Mortgage veteran Joe Tyrrell will succeed Scott Smith as CEO of Optimal Blue, the company announced Monday. Tyrrell has more than 25 years of experience in mortgage, finance and technology, serving as president of ICE Mortgage Technology for three years after ICE bought Ellie Mae in 2020. For the pa

Given last week’s surprising jobs report, how much longer will we have to deal with higher mortgage rates? The labor data will be the key to answering that question. It’s essential to track the labor data along with inflation because the key to getting lower mortgage rates for longer lies with the l

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