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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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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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Can’t Bear to Hope
The Spring Market is here, but can Horace bear to get his hopes up?
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The Decision Maker Mindset
For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders Podcast, Jim talks with Rich Swerbinsky about his long career, growth over the years, leadership, and developing a decision maker mindset.
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Another Conference in the Bag
Horace and Octavia touch base after the big conference.
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Building Bridges with Technology
For this week’s episode of Lending Leaders, Jim chats with Allen Pollack, a product innovator, board advisor, and strategist, about the mortgage industry, tech, and how to build bridges and relationships in lending.
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Big Conference
Horace and Octavia compare goals for the big industry conference.
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The Tech That Matters Most
For this week’s Lending Leaders episode, Greg Uttal, President at Cyberlink Software Solutions, was kind enough to talk with us about tech, implementation, the benefits of AI, and what matters most when it comes to implementing automations.
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Key Automation
Horace takes extreme measures to cleanse his inbox.
Loan Estimate Challenges
North Carolina’s Biggest LE Challenges
Like many others, North Carolina is an “attorney state,” requiring all real estate closings involve an attorney.
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How to NOT Miss Lending Opportunities
For this week’s episode of the Lending Leaders podcast, Jim Paolino interviews Josh Friend, the CEO and Founder of InSellerate, a powerful marketing automation platform for lenders. Together they discuss missed opportunities and how to avoid them.