{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/alabama/russell-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 63 funded VA home loans in Russell County, AL in 2025, 612 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Veterans United Home Loans (116), United Wholesale Mortgage (67) and Freedom Mortgage (64). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Russell County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "01113",
    "name": "Russell County",
    "state": "AL"
  },
  "loan_type": "va",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 63,
    "lenders_10": 15,
    "loans": 612,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "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": 116,
      "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": 67,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2767,
      "name": "Freedom Mortgage",
      "slug": "freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "loans": 64,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1359687,
      "name": "Canopy Mortgage, LLC",
      "slug": "canopy-mortgage-llc-1359687",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/canopy-mortgage-llc-1359687",
      "loans": 56,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1820,
      "name": "CMG Home Loans",
      "slug": "cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "loans": 38,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 16,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 715087,
            "full_name": "Steve Lake",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/steve-lake-715087",
            "branch_city": "Columbus",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1326661,
            "full_name": "Michele O'Neill",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/michele-o-neill-1326661",
            "branch_city": "Columbus",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1443586,
            "full_name": "Will Herring",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/william-herring-1443586",
            "branch_city": "Auburn",
            "branch_state": "AL"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 25,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "loans": 21,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3317,
      "name": "Village Capital & Investment LLC",
      "slug": "village-capital-investment-llc-3317",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/village-capital-investment-llc-3317",
      "loans": 19,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 399807,
      "name": "Navy Federal Credit Union",
      "slug": "navy-federal-399807",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/navy-federal-399807",
      "loans": 18,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1043,
      "name": "NewDay USA",
      "slug": "newday-usa-1043",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newday-usa-1043",
      "loans": 13,
      "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."
}