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Data Reports
2026 Purchase Mortgage Closing Cost Data Report
Closing costs as a percentage of sales price hovers around 0.5% to 3%, with an average percentage of 1.04% and a median of 0.85%. Just like in 2025, Delaware leads the pack at a whopping 3.06% of the sales price.
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Full Disclosure
What Ticks Us Off the Most
Here on the Full Disclosure podcast, we try to keep things chill. But when it’s time to grind our gears… don’t even get us started.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
CRM Revisited
Horace and Octavia continue their protracted conflict over the use of the CRM (or lack thereof).
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“Promise of Better Days”
Octavia looks for the promise of better days ahead for the housing market.
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“False Hope”
Horace can’t cope with any more false promises from “experts.”
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“Summer’s Almost Over”
Horace is concerned that the summer is almost over.
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“Interview”
Octavia vets a potential interviewee for the new LO position.
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“Monthly Payment”
Octavia tries to talk a borrower out of a too-high monthly mortgage payment.
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“Solitaire”
Octavia reads a news article that offends her work ethic.
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