Author name: Ricky Vasquez

Key insight: President Donald Trump said he would ban institutional investment in single-family homes, and called on Congress to codify the changes.  What’s at stake: Banks are often financiers of institutional investments in single-family housing stock.  Forward look: The White House doesn’t have unilateral power to ban institutional investors from purchasing single family homes, but […]

Shares of Blackstone Inc. and other housing-related companies tumbled after President Donald Trump said he would move to ban institutional investors from buying single-family homes.  Processing Content Blackstone stock fell by as much as 9.3%, before trimming some losses, after Trump said he was “immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more

Loan-origination software provider Meridianlink reached a deal for an integration with Optimal Blue that aims to streamline processes and offer competitive pricing in secondary market sales for lenders.  Processing Content With the integration, mortgage customers using Meridianlink’s LOS will gain access to Optimal Blue’s product, pricing and eligibility solutions in real time directly through the