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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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Data Reports
Data You Can Rely On
One of the things that sets LodeStar apart from other fee providers is that we employ an in-house, full-time, dedicated team of data experts to monitor fee updates.
Lending Leaders
How to Build Trust
This week’s Lending Leaders is a special crossover event… On her other podcast, Thirsty Thursday, Alayna Gardner had the pleasure of interviewing Greg Sher🥂
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Growth and Profitability
Alayna Gardner interviews Nick Friedman to talk about the relationship between profitability and growth in the mortgage industry.
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How to Deliver At Scale
It’s all about scalability this week. Jim sits down with Optimal Blue’s Director of Product Management, Kevin Foley, to discuss how tech vendors can deliver solutions at scale.
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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.