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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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Vibe Check Before the Holidays
Here’s one last mortgage industry vibe check before the holidays. With just three and a half short weeks before break, Jim and Alayna give their take on the state of the mortgage industry.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
Key Automation
Horace takes extreme measures to cleanse his inbox.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Ding
Prior to the big conference, Octavia’s phone is dinging off the hook.
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Octavia must face her fear of using Horace’s outdated tech.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.
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