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2025 Refinance Mortgage Closing Cost Data Report
The national average total closing costs for a purchase mortgage transaction were $2,403. This amount consists of a national average of 0.72% of the home sales price.
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Lending Leaders
How to Invest in Creativity
This one’s all about keeping creativity alive, even and especially when the market is uncertain. LodeStar’s Director of Revenue, Alayna Gardner, chats with Marketing Content Manager Tim Austen to discuss creativity, and how to invest in it—no matter what’s happening in the industry.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
Did Ya Lock Yet?
Horace confronts the uncertainty of the present market…
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Underwriters
We’ve all wondered if this is what happens when the underwriters get a hold of your loans…
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Did Ya Lock Yet?
Horace confronts the uncertainty of the present market…
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Good Talk
Horace presents some of the latest housing and mortgage data.
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All Shook Up
Horace and Octavia struggle to cope with stock market ups and downs.
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Use the Technology
Octavia notices someone has updated leads in the CRM.
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Legal Pads
Octavia pitches Horace on new methods of taking borrower applications.
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Refuse to Hear
Horace and Octavia discuss work strategies leading up to winter break.
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