Loan Test Exercise 4 - VA Refinance - 3/1 ARM - Individual borrower

Modified on Fri, Apr 11 at 4:28 PM

Loan Test Exercise 4 - VA Refinance - 3/1 ARM - Individual borrower

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 va refi single borrower.

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

Refinance - Cash Out Debt
  • Original Purchase Price - $250,000
  • Loan Amount - $22,500
  • Estimated Property Value - Blank 
tip_5.png Note: Leave the estimated property value blank. 
  Down Payment Amount/%

NA

  • Source(s) - NA
Product Type/Amort Period/Amort TypeVA 3/1 ARM
Subj Property Type 

Single Family Home, Detached

  • Use - Primary Residence
  • Address - 7611 Puffer Rd, Bremerton, WA  98215
Estate/Title Manner HeldFee Simple/Sole Ownership
Borrower/Co-borrower
  • Name - Jess T. Sea
  • SSN - 999-00-1147
  • DOB - 09/09/1999
  • Phone - (360) 378-0877
  • Marital Status - Unmarried
  • A non-spouse holds property rights - No
  • Current military status - Active duty
  • Surviving spouse - No
  • Projected end of service/tour - 09/09/2029
  • Previous VA loan - No
  • Receiving VA disability income - No
  • Current Address - 7611 Puffer Rd, Bremerton, WA  98215
  • Ownership Type - Owned
  • Mailing Address - Same as current address
Credit  Manual Pull AFTER Loan Creation
 Employment
  • Employer - US Navy
  • Position -  Petty Officer
  • Phone - (360) 398-9876
  • Type - Military
  • Start Date - 04/04/2014
  • Yrs in Industry - 10
  • Pay Type - Salaried
  • Pay Amount:
      • $675 Monthly Entitlements
      • $36,000 Annual
      • $6,000 Bonus
  • Business Address - 1 Navy Pentagon, Pentagon  City, VA  20220
 Other Income

    No

 Assets
  • Checking -  $15,000
tip_5.png Note: To test Large Deposit LOE and GAS, leave blank and import BAC through BP. 
 REO
  • Current Primary Residence - Yes
  • Subject Property - Yes
 Declarations
  • Occupy - Yes
  • Property in previous 3 years - Yes
  • Owner - Primary/Sole Owner
  • US Citizen - Yes
  • All other questions - No
 HMDA Completed 
  • Method - Telephone
  • Data:
      • Not Hispanic
      • Female 
      • Native Hawaiian, Guamanian
 Parameter to Trigger TRID   Subject Property Address
 Govt Loan Info
  • 1,500 sq ft
  • 0.25 maintenance expense
  • Entitlement amount - $36,500
  • MCC=50
  • ETS - 09/09/2029
  • Full Doc
  • $475 Monthly Tax Deductions

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
 Paystub  Last 30 days

HERE

 Tax Transcripts  If enabledHERE
 Late Payment Explanation  Credit Pulled

HERE

 Evidence of Insurance (REO)  Subject Property

HERE

 

14. Request documents from the borrower in Blend. 


 
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. 

 

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