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2025 Purchase Mortgage Closing Cost Data Report
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.
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Full Disclosure
The Future of MISMO
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.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
Wearing Our Costumes
Horace and Octavia are glad they happened to be wearing their costumes.
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Tech Good
All the big mortgage kahunas are talking about tech. Again.
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I Demand a Lower Rate
Octavia processes her irritation with certain perspectives toward economic policy change.
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