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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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Can’t Bear to Hope
The Spring Market is here, but can Horace bear to get his hopes up?
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Another Conference in the Bag
Horace and Octavia touch base after the big conference.
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Big Conference
Horace and Octavia compare goals for the big industry conference.
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Key Automation
Horace takes extreme measures to cleanse his inbox.
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Ding
Prior to the big conference, Octavia’s phone is dinging off the hook.
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Appraisals
Octavia investigations strange goings-on in the Appraisals folder.
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