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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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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.
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The Power of Listening
For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna interviews Chris Mace, CEO & Founder at Mace Innovations. Together they discuss the unbeatable power of listening—in sales and life in general.
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A Homebuyer’s (Second) Journey
Jim and Alayna discuss Jim’s recent home purchase, his thoughts on the homebuyer experience, and what it means to be a mortgage professional and a homebuyer.