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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.

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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A Tale of Two Mortgages

Good Talk

Horace presents some of the latest housing and mortgage data.

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Data Reports

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

How to Level Up

This week it’s about growth. Alayna Gardner chats with the indefatigable Lindsey Meyer about how to invest in your own development and level up.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

All Shook Up

Horace and Octavia struggle to cope with stock market ups and downs.

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