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Sticking to Core Values
While at TMC’s “The Mane Event” in Louisville, Kentucky, Alayna had the opportunity to chat with Stephen Huang, Key Account Director at MeridianLink, about sales, the benefits of being a vendor vs. a lender, and the importance of sticking to your core values.
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What To Do When Things Are “Kind of OK”
One of our core values at LodeStar is Clarity. We aspire to be honest and straightforward. Sometimes that’s easy. Sometimes, especially when the market is just “kind of OK,” that’s tough.
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Loan Estimate Challenges
Tennessee’s Biggest LE Challenges
Home to The Grand Ole Opry, the longest running radio show in the world for any genre, Tennessee is also the birthplace of cotton candy, Mountain Dew and the Moon Pie.
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Iowa’s Biggest LE Challenges
Easily the most unique state in the nation when it comes to the regulation of title insurance, Iowa is the only state to provide a title guarantee.
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Idaho’s Biggest LE Challenges
Arguably one of the nation’s most beautiful states, Idaho is probably best known for its potato industry as well as its rugged terrain. Fortunately for loan officers, Idaho is about as straightforward as it gets when it comes to closing fee challenges.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
So Bleak for So Long
Things have been so bleak for so long, Horace doesn’t know what to do with himself.
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South Dakota’s Biggest LE Challenges
The site of the famous Mount Rushmore, South Dakota is home to numerous rivers and glacial lakes, giving it more miles of shoreline than even Florida.
Lending Leaders
The Credit Union Movement
LodeStar’s own Jim Paolino chats with ACUMA President, Peter Benjamin, CMB, about the credit union movement, the American dream of homeownership, and the importance of community engagement.
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Wisconsin’s Biggest LE Challenges
With regard to LE challenges, the state is fairly straight-forward. In Wisconsin, recording fees are uniform statewide.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Another Fax Machine
Horace invests in another fax machine for the office.
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Indiana’s Biggest LE Challenges
Recording fees in Indiana are generally flat, with the exception of Marion County, where they are marginally higher. Although there are no traditional transfer taxes levied in Indiana, there is an “auditor’s transfer fee” and “sales disclosure tax.”
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Emphasizing the Borrower Experience
Alayna chats with longtime LodeStar friend, John Hardesty, General Manager-Mortgage Division at Argyle, about the borrower experience, the importance of education, and how technology moves the industry forward.