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

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Data Reports

2024 vs 2025: Year-Over-Year Mortgage Closing Cost Report

LodeStar’s 2024 vs. 2025 Year-Over-Year Closing Cost Report analyzes distinct mortgage quotes across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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Something Not Right

Boris really, really, really likes title.

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Full Disclosure

October Full Disclosure Full Episode

For this month’s episode of the Full Disclosure podcast, Jim, Alayna, and Tim are ready and eager to discuss all the usual questions: the cost of producing a loan, the role of tech and AI, and the value of industry conferences.

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Summer Slowdown

Horace wrestles with the prospect of a summer slowdown.

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Wisdom for Small Business Owners

For this week’s episode of Lending Leaders, Jim interviews Michael Barnett, CEO and Founder of Loanspark, about what SMBs need to know to succeed in the world of finance and lending.

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Make Up a Number

Octavia and Horace discuss strategies for answering borrower questions.

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Comics for the Mortgage Industry?!

For this week’s special episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna Gardner chats with LodeStar’s Marketing Content Manager Tim Austen about his original webcomic, “A Tale of Two Mortgages,” the cost of content marketing, and the importance of trying new things.

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100 Weeks of “A Tale of Two Mortgages”

This is LodeStar’s 100th “A Tale of Two Mortgages” webcomic!!!

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The Secret to Collaboration

LodeStar’s Jim Paolino talks with Melissa Langdale about the future of mortgage lending and what it really means to collaborate as an industry.

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Bright Side

Horace is tired of looking on the bright side.

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The Joy of Problem Solving

This week, Alayna had the pleasure of speaking with Stacy Holindrake, a veteran of the mortgage industry with a strong background in Mortgage Operations. Together they discuss new opportunities and the joy of problem solving

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Meme

Horace and Octavia compare real life to memes.

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