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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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Things Are Going Great (Seriously)
How are things at LodeStar and SettleWise? Good, actually. Jim and Alayna sit down to talk about things are going as we anticipate fall conference season and other new, exciting changes.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
In Like a General Sense
Horace is happy to offer encouragement. Just not specific encouragement.
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Conferences this Summer
For the final installment of the LodeStar Lending Leaders Summer Session, Jim and Alayna do a quick recap of summer industry conferences.
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LodeStar Update
Continuing with LodeStar’s 2025 Summer Session, we’re getting an update from Jim and Alayna about what’s new at LodeStar.
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Jim’s Book Club
The Summer Session is all about trying things, right? So, in that spirit, we’re asking Jim what he’s been reading lately.
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As Cool as a Title Agent
Octavia could use some more drama in her life.
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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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Regulation Rundown
Continuing with our Summer Session, Jim and Alayna sit down to give you the rundown on regulation.
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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!