Blend Release Notes - 2023/11/17

(Note: you can download the Release Notes PDF in the Release Notes PDFs section in Help Center)

For this release, we anticipate the following introductions in your environments. Major features are documented in the Blend Knowledge Base accessible at help.blend.com.

If that resource does not answer your question, please reach out to Blend Support.

Announcements (3)

(New) Update to Release Notes Posting Schedule

Due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Release Notes will be posted two business days early on Wednesday, November 22, 2023. We will resume the standard posting cadence the following week. 

LendingQB / MeridianLink Mortgage OAuth Requirement

LendingQB / MeridianLink Mortgage requires a new authentication protocol (OAuth) per updated security requirements and framework. LOS Administrators will need to add Blend Integration to their services and appropriate API user. Please set this up in Beta and test by 11/30/23. Production set up will need to be completed by 12/31/23. MeridianLink has also sent information on this item as well for further details.

You may reach out to Blend Support if you have any questions.

Backend Upgrades to Fee Management Service

Over the next few weeks (between October 31 and November 28), Blend will introduce backend improvements to our fees integration service that will improve the merging logic when duplicate fees are returned in the fee response. This will only impact customers who have integrated a third-party fee management service in Blend, or who are receiving fees from their configured product and pricing engine (PPE). 

There will be no UI impacts with this change, and we are not changing existing calculations for Fees in Blend. While we do not anticipate any issues to arise with this change, lender users are encouraged to reach out to their account teams to escalate and resolve any issues, if any are observed.

Maintenance Announcements (3)

• Minor version upgrade for verification databases
• Kubernetes version upgrade in beta and prod
• OneSpan Monthly Downtime

Preview Environments (Test/Dev/Beta) (7)

• Updates to Cash to Close / Cash to Borrower calculations in the Details of Transaction (DoT) page for refinance loans
• Remove Default Funding Fee Percentage for VA Loans in Blend
• Require FHA Loan Program Details
• Include Additional Fields in Search Pricing Engine Page for Optimal Blue Integration
• Disclosures Packages to always validate third-party recipients (TPRs)
• Ability to Configure Email Reminder Cadence in Blend
• Associate housing payments with the loan instead of the borrower

Production Environments (Prod) (1)

• Custom Questions for Mortgage Director

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