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2026 Purchase Mortgage Closing Cost Data Report
Closing costs as a percentage of sales price hovers around 0.5% to 3%, with an average percentage of 1.04% and a median of 0.85%. Just like in 2025, Delaware leads the pack at a whopping 3.06% of the sales price.
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What Ticks Us Off the Most
Here on the Full Disclosure podcast, we try to keep things chill. But when it’s time to grind our gears… don’t even get us started.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
CRM Revisited
Horace and Octavia continue their protracted conflict over the use of the CRM (or lack thereof).
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A Realtor’s Take on Mortgage
LodeStar’s own Amanda Benincasa, a Philadelphia area realtor, sits down with Alayna Gardner to share her take on the home buying and mortgage processes.
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A New Vision for 2025
How do you drive down loan origination costs? Jim and Alayna sit down to discuss LodeStar’s new vision for 2025 and onward, and how lenders can push back against the rising costs of loan origination.
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The Rundown on Regulation
Jim takes an opportunity to visit longtime friend, Matthew VanFossen, CMB, CEO of Absolute Home Mortgage and The Big Point-of-Sale. They chat about regulation and what’s ahead for 2025.
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Community and Continuing Education
Alayna sits down with Space Coast Credit Union’s Malik Wilkes, CMB, AMP, a passionate advocate for tech-forward loan origination, diversity in the mortgage community, and the value of continuing education.
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What’s Ahead for 2025?
Jim sits down with Todd Hougaard, CEO of BLITS, to discuss the evolution of tech in the mortgage and title spaces, and what’s ahead for 2025.
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An Update on the EPC Update
LodeStar’s resident Encompass Admin, Kelsey Wright, our Director of Customer Success, returns to the Lending Leaders Podcast to give an update on the EPC Changeover.
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A Passion for Compliance
For this week’s episode of Lending Leaders, Alayna interviews John Haring, head of compliance at Wilqo.
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The American Dream 2.0
The Lending Leaders Podcast is back! Jim Paolino sits down with Fractional Chief Strategy Officer at Silk Title Co, Jeremy Potter.
