Loan Test Exercise 1 - Conventional 30 Year Fixed

Modified on Fri, Apr 11 at 4:21 PM

 

Loan Test Exercise 1 - Conventional 30 Year Fixed

 

In your beta environment, complete an individual application in Blend using the following information: 

1. Activate your Blend account

 

Resources: 

Account Activation Video

Account Activation 

 

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2. Click New Loan to create a new loan from the Pipeline screen.

3. Click Create Test Loan

 

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4. Select 30 yr conv fixed beta.

5.  Click Create.

 


 
Resources: 

Start an Application

Blend Basics Learning Videos

 

Use the following information to create a new loan in Blend

    Loan Creation Exercise Criteria
  Create a New Loan - Use Dev Utils tool

Loan Type

Purchase
  • Price - $500,000
  • Loan Amount - $350,000
  • Estimated Property Value - $525,000
  Down Payment Amount/%

$150,000

  • Source(s) - Checking & Gift (relative)
Product Type/Amort Period/Amort TypeConv, 30 Yr Fixed
Subj Property Type 

Single Family Home

  • Use - Primary Residence
  • Address - TBD   City: Tulsa, State: OK,          Zip code: 74135
tip_5.png Note: Leave the street address as "TBD".
Estate/Title Manner HeldFee Simple/Sole Ownership
 Martial Status    Unmarried
Borrower/Co-borrower
  • Name - Andy America
  • SSN - 999-60-3333
  • DOB - 01/01/1981
  • Phone - (415) 983-2437
  • Current Address - 309 North Elm Street, Orrville, OH  44667
  • Mailing Address - Same as current address
Credit  Manual Pull AFTER Loan Creation
 Employment
  • Employer - Chik-fil-a
  • Position -  Asst Manager
  • Phone - (301) 292-9987
  • Type - Employment
  • Start Date - 04/04/2014
  • Yrs in Industry - 10
  • Pay Type - Salaried
  • Pay Amount:
      • $120,000 Base
      • $6,000 Bonus
      • $3,00 Overtime
  • Business Address - 99 East Washakie St, Meridian, ID  83646
 Other Income
  • Social Security - $3,500 per month
  • Alimony - $500 per month
 Assets
  • Checking -  $300,000
tip_5.png Note: To test Large Deposit LOE and GAS, leave blank and import BAC through BP. 
 REO
  • Current Primary Residence - Yes
      • Owned
      • Retained for Investment
 Declarations
  • Occupy - Yes
  • Property in previous 3 years - Yes
  • Owner - Primary/Sole Owner
  • Delinquency - Yes, Forgot to pay 2019 income Tax
  • US Citizen - Yes
  • All other questions - No
 HMDA Completed 
  • Method - Internet or email
  • Data:
      • Not Hispanic
      • Male 
      • Asian/Japanese
 Parameter to Trigger TRID   Subject Property Address

 

6. Review loan data

OPTIONAL:

Using a different Browser Session; Login to loan in the Borrower Portal, click through the workflow.

a. Verify that the selected TRID fields do NOT present

- Subject Property Value - In the GTKY

- Subject Property Address - In GTKY - asks for county/state only if lender is not collecting

- Income - Income workflow will not present on the left workflow outline (Income will not populate on the workflow until the "Getting Started" section is completed, If lender is collecting)

b. Under Assets - Use the link to add assets from either Chase Bank or Bank of America 

Username: user_good

Password: pass_good

BAC two factor authentication: 1234

- Click on the Documents menu, and view the Generated Asset Statement created by Blend. 


 
Resource: Generated Assets Statement

c. Lender can go into "Co-Pilot" mode to evaluate this functionality with the Borrower

d. Borrower logs out of the loan.

e. Lender completes the following steps in the Takeover Mode. 


 
Resource: Co- Pilot

 

7. Pull Credit (if desired), if credit feature is enabled. 

 tip1.png  Tip: Speak to your CSM or DL for more details regarding this feature.


 
Resource: LO Toolkit - Key Features - Credit

 

8. Observe parameters changing in the Lender Sidebar - ratios/liabilities, if Lender Sidebar feature is enabled.

a. Enter/Adjust liabilities.

b. Enter Fees.

c. Link liability to REO, if applicable. 

tip1.png  Tip: Speak to your CSM or DL for more details regarding this feature.


 
Resource: LO ToolKit - Navigation - Toolbar, sidebar & responsiveness

 

9. Run AUS (if desired and credit pulled), if AUS feature is enabled. 


 
Resource: LO ToolKit- Key features - Automated Underwriting system/Desktop Underwriter (AUS-DU)

 

10. Enter the missing TRID parameter and Save loan data. 

11. Accept the popup warning to trigger TRID and auto export the loan. 

12. If integrated to an LOS - Validate loan creation and data population in applicable LOS fields. 

a. Import the file to the LOS


 
Resource: Import a Blend application in Encompass

 

13. Expected System Generated follow-up Docs: Blend Intelligence Overview

 

 Expected System Generated Follow-UpsResources
 Gift Letter 

HERE

 Paystub Last 30 days & 2 years (if enabledHERE
 W-2 Last 2 years

HERE

 Account   Statements 

HERE

 Personal Tax Returns Last 2 years

HERE

 Inquiry Explanation Credit

HERE

 Tax TranscriptsIf enabledHERE
 SOC Sec Award Letter 

HERE

 Evidence of Insurance (REO) 

HERE

 

14. Request documents from the borrower in Blend. 

book2.png Resource: Follow-Ups

 

15. Import the documents uploaded by the borrower in Blend into the LOS.

tip1.png  Tip: Encompass customers can click HERE for steps to import documents from Blend into Encompass. All other customers, please follow your process to import documents from Blend into your LOS. 

 

Enter the test application as a borrower

1. Copy the email address of the borrower for the created loan. 

2. Open a different browser or an incognito window.

3. Enter the email address and use the password Password123! to create a loan. 

 

 

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