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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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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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Fax Fear
Octavia must face her fear of using Horace’s outdated tech.
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Lord High Rates
The Fed continues its primordial heroic struggle against its cosmic arch nemesis, Lord High Rates.
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So Bleak for So Long
Things have been so bleak for so long, Horace doesn’t know what to do with himself.
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Another Fax Machine
Horace invests in another fax machine for the office.
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Just Use RON
Horace’s refusal to embrace technology has consequences for
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“Holding My Breath”
Rates are starting to slip, and Horace doesn’t want to jinx it.
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