{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/alabama/lauderdale-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 12 funded USDA home loans in Lauderdale County, AL in 2025, 29 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Assurance Financial (10), Southwest Funding, LP (4) and Towne Mortgage Company (3). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Lauderdale County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "01077",
    "name": "Lauderdale County",
    "state": "AL"
  },
  "loan_type": "usda",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 12,
    "lenders_10": 1,
    "loans": 29,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 70876,
      "name": "Assurance Financial",
      "slug": "assurance-financial-70876",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/assurance-financial-70876",
      "loans": 10,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 3,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 818724,
            "full_name": "Barbara Gaston",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/barbara-gaston-818724",
            "branch_city": "Florence",
            "branch_state": "AL"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1686054,
            "full_name": "Ashley Bogus",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ashley-bogus-1686054",
            "branch_city": "Florence",
            "branch_state": "AL"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2504149,
            "full_name": "Molly Elledge",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/molly-elledge-2504149",
            "branch_city": "Florence",
            "branch_state": "AL"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 32139,
      "name": "Southwest Funding, LP",
      "slug": "southwest-funding-lp-32139",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/southwest-funding-lp-32139",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3028,
      "name": "Towne Mortgage Company",
      "slug": "towne-mortgage-company-3028",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/towne-mortgage-company-3028",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 174490,
      "name": "Regions Bank",
      "slug": "regions-bank-174490",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/regions-bank-174490",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2289,
      "name": "Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation",
      "slug": "fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1907,
      "name": "Veterans United Home Loans",
      "slug": "veterans-united-home-loans-1907",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/veterans-united-home-loans-1907",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3013,
      "name": "Newrez",
      "slug": "newrez-3013",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newrez-3013",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3038,
      "name": "United Wholesale Mortgage (broker finder)",
      "slug": "united-wholesale-mortgage-3038",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/united-wholesale-mortgage-3038",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 6606,
      "name": "New American Funding",
      "slug": "new-american-funding-6606",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/new-american-funding-6606",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    }
  ],
  "note": "Counts describe the company, not any one loan officer. Only lenders above the HMDA reporting thresholds file, and LenDb has matched about 70% of HMDA loan volume to lenders it lists, so a lender without HMDA data here may still make these loans."
}