Optimal Blue Named a HousingWire Tech100 Mortgage Award Winner for the Second Year Running

Optimal Blue recognized for its steady stream of high-impact, no-cost product enhancements in 2024 backed by AI and other advanced technologies  

PLANO, Texas – Feb. 3, 2025 – Optimal Blue today announced its selection by HousingWire as a 2025 Tech100 award winner in the mortgage category. The HousingWire Tech100 has acknowledged impactful contributions to housing finance technology by the top 100 companies each year since 2014. 

Optimal Blue bridges the primary and secondary mortgage markets to deliver the industry’s only end-to-end capital markets platform, which supports more than $1 trillion in loan locking and trading transactions annually. Its technology and data solutions are relied on by thousands of lenders of all sizes and scopes to maximize profitability on every loan transaction. The Optimal Blue PPE is used by 68% of the top 500 mortgage lenders in the U.S., offering real-time, accurate pricing to all clients by downloading new ratesheets minutes after they post. 

Optimal Blue continues to invest in its market-leading position with a focus on enhanced user experience, cloud-first and cloud-native technology, world-class mobile solutions, and premier workflow, rules, and compliance technology. Notably, in 2024, Optimal Blue released a total of four AI assistants in its CompassEdge hedging and loan trading platform. The AI assistants are designed to reduce manual processes associated with profitability attribution, calculating projections, and optimizing trade selection – saving secondary teams valuable time that they can instead dedicate to strategic initiatives. 

“In today’s complex market, it’s more important than ever to have tools that simplify processes, reduce risk, and enable business growth,” said Erin Wester, chief product officer at Optimal Blue. “That’s exactly what we are focused on at Optimal Blue – delivering products that empower our clients to make smarter decisions, operate with more efficiency, and stay ahead of the curve. Our talented team gathers feedback directly from Optimal Blue’s clients and partners to deliver innovations that address real challenges in capital markets.”

About Optimal Blue
Optimal Blue effectively bridges the primary and secondary mortgage markets to deliver the industry’s only end-to-end capital markets platform. The company helps lenders of all sizes and scopes maximize profitability and operate efficiently so they can help American borrowers achieve the dream of homeownership. Through innovative technology, a network of interconnectivity, rich data insights, and expertise gathered over more than 20 years, Optimal Blue is an experienced partner that, in any market environment, allows lenders to optimize their advantage from pricing accuracy to margin protection, and every step in between. To learn more, visit OptimalBlue.com. 

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