Sonar can be integrated with several different third-party tools to streamline and automate the process of originating and underwriting loans. The Integrations page can be found under Settings. On this page, you can add new integrations as well as edit and enable/disable existing ones.
Setting Up Your Integrations
Simply head to Settings and click on Integrations. From here, you can add new connections, edit existing ones, or turn integrations on and off with a single click.
Company-Wide vs. Personal Integrations
Sonar gives you flexibility with two types of integrations:
Company-Level: Share with your entire team
User-Level: Keep for your personal use only
You can add personal connections for Credit, Pricing, and AUS (Fannie, Freddie) systems. This is perfect if different team members need their unique access
Setting Up in 4 Easy Steps
Select the Integration Type and the Provider
Enter your credentials and choose whether to share the connection with your company (we recommend sharing unless your company policy says otherwise)
Test the connection with the
Test
ButtonNOTE: the test button does not validate your credentials.
Save the connection
Managing Your Integrations
Once set up, managing integrations is simple:
Turn integrations on/off with the "Active Integration" toggle
Inactive integrations appear grayed out
Look for the green "Connected" message to confirm a successful connection
Setting up Individual Integration
You can add user-level connections for the following integrations:
Available Integrations
Credit Providers
Sonar integrates with over 25+ credit vendors to pull soft and hard credit reports within the LOS.
If you have the same set of credit vendor credentials for both soft & hard pulls - you must enter them 2x (once for "hard credit", and then again for "soft credit")
Go to Configuring Credit to see more
Name | Credit Pull Available |
Advantage Credit | Both |
Advantage Credit Bureau | Both |
Advantage Plus Credit | Both |
American Reporting Company | Both |
Birchwood Credit Services | Both |
CBFS Business Solutions | Both |
Certified Credit Reporting | Both |
CIC Credit | Both |
CISCO Credit | Both |
Credit Bureau Services | Both |
Credit Information Systems | Both |
Credit Link | Both |
Credit Technologies | Both |
Credit Technology | Both |
Information Searching Company (ISC) | Both |
KCB Credit | Both |
Lenders One | Both |
Merchants Credit Bureau (Augusta) | Both |
Merchants Credit Bureau (Savannah) | Both |
MeridianLink, Inc. | Both |
Premium Credit Bureau | Both |
Premium Credit Bureau Data | Both |
SARMA | Both |
Service 1st | Both |
SettlementOne | Both |
TheCreditBureau.com | Both |
United One Resources | Both |
Equifax | Both |
Informative research | Soft Credit |
Pricing Engines
For pricing platform integrations, see Configuring Pricing.
AUS
Connecting to Freddie Mac's LPA and Fannie Mae DO or DU allows you to run the Automated Underwriting System.
Freddie Mac
Freddie Mac integration requires the following information:
Field | Description | Location |
S2S Username | System-to-system username | |
S2S Password | System-to-system password | N/A |
Party Type | Select your LPA Role Type (most common is Mortgage Broker) |
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Party Number | Input either your TPO Number or seller Servicer Number | this will be issued to you when setting up your S2S account |
Note: You must provide System-to-system (S2S) credentials. Your S2S username will contain "sys2sys" in the username. For more information on how to get set up with S2S credentials, go here
Fannie Mae
Depending on your company's setup, you will need to select either Fannie Mae (DO) or Fannie Mae (DU) for integration.
Field | Description |
Username | DO/DU account username the user name should all be lowercase
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Password | DO/DU account password |
If you're unsure whether you should use Desktop Originator (DO) or Desktop Underwriter (DU):
Desktop Originator (DO) is typically used by mortgage brokers who are sponsored by approved Fannie Mae Seller/Servicers.
Desktop Underwriter (DU) is commonly used by lenders who are directly approved as Fannie Mae Seller/Servicers.
Marketing Pixels
Sonar allows you to place a meta or google pixel on your Sonar POS website.
CRM
Zapier
Zapier integration requires the following information:
Field | Description | Location |
Endpoint | Webhook endpoint URL | Provided by Zapier |
eSign
Integrating a provider for e-signing documents allows you to request and receive e-signatures from borrowers.
DocuSign
DocuSign integration requires the following information:
Field | Location |
Client ID |
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Account ID | Docusign profile under Account # |
Impersonated User ID | |
Authentication Server |
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HMAC Key | Under Apps and Keys |
Private Key | Under Apps and Keys |
Payment Provider
Stripe
Connecting to Stripe allows your company to collect payment from borrowers for services such as Appraisal Payments.
Note: this integration can be turned on for your company - please contact [email protected] to request it to be turned on.