Trying to sell a residential finance company in a rising rate environment is never an easy thing, much less a mortgage technology company that is known for having a large client base of third-party lenders including loan brokers. But don’t tell that to Ellie Mae. Earlier this month the publicly traded mortgage software vendor saw its share price spike 25 percent after word leaked out that it was contemplating a sale. Although company co-founder and Chief Executive Sigmund Anderman declined to ...