The national average total closing costs for a purchase mortgage transaction were $4,661. This amount consists of a national average of 1.06% of the home sales price.
For this special episode of the Full Disclosure podcast, Jim and Alayna are returning to their Lending Leaders roots and welcoming an exciting guest, Brian Vieaux, CMB, the new president of MISMO. Together they discuss the future of mortgage industry standards and how rapidly AI is changing the game.
We recently had a fascinating conversation with George Baker, the founder and CEO of Talkuments. Talkuments is the producer of a multi-lingual, digital home loan guide for mortgage lenders to provide to borrowers—especially multi-lingual or non-English speaking borrowers.
As you may already know, we at LodeStar are passionate about promoting mental health awareness. September was National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, so there was no question we would be getting out, spreading the word and doing our part toward raising awareness.
Marcia Zaruba-O’Connor visited with us at LLL recently. She’s a fellow Philadelphia 100 honoree and the CEO and founder of the O’Connor Group, a talent acquisition and human resources provider.
We had the honor of visiting again with Regina Lowrie, CMB, the President and CEO of Dytrix, and one of the industry’s true thought leaders. Here’s what she discussed with our own Jim Paolino.
Our own Jim Paolino had the tables turned on him, as he was interviewed by Content Beacon’s Brian Rieger about the great year LodeStar’s had so far in 2021. He also discussed some very big news about the brand’s future.
This week we dive into the start of LodeStar, David’s dream of a t-shirt cannon, and how we can impact the mortgage industry.
Read our CEO Jim Paolino’s Deeper Thoughts and get the latest mortgage industry news.