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PRESS RELEASES

Read the latest announcements from Optimal Blue, including product updates, company news, and industry recognition.

Press Contact Alex Kreuter, Director of Communications alexandra.kreuter@optimalblue.com

MarketWise Advisors study finds mortgage lenders increase efficiency by over $1,000 per loan with Optimal Blue

March 17, 2026

May

Optimal Blue report: Purchase demand holds firm as April lock activity cools

Apr

Optimal Blue report: Purchase demand lifts mortgage lock activity as rates rise

Apr

Optimal Blue’s Jake Diekfuss named to HousingWire’s 2026 Rising Stars

Mar

MarketWise Advisors study finds mortgage lenders increase efficiency by over $1,000 per loan with Optimal Blue

Mar

Optimal Blue report: Purchase demand rebounds as mortgage market finds balance

Feb

Optimal Blue to host 2027 Summit February 1–3 in Scottsdale

Feb

Fuad Nasir joins Optimal Blue as VP of hedging and trading

Feb

Industry-first AI/ML-powered forecasting tool headlines extensive lineup of mortgage capital markets innovations unveiled at 2026 Optimal Blue Summit

Feb

Optimal Blue report: Sub-6% rates spark refinance surge early in 2026

Feb

Optimal Blue named to HousingWire’s Mortgage Tech100 List for a 12th time

Jan

Optimal Blue CEO Joe Tyrrell featured in acclaimed podcast series from The CEO Magazine

Jan

Optimal Blue report: December lock volume closes 2025 on a firm footing

Jan

MeridianLink Announces Integration with Optimal Blue to Enhance Mortgage Pricing and Automation Capabilities

Dec

Optimal Blue report: Lock volume posts strongest November since 2021

Dec

Optimal Blue names Lanny Rogers chief financial officer and Jeremy Moreno chief revenue officer

Nov

Optimal Blue report: October lock volume holds second-highest level in three years

Nov

Optimal Blue VP of Product Management Tiffany McGarry Named 2025 HousingWire Tech Trendsetter

Oct

Optimal Blue CTO Seever Sulaiman Named MBA Tech All-Star for Transformative Mortgage Technology Leadership

Oct

Optimal Blue continues to debut new innovations across complete capital markets platform ahead of MBA Annual Convention and Expo

Oct

Optimal Blue Wins 2025 AI Pioneer Award for Transformative Capital Markets Innovation

Oct

Optimal Blue report: Rate rally drives 28% surge in September lock volumes

Sep

Refinances surge nearly 70% as purchase activity falls 10% in August

Sep

Optimal Blue’s Erin Wester named a 2025 HousingWire Vanguard

Aug

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

Aug

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

Aug

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

Aug

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

Jul

Optimal Blue Fully Automates Best Efforts Locking Directly With Investors

Jul

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

Jul

Optimal Blue CMO Sara Holtz Named 2025 HousingWire Woman of Influence

Jun

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

Jun

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

Jun

Optimal Blue Launches New Lead Generation Tool for Originators

Jun

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

May

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

May

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

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

May

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

Apr

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

Mar

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

Feb

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

Feb

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

Feb

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

Dec

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

Nov

CME Group to Launch Mortgage Rate Futures in January 2025

Nov

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

Nov

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

Nov

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

Oct

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

Oct

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

Oct

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

Oct

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

Oct

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

Sep

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

Sep

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

Sep

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

Aug

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

Jul

Optimal Blue Launches New Generative AI Assistant Capabilities

Jul

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

Jul

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

Jun

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

Jun

Optimal Blue Names Joe Tyrrell Chief Executive Officer

Jun

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

May

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

Apr

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

Apr

Optimal Blue Announces Promotion of Rick Allen to Chief Operating Officer

Mar

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

Mar

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

Feb

Optimal Blue Clinches 2024 HousingWire Tech100 Mortgage Award

Jan

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

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

Oct

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

Sep

Optimal Blue Acquired by Constellation Software’s Perseus Group

APPEARANCES

In addition to Optimal Insights, Optimal Blue experts are featured across the industry on a variety of reputable podcasts and stages.

MBA NOW

Optimal Blue’s Kevin Foley on the Virtual Economist

May 5, 2026

HousingWire's The Gathering Conference

Sara Holtz on How Mortgage Leaders Can Use AI to Improve Decision-Making

April 30, 2026

MORTGAGE TECH INTELLIGENCE

Erin Wester, Chief Product Officer of Optimal Blue

April 23, 2026

MBA NOW

A Conversation with Tiffany McGarry on Optimal Blue’s PPE

December 8, 2025

Lending Leaders

How to Deliver At Scale

March 17, 2025

FinTech Hunting

Innovations in Mortgage Tech: Insights from Optimal Blue’s Head of Strategy

January 8, 2025

Chrisman Commentary – Daily Mortgage News

Trigger Lead Update; Optimal Blue’s Jim Glennon on Market Chatter; Central Bank Calculus

December 9, 2024

FinTech Hunting

Optimal Blue’s Erin Wester on AI in Mortgage Tech: Boosting Profits and Efficiency

December 4, 2024

HousingWire Daily

Optimal Blue’s Brennan O’Connell on the significance of rate lock data

November 1, 2024

HousingWire Daily

Erin Wester on pricing engines as a single source of truth

October 22, 2024

HousingWire Daily

Optimal Blue’s Jim Glennon Talks Mortgage Trading

October 8, 2024

Fintech Hunting

Optimal Blue’s Mike Vough on why hedging is important to lenders

September 24, 2024

Fintech Hunting

Transforming Mortgage Lending with Data: Insights from Optimal Blue’s Brennan O’Connell

September 11, 2024

HousingWire Daily

Optimal Blue’s Erin Wester On Mortgage Market Interconnectivity and Pricing

September 10, 2024

HousingWire Power House

Joe Tyrrell: Leadership and market innovation and Optimal Blue

August 1, 2024

Chrisman Commentary – Daily Mortgage News

Dove or Hawk; Optimal Blue’s Joe Tyrrell on Industry Tech and Leadership; Job Cuts

August 1, 2024

Fintech Hunting

The Future of Mortgage Profitability: AI, Hedging, and Pricing Strategies

July 31, 2024

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PRESS RELEASES

APPEARANCES

Optimal Blue’s Kevin Foley on the Virtual Economist

Sara Holtz on How Mortgage Leaders Can Use AI to Improve Decision-Making

Erin Wester, Chief Product Officer of Optimal Blue

A Conversation with Tiffany McGarry on Optimal Blue’s PPE

How to Deliver At Scale

Innovations in Mortgage Tech: Insights from Optimal Blue’s Head of Strategy

Trigger Lead Update; Optimal Blue’s Jim Glennon on Market Chatter; Central Bank Calculus

Optimal Blue’s Erin Wester on AI in Mortgage Tech: Boosting Profits and Efficiency

Optimal Blue’s Brennan O’Connell on the significance of rate lock data

Erin Wester on pricing engines as a single source of truth

Optimal Blue’s Jim Glennon Talks Mortgage Trading

Optimal Blue’s Mike Vough on why hedging is important to lenders

Transforming Mortgage Lending with Data: Insights from Optimal Blue’s Brennan O’Connell

Optimal Blue’s Erin Wester On Mortgage Market Interconnectivity and Pricing

Joe Tyrrell: Leadership and market innovation and Optimal Blue

Dove or Hawk; Optimal Blue’s Joe Tyrrell on Industry Tech and Leadership; Job Cuts

The Future of Mortgage Profitability: AI, Hedging, and Pricing Strategies