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Record-low interest rates allowed homebuyers to purchase $32,000 more house for the same monthly payment compared to last July, boosting affordability to the highest level since 2016.

Optimal Blue is being combined with Compass Analytics.

With coronavirus moratoriums still in place, foreclosures fell to the lowest level since at least 2000, while serious delinquencies ballooned by 1.2 million in June, according to Black Knight.

The technology company reiterated its call for the hostile bidders to raise their $65 per share offer.

The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance fell for the fourth consecutive week, as the growth rate plummeted 21 basis points between June 29 and July 5, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

A significant number of plans that expired at the end of June were not renewed, Black Knight said.

The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance dropped for the third consecutive week, as the growth rate fell 8 basis points between June 22 and June 28, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Reps called the offer "opportunistic" and said it did not address regulatory concerns regarding overlaps with Bill Foley's other businesses, Fidelity and Black Knight.

The $38.7 billion of equity withdrawn during the period was down 8% from the fourth quarter.

The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance edged down slightly, with the growth rate dipping 1 basis point between June 15 and June 21, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Cannae Holdings, a spinoff of Fidelity National Financial, is trying to stage an unsolicited takeover of the property data, analytics and services firm that once had ties to Fidelity's competitor.

Compared with the week prior, approximately 83,000 more loans from all investor types became forborne.

The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance dropped, with the growth rate falling 7 basis points between June 8 and June 14, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

The delinquency rate at the end of May was the highest in over eight years, but that includes borrowers in forbearance plans.

Compared with the week prior, approximately 57,000 fewer loans from all investor types were forborne.

Analysts think the company could be looking for an acquisition target.

The number of loans going into coronavirus-related forbearance ground down to a growth rate of 2 basis points between June 1 and June 7, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

About 9% of government-insured loans in forbearance have low equity, which could hamper post-forbearance servicing.

Former Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting landed a post with Black Knight, which provides technology solutions to mortgage and real estate companies.

But there was an increase in private-label mortgages in forbearance.