{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/california/kern-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 13 funded USDA home loans in Kern County, CA in 2025, 23 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Kind Lending, LLC (3), Equity Prime Mortgage LLC (3) and Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company Inc (2). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Kern County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "06029",
    "name": "Kern County",
    "state": "CA"
  },
  "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": 13,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 23,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3925,
      "name": "Kind Lending, LLC",
      "slug": "kind-lending-3925",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/kind-lending-3925",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 21116,
      "name": "Equity Prime Mortgage LLC",
      "slug": "equity-prime-mortgage-llc-21116",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/equity-prime-mortgage-llc-21116",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1788,
      "name": "Sierra Pacific Mortgage Company Inc",
      "slug": "sierra-pacific-mortgage-company-inc-1788",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/sierra-pacific-mortgage-company-inc-1788",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1850,
      "name": "American Pacific Mortgage",
      "slug": "american-pacific-mortgage-1850",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/american-pacific-mortgage-1850",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 225960,
            "full_name": "Gayle McCarthy",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/gayle-mccarthy-225960",
            "branch_city": "Tehachapi",
            "branch_state": "CA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2523848,
            "full_name": "Zayne Salcido",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/zayne-salcido-2523848",
            "branch_city": "Tehachapi",
            "branch_state": "CA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2826,
      "name": "American Financial Resources, LLC",
      "slug": "american-financial-resources-llc-2826",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/american-financial-resources-llc-2826",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 17022,
      "name": "Planet Home Lending",
      "slug": "planet-home-lending-17022",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/planet-home-lending-17022",
      "loans": 2,
      "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": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3112,
      "name": "First Colony Mortgage Corporation",
      "slug": "first-colony-mortgage-corporation-3112",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/first-colony-mortgage-corporation-3112",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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."
}