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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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Lending Leaders
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.
Lending Leaders
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.
Lending Leaders
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.
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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
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