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LodeStar offers a variety of content through our Lending Lenders
podcast, our Data Reports, the "A Tale of Two Mortgages" webcomic, and LodeStar Report Newsletter.

Lending Leaders

What Grinds My Gears

For this week’s installment of the Lending Leaders Summer Session, Jim and Alayna open up about what’s been grinding their gears lately—from LinkedIn posts about vacation to overuse of AI in content creation. Tune in!

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Lending Leaders

Regulation Rundown

Continuing with our Summer Session, Jim and Alayna sit down to give you the rundown on regulation.

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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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Lending Leaders

Growth in a Stagnant Market

Per Lending Leaders tradition, Jim Paolino and Alayna Gardner sit down with LodeStar CTO David Spektor to take stock of growth and look ahead at the future.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

Underwriters

We’ve all wondered if this is what happens when the underwriters get a hold of your loans…

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Data Reports

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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Lending Leaders

Practicing Gratitude

Jim Paolino sits down for a hard-hitting and heartfelt conversation with Coby Hakalir, VP of Mortgage and Ancillary Services at T3 Sixty, to discuss the difference practicing gratitude can make.

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