{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/arkansas/saline-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 18 funded USDA home loans in Saline County, AR in 2025, 59 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were FirstTrust Home Loans, Inc. (22), Lennar Mortgage (8) and Eustis Mortgage (4). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Saline County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "05125",
    "name": "Saline County",
    "state": "AR"
  },
  "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": 18,
    "lenders_10": 1,
    "loans": 59,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 75271,
      "name": "FirstTrust Home Loans, Inc.",
      "slug": "firsttrust-home-loans-inc-75271",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/firsttrust-home-loans-inc-75271",
      "loans": 22,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 11,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 125061,
            "full_name": "Paul Crouse",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/paul-crouse-125061",
            "branch_city": "Hot Springs",
            "branch_state": "AR"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1486302,
            "full_name": "Chris Knighten",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/chris-knighten-1486302",
            "branch_city": "Sheridan",
            "branch_state": "AR"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1911747,
            "full_name": "Hunter Strong",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/hunter-strong-1911747",
            "branch_city": "Sheridan",
            "branch_state": "AR"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1058,
      "name": "Lennar Mortgage",
      "slug": "lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "loans": 8,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 70345,
      "name": "Eustis Mortgage",
      "slug": "eustis-mortgage-70345",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/eustis-mortgage-70345",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 224149,
      "name": "Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc.",
      "slug": "flat-branch-mortgage-inc-224149",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/flat-branch-mortgage-inc-224149",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3094,
      "name": "Primary Residential Mortgage (PRMI)",
      "slug": "primary-residential-mortgage-3094",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/primary-residential-mortgage-3094",
      "loans": 3,
      "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": 2,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3274,
      "name": "Guild Mortgage",
      "slug": "guild-mortgage-3274",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guild-mortgage-3274",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 210436,
            "full_name": "Miranda Dailey",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/miranda-dailey-210436",
            "branch_city": "Little Rock",
            "branch_state": "AR"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1760616,
            "full_name": "Casey Gore",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/casey-gore-1760616",
            "branch_city": "Little Rock",
            "branch_state": "AR"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 14622,
      "name": "DHI Mortgage",
      "slug": "dhi-mortgage-14622",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/dhi-mortgage-14622",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 64997,
      "name": "GMFS Mortgage",
      "slug": "gmfs-mortgage-64997",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/gmfs-mortgage-64997",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1124061,
      "name": "Lower",
      "slug": "lower-1124061",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/lower-1124061",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 6,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 139230,
            "full_name": "Steve Fischer",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/steve-fischer-139230",
            "branch_city": "Little Rock",
            "branch_state": "AR"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1267450,
            "full_name": "Jimmy McFarland",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jimmy-mcfarland-1267450",
            "branch_city": "Little Rock",
            "branch_state": "AR"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1946203,
            "full_name": "Matt Sullivan",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/matt-sullivan-1946203",
            "branch_city": "Little Rock",
            "branch_state": "AR"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "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."
}