Timothy Austen brings creativity and originality to mortgage technology marketing, combining storytelling, design and multimedia production to communicate complex industry topics in engaging ways. As marketing content manager at LodeStar Software Solutions, Austen produces a wide range of creative content that connects with mortgage professionals across the industry.
Austen is the creator of “Tale of Two Mortgages,” a weekly comic strip featured in the LodeStar Report and read by thousands of industry professionals. In addition, he produces and hosts the Full Disclosure Podcast, a weekly discussion of developments across the mortgage industry.
His work also includes Regulation Rundown, a monthly video series summarizing key mortgage and housing regulatory developments, and Fee Fridays, a weekly video deep dive into closing costs covered by LodeStar’s platform. Austen also contributes to the company’s annual Closing Cost Reports, which analyze closing costs across all 50 states for both purchase and refinance transactions.
Beyond content production, Austen built and launched LodeStar’s pricing page, continuing the company’s commitment to transparency by providing detailed information about the platform’s pricing and services.
In an industry often saturated with traditional marketing approaches, Austen focuses on delivering content that is useful, creative and human-driven. Through comics, podcasts, video and written analysis, he brings an imaginative perspective to mortgage technology marketing while helping lenders better understand the tools and insights available to them.
What is one thing you would tell a younger version of yourself?
I would tell a younger Tim to trust his instincts and focus on developing his core skills.
Name:
Timothy Austen
Age:
32
Title:
Marketing Content Manager
Company Name:
LodeStar Software Solutions
