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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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Lending Leaders
Tech Adoption Done Right
LodeStar’s Alayna Gardner chats with Chris Gassel, Enterprise Account Executive at Polly, about how lenders can adopt new mortgage tech the RIGHT way.
Lending Leaders
2024: A Year of Growth
Jim, Dave, and Alayna sit down together to bid farewell to 2024; a year of immense growth for both LodeStar and SettleWise.
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Use the Technology
Octavia notices someone has updated leads in the CRM.
Lending Leaders
How to Market for Mortgage
For this week’s episode of Lending Leaders Alayna chats with Dan Smokoska, Director of Sales and Growth at HousingWire.
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Legal Pads
Octavia pitches Horace on new methods of taking borrower applications.
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This is How We Data
Ever wonder how LodeStar monitors closing costs throughout the entire country?
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Refuse to Hear
Horace and Octavia discuss work strategies leading up to winter break.