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2026 Purchase Mortgage Closing Cost Data Report
Closing costs as a percentage of sales price hovers around 0.5% to 3%, with an average percentage of 1.04% and a median of 0.85%. Just like in 2025, Delaware leads the pack at a whopping 3.06% of the sales price.
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What Ticks Us Off the Most
Here on the Full Disclosure podcast, we try to keep things chill. But when it’s time to grind our gears… don’t even get us started.
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A Tale of Two Mortgages
CRM Revisited
Horace and Octavia continue their protracted conflict over the use of the CRM (or lack thereof).
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The Science of Scaling
This week we’re back to Jim’s book club, our regular segment on the Full Disclosure Podcast where we get to hear what Jim is reading lately and how it’s affected business at LodeStar and SettleWise.
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Diving Into 2026
It’s officially 2026, and Jim and Alayna are kicking off a new year of the Full Disclosure podcast with a brand-new mortgage industry vibe check.
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Looking Back and Looking Ahead
For the final Full Disclosure episode of 2025, Jim and Alayna are taking a moment to reflect on the past year and look ahead to changes in 2026.
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Reshuffling How We Use AI
Tired of hearing about how AI is going to change your job? We sure are… That’s exactly why the way we think about AI in relation to our work needs to be reshuffled. This week, Jim is eager to share one of his latest reads, which helps us reframe how we think about AI.