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Loan Estimate Challenges

Oklahoma’s Biggest LE Challenges

Home to the nation’s first parking meter, the Sooner State is a fairly straight-forward state when it comes to LE challenges.

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Lending Leaders

A Person-First Approach to Lending

Alayna Gardner sits down with Travis Dyson, VP of Sales at Flagstaff Bank, on the power of relationships in lending, the importance of planning, and the primacy of putting people first.

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Loan Estimate Challenges

Kansas’s Biggest LE Challenges

Nestled among the plains states, Kansas is home to over 800 caves. None of them have applicable fees, to our knowledge.

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A Tale of Two Mortgages

Lord High Rates

The Fed continues its primordial heroic struggle against its cosmic arch nemesis, Lord High Rates.

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Deeper Thoughts

What Differentiates LodeStar’s Quality of Service?

The LodeStar Kelsey joined was three people, including her. Now, LodeStar, though still a small business, has nearly twenty employees spread across several departments. And with that growth in personnel has come a growth in the amount of knowledge LodeStar possesses.

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Loan Estimate Challenges

South Carolina’s Biggest LE Challenges

Home to 187 miles of coastline, The Palmetto State actually outproduces Georgia with its peach crop.

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Lending Leaders

Innovation in a Tough Market

LodeStar’s Jim Paolino interviews Dave Savage of Trust Engine and Mortgage Coach. Together they chat about the spirit of innovation, how to weather tough markets, and the importance of customer service.

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Loan Estimate Challenges

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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Loan Estimate Challenges

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.

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