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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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Lending Leaders
Mortgage Industry Vibe Check
Welcome back to the Lending Leaders Podcast! For this year’s Summer Session, we’re trying something a little different. Tune in to find out what Jim and Alayna have in store!
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
Appraisals
Octavia investigations strange goings-on in the Appraisals folder.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Fax Fear
Octavia must face her fear of using Horace’s outdated tech.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Lord High Rates
The Fed continues its primordial heroic struggle against its cosmic arch nemesis, Lord High Rates.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
So Bleak for So Long
Things have been so bleak for so long, Horace doesn’t know what to do with himself.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Another Fax Machine
Horace invests in another fax machine for the office.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Just Use RON
Horace’s refusal to embrace technology has consequences for
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