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Interview: David Stevens on GNMA Capital Rule & ICE + BKI
The entire mortgage industry will have a single point of failure with the ICE/BKI combination

R. Christopher Whalen
Sep 12, 20228 min read
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Update: Blend Labs & loanDepot Inc.
If the merger of Black Knight and Intercontinental Exchange goes through, the expanded ICE monopoly will simply give POS tools away for free

R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 25, 20226 min read
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No End to Conservatorship for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will likely sit in conservatorship indefinitely unless and until Congress acts first.

R. Christopher Whalen
Aug 17, 20226 min read
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Interview: Dan Sogorka of Sagent Lending Technologies
The new technology that powers the Sagent-Cooper vision for servicing is already proven in the market

R. Christopher Whalen
May 16, 20227 min read
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Does ICE + Black Knight = Shareholder Value?
ICE buying the revenue streams represented by BKI is a big bet on yesterday, not a bold initiative to change the mortgage industry

R. Christopher Whalen
May 11, 20228 min read
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The Residential Mortgage Finance Top Twenty Seven
Who is going to acquire and restructure Blend Labs (BLND) before this newbie-fintech-something runs out of cash?

R. Christopher Whalen
Apr 4, 20222 min read
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Profile: Blend Labs, Inc ("BLND")
Is BLND worth more than RKT, or entrenched data monopolies and solution providers such as BKI or even CLGX?

R. Christopher Whalen
Jun 30, 20217 min read
879 views
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