podcast, our Data Reports, the "A Tale of Two Mortgages" webcomic, and LodeStar Report Newsletter.
FEATURED
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.
VIEW POST
FEATURED
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.
LISTEN NOW
FEATURED
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Did Ya Lock Yet?
Horace confronts the uncertainty of the present market…
VIEW POST
A Tale of Two Mortgages
Make Up a Number
Octavia and Horace discuss strategies for answering borrower questions.
Lending Leaders
Comics for the Mortgage Industry?!
For this week’s special episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna Gardner chats with LodeStar’s Marketing Content Manager Tim Austen about his original webcomic, “A Tale of Two Mortgages,” the cost of content marketing, and the importance of trying new things.
A Tale of Two Mortgages
100 Weeks of “A Tale of Two Mortgages”
This is LodeStar’s 100th “A Tale of Two Mortgages” webcomic!!!
Lending Leaders
The Secret to Collaboration
LodeStar’s Jim Paolino talks with Melissa Langdale about the future of mortgage lending and what it really means to collaborate as an industry.
Lending Leaders
The Joy of Problem Solving
This week, Alayna had the pleasure of speaking with Stacy Holindrake, a veteran of the mortgage industry with a strong background in Mortgage Operations. Together they discuss new opportunities and the joy of problem solving
Lending Leaders
Building Trust in Mortgage
For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Alayna chats with Monica Raciti of Vesta. Together they talk about technology, how it’s changed our industry, and how we can build trust amid the changes.