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LodeStar offers a variety of content through our Full Disclosure
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
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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Full Disclosure
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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Deeper Thoughts
The year of the deal? Unique M&A Spike Another Great Indicator of the Kind of Year 2020 was for the Industry – November 4th, 2020
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As 2020 nears its end, video podcasting is still a thing! – November 11th, 2020
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Everything Else
Purchase-market opportunity exists for those who can efficiently deliver loans
Featured Article for Scotsman Guide by Jim Paolino
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: 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.
Full Disclosure
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.