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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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Vibe Check Before the Holidays
Here’s one last mortgage industry vibe check before the holidays. With just three and a half short weeks before break, Jim and Alayna give their take on the state of the mortgage industry.
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Mental Health Before the Holidays
Octavia reckons with the struggles inherent to the holiday season.
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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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