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Optimal Blue to Host Its 2026 Summit February 23–25 in Scottsdale

August 18, 2025

Aug

18

Optimal Blue to Host Its 2026 Summit February 23–25 in Scottsdale

Aug

12

Refinances tick up and non-QM hits record high as purchase activity falls nearly 5% in July

Aug

11

Optimal Blue’s New Brand Reflects Its Modern Technology and Proven Expertise and Leadership

Aug

1

Optimal Blue Director of Development Kobie Burrell Receives HousingWire’s Insiders Award

Jul

30

Optimal Blue Fully Automates Best Efforts Locking Directly With Investors

Jul

8

Refis, Product Shifts and Strong Agency Participation Define June Market Advantage Report

Jul

1

Optimal Blue CMO Sara Holtz Named 2025 HousingWire Woman of Influence

Jun

24

Two Optimal Blue Executives Named to Inman’s 2025 Best of Finance List

Jun

10

Optimal Blue Releases May Data Findings, Announces Expansion of Monthly Report for More Comprehensive Lender Profitability Insights

Jun

9

Optimal Blue Launches New Lead Generation Tool for Originators

Jun

2

Optimal Blue Director of Communications Olivia DeLancey Named 2025 HousingWire Marketing Leader

May

19

Optimal Blue’s Solution Center Expands Comergence Into a Platform-as-a-Service Marketplace, Further Streamlining Connectivity and Enhancing Performance in the Mortgage Ecosystem

May

19

Optimal Blue Amplifies Pricing Accuracy and Originator Efficiency Through No-Cost, General Availability of Two PPE Product Enhancements

May

19

Optimal Blue Releases Executive-Level AI Insights Tool, Ask Obi, to Clients

May

1

Optimal Blue Brings AI-Powered Originator Assistant to Market, Helping Originators Present Best Possible Loan Options to Borrowers

Apr

1

Optimal Blue’s Shawn Chandwani Named to HousingWire’s 2025 Rising Star List

Mar

27

Optimal Blue Establishes Alliance With Cotality to Expand the Reach of Its Mortgage Origination and Pricing Data

Feb

5

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

Feb

4

Optimal Blue Introduces Seven Major Innovations at Its Inaugural User Summit in San Diego

Feb

4

Optimal Blue Announces Ask Obi, an AI Assistant to Provide Mortgage Lending Executives With Real-Time Business Insights

Dec

5

Optimal Blue Announces Tony Hawk, Housing Industry Leaders to Headline Inaugural User Conference

Nov

19

CME Group to Launch Mortgage Rate Futures in January 2025

Nov

11

Optimal Blue Promotes Industry Experts to New Executive Roles to Accelerate Innovation and Prioritize Partnerships

Nov

7

Optimal Blue Vice President of Hedging and Trading Client Services Jim Glennon Receives Lending Luminary Award from PROGRESS in Lending

Nov

1

Optimal Blue Senior Director of Software Engineering James Severance Receives HousingWire’s Tech Trendsetters Award

Oct

28

Optimal Blue Announces Three Major Product Releases, Continuing Streak of Aggressive Product Innovation and No-Cost Feature Additions

Oct

28

Optimal Blue Expands AI Suite with Position Assistant and Enhanced Profitability Assistant on CompassEdge Platform

Oct

28

Optimal Blue Unveils Scenario Optimizer, Enhancing Its PPE Engine with Advanced Loan Comparison Capabilities

Oct

28

Optimal Blue’s Investor Pricing Insight to Now Be a No-Cost Solution, Adds Competitive Benchmarking Feature for Non-QM Investors

Oct

1

Optimal Blue Expands Expertise, Market Leadership With Launch of Two In-House Podcasts

Sep

16

Optimal Blue Rolls Out Innovations in New UI, Gen AI, Originator Capabilities and New No-Cost Solutions

Sep

9

Optimal Blue to Host Inaugural Industry Summit February 3-5, 2025

Sep

3

Joe Tyrrell, CEO of Optimal Blue, Makes HousingWire’s Vanguards List for the Third Time

Aug

1

Optimal Blue Director of Engineering Anu Angarai Receives HousingWire’s Insiders Award

Jul

23

Optimal Blue Launches New Generative AI Assistant Capabilities

Jul

10

Optimal Blue’s Vice President of Client Success DeAn Dawson Receives Mortgage Star Award From Mortgage Women Magazine

Jul

1

Optimal Blue Vice President of Product Management Erin Wester Recognized with HousingWire’s 2024 Women of Influence Award

Jun

25

Optimal Blue Launches Competitive Data License to Help Lenders Optimize Margins With Competitive Loan Pricing Data

Jun

10

Optimal Blue Names Joe Tyrrell Chief Executive Officer

Jun

3

Optimal Blue Chief Marketing Officer Sara Holtz Named a 2024 HousingWire Marketing Leader

May

16

Optimal Blue Announces ‘Optimize Your Advantage’ to Showcase How Its Capital Markets Platform Puts Lenders in Control of Their Margins

Apr

24

Optimal Blue Director of Data Solutions Brennan O’Connell Named a 2024 HousingWire Rising Star

Apr

9

Optimal Blue Announces Promotion of Rick Allen to Chief Operating Officer

Mar

15

Mortgage Industry Veteran Sara Holtz Joins Optimal Blue as Chief Marketing Officer

Mar

1

Optimal Blue’s Mike Schommer Honored as a 2024 HousingWire Finance Leader

Feb

2

Optimal Blue Clinches 2024 HousingWire Tech100 Mortgage Award

Jan

16

Optimal Blue® PPE Now Available in Native Mobile App for Android and iOS, Gives Loan Officers ‘Pricing in Their Pocket’ With Full Product and Search Capabilities

Oct

17

Icanbuy Implements the Optimal Blue Lead-Quoting API to Seamlessly Connect Homebuyers With Lenders’ Products and Pricing

Oct

16

Optimal Blue Appoints Two Senior Leaders From Within: Seever Sulaiman as Chief Technology Officer and Jeremy Moreno as Vice President of Sales

Sep

15

Optimal Blue Acquired by Constellation Software’s Perseus Group