Include Additional Fields in Search Pricing Engine Page for Optimal Blue Integration

Date Available: Beta 10/31, Prod 11/28

Which customers are impacted?: Customers who have integrated with Optimal Blue for their pricing engine in Blend. 

How to turn on: This feature will be automatically enabled on the dates listed above.

Purpose of Update and Benefit:
Blend’s Optimal Blue integration will be upgraded to include more inputs on the Search Pricing Engine field, which will allow for more accurate results when searching for loan products in Blend. Customers who previously went through an LO Toolkit or Optimal Blue-specific enablement with Blend in the past will already have this feature enabled in their environments and will not be impacted by this rollout schedule. 

Current Behavior:
The existing fields on the Search Pricing Engine page for customers using our Optimal Blue integration are visible in the screenshot below. 

New Behavior:
The following fields will now appear on the “Search Pricing Engine” page: 

• Number of Stories
• Waive Escrows? (Y/N)
• Second Lien Amount
• Appraisal Value
• Product Types (standard products / affordable products)
• Fees In
• Reduced MI? Y/N
• Self-Employed? Y/N
• Coborrower Intent to Occupy? Y/N
• Borrower Pays MI
• Automated U/W System
• Desired Price
• Desired Rate

The following fields will be removed from the “Search Pricing Engine” page as part of this update: 

• Bankruptcy? (Y/N)
• Foreclosure? (Y/N)

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