OBMMI™ provides the most comprehensive, accurate, timely, and interactive analysis of pricing ever conducted in the mortgage industry.
Calculated from actual locked rates with consumers across 35% of all mortgage transactions nationwide, OBMMI includes multiple mortgage pricing indices developed around the most popular mortgage products and specific borrower attributes to provide configurable trending of rates over time.
The Optimal Blue Mortgage Market Indices™ or OBMMI™ are uniquely positioned to provide unparalleled transparency into mortgage rates by utilizing observed, real-time lock data from approximately 35% of the market. This data is aggregated daily and split in informative and novel ways, covering not only conventional 30- and 15-year fixed rate indices, but also FHA, USDA, VA, and Jumbo, as well as many Detailed Mortgage Indices of the Conventional 30 group based on Loan-to-Value (LTV) and FICO credit score. The OBMMI deliver the most complete, frequent, and informative view of the mortgage rate environment based solely on observed, real-time transactions.
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The OBMMI™ methodology is straightforward, simply taking the average rate of all appropriate locks locked through the Optimal Blue product eligibility and pricing engine on a given day. No adjustments to the rates that account for buy-up or buy-down decisions made by individuals are performed.
These indices leverage data from Optimal Blue PPE lock requests (approximately 35% of all locks nationwide) aggregated on a daily basis and updated nightly with the previous day’s locks. Weekends and holidays are excluded due to lack of data. All applicable product types are included unless otherwise specified, and customers are categorized by mortgage company (82.49%), bank (15.30%), credit union (1.92%), and service provider (0.30%).
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