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2025 Purchase Mortgage Closing Cost Data Report
The national average total closing costs for a purchase mortgage transaction were $4,661. This amount consists of a national average of 1.06% of the home sales price.
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Things Are Going Great (Seriously)
How are things at LodeStar and SettleWise? Good, actually. Jim and Alayna sit down to talk about things are going as we anticipate fall conference season and other new, exciting changes.
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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.