ICE on a signing spree for new ‘mortgage tech ecosystem’

In pursuit of a bigger slice of an estimated $14 billion market after Black Knight acquisition, Intercontinental Exchange signs 37 new Encompass clients and four new servicing clients.

Constellation Software handed the keys to Empower, Optimal Blue

To satisfy antitrust regulators, ICE divests itself of Black Knight’s loan origination and mortgage pricing businesses, but gets access to mortgage loan servicers and MLSs in $11.9 billion merger.

Real estate transfer tax hikes create headaches for mortgage lenders

Federal regulations provide “zero tolerance” for miscalculating real estate transaction taxes when providing TILA-RESPA integrated disclosure to borrowers, Black Knight warns.