{"id":129643,"date":"2025-09-29T07:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=129643"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:26:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T20:26:58","slug":"firstclose-integrates-with-optimal-blue-to-accelerate-home-equity-closings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/firstclose-integrates-with-optimal-blue-to-accelerate-home-equity-closings\/","title":{"rendered":"FirstClose integrates with Optimal Blue to accelerate home equity closings"},"content":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FirstClose<\/a>™, Inc., a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for mortgage and home equity lenders nationwide, today announced a certified integration with Optimal Blue<\/a> that connects FirstClose\u2019s point-of-sale (POS) platform to Optimal Blue\u2019s product, pricing and eligibility (PPE) engine. The integration builds on FirstClose\u2019s ability to reduce home equity closing times from 45 days to 10 or fewer, while also giving lenders access to Optimal Blue\u2019s trusted pricing and eligibility data. Together, these capabilities position lenders to better serve growing demand for home equity lines and second mortgages in today\u2019s purchase-slow market.<\/p>\n

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Through the integration, lenders can provide borrowers with a seamless, branded application experience that combines FirstClose\u2019s real-time property data and eligibility information with Optimal Blue\u2019s accurate, lender-specific pricing. Together, these capabilities deliver a transparent process where consumers see precise loan options and rates while navigating their application.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy integrating our point-of-sale experience with Optimal Blue\u2019s pricing engine, lenders can now deliver borrowers a faster, simpler and more transparent path to access their home equity,\u201d said Tedd Smith, chief executive officer of FirstClose.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmericans are holding tremendous amounts of home equity, and this integration gives lenders a seamless path to present borrowers with real-time, accurate pricing information from Optimal Blue,\u201d said Mike Vough, head of corporate strategy at Optimal Blue. \u201cBy creating more transparency of product and pricing for homeowners, lenders are better positioned to help borrowers take advantage of home equity opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

About FirstClose<\/strong><\/p>\n

Headquartered in Austin, Texas, FirstClose, Inc. provides fintech solutions to HELOC and mortgage lenders nationwide. The company\u2019s mission is to increase profitability and reduce cost for mortgage lenders. FirstClose makes this possible through offering systems and relationships that enable lenders to assist the lender\u2019s borrowers more effectively, reduce closing costs and ultimately shorten closing times. For more information, visit https:\/\/www.firstclose.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 29, 2025 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — FirstClose™, Inc., a leading fintech provider of data and workflow solutions for mortgage and home equity lenders nationwide, today announced a certified integration with Optimal Blue that connects FirstClose’s point-of-sale (POS) platform to Optimal Blue’s product, pricing and eligibility (PPE) engine. The integration builds on FirstClose’s ability to reduce home equity closing times from 45 days to 10 or fewer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10077,"featured_media":129648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,12804,334,1,38,55],"tags":[205,17693,8739],"class_list":["post-129643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mortgage-news","category-ap","category-austin-news","category-business-news","category-finance-news","category-texas-news","tag-depthpr","tag-home-equity-products","tag-mortgage-point-of-sale","has-post-title","has-post-date","no-post-category","no-post-tag","no-post-comment","has-post-author"],"acf":[],"views":2371,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10077"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129643"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129643\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129649,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129643\/revisions\/129649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}