markets, affordability “still has a stranglehold on much of the market,” according to research released Monday by Black Knight. Continue reading →

Cordless Media ads on MLSs will provide real-time mortgage rates

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Ad marketplace is the first to implement Optimal Blue’s new lead-quoting application programming interface, allowing ads to display rates from multiple lenders. Continue reading →

Real estate transfer tax hikes create headaches for mortgage lenders

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Federal regulations provide “zero tolerance” for miscalculating real estate transaction taxes when providing TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure to borrowers, Black Knight warns. Continue reading →

Fidelity paying Black Knight $225M to bring TitlePoint back into the fold

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With ICE’s acquisition of Black Knight pending, title insurer exercises right to buy back title search and order management solution. Continue reading →

Black Knight signs another credit union as Empower client

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San Diego-based BluPeak is the ninth credit union Black Knight has signed to use its mortgage loan origination system in the last 12 months. Continue reading →

Credit unions, banks flock to Black Knight’s Empower mortgage LOS

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IThink Financial, the eighth credit union to sign up for Empower since December, will use the mortgage loan origination system to provide home loans to more than 100,000 members. Continue reading →

Home prices down from peaks in quarter of nation’s top 50 markets

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Falling sales are driving inventory growth, bit it will take more than a year at the current rate for listings levels to get back to normal, according to Black Knight’s latest monthly Mortgage Monitor Report. Continue reading →

As rates rose, demand for mortgages dwindled every month in Q2

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Rising rates took their toll not only on refinancing but on homebuyer demand for purchase loans in June, according to an analysis of rate lock data released Monday by Black Knight. Continue reading →

Mortgage Coach and Sales Boomerang merge under new CEO

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Richard Harris, a veteran of SparkPost, Oracle and AddThis, will lead the merged company, which said it will employ 144 people with no layoffs anticipated. Continue reading →