Products, Services, and Software for Brokers and Lenders A restaurant can seem like the picture of efficiency…until the kitchen falls behind. Guests are seated, orders are taken, and everything appears to move seamlessly. But when what happens up front is not fully connected to what is happening behind the scenes, delays build quickly, and the experience starts to suffer. Home equity lending is no different. Demand may be strong, but when workflows, systems and fulfillment processes are not aligned, speed slips and opportunities stall. On March 31 at 2 PM ET, join FirstClose for a webinar on how lenders using Encompass® by ICE Mortgage Technology® are solving that challenge. The session will explore how automation and digital workflows help accelerate decisioning and closing, reduce friction and improve pull-through. Attendees will also see how FirstClose’s XpressEquity and Intelligent Automation-powered Order Management System work together to streamline the home equity process. Register here. Are you confident you’re capturing every dollar your pipeline is actually worth? On March 26, tomorrow, join Optimal Blue for Hedging 201: The Components of Pipeline Valuation, where we break down the critical elements that help shape accurate, profit‑driving valuation. Following up on Hedging 101, this session goes deeper into how data quality influences your pull‑through models, why precise position and gain/loss reconciliation matters, and the best practices that strengthen loan sale execution and hybrid AOT strategies. You’ll also explore duration modeling and its impact on hedging precision, plus key accounting and cash‑flow considerations like SIFMA settlement dates and recognizing unrealized versus realized gains. Led by Optimal Blue’s hedge and loan trading experts, this webinar shows how our advisory, analytics, and modeling can help mitigate interest rate risk, reduce hedging costs, and support smarter, more confident decision‑making across your secondary workflow. Register today.
