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LodeStar offers a variety of content through our Lending Lenders
podcast, our Data Reports, the "A Tale of Two Mortgages" webcomic, and LodeStar Report Newsletter.
podcast, our Data Reports, the "A Tale of Two Mortgages" webcomic, and LodeStar Report Newsletter.
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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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Deeper Thoughts
Lodestar Report: A Cautionary Tale in Compliance
This story comes from Mortgage Sentinel Managing Director Richard Douglass, who recounts his experience with one such business.
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Deeper Thoughts
Deeper Thoughts: The Calm Before the…Frenzy?
This is the time of the year when things in the business world feel like they’ve slowed down a bit.
Lending Leaders
What’s Next? Looking into the Past and Future of LodeStar with David & Jim
This week we dive into the start of LodeStar, David’s dream of a t-shirt cannon, and how we can impact the mortgage industry.
