{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/florida/broward-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 100 funded VA home loans in Broward County, FL in 2025, 1,110 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were United Wholesale Mortgage (267), Veterans United Home Loans (153) and Rocket Mortgage (111). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Broward County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "12011",
    "name": "Broward County",
    "state": "FL"
  },
  "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": 100,
    "lenders_10": 18,
    "loans": 1110,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "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": 267,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 153,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 111,
      "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": 70,
      "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": 46,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "loans": 33,
      "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": 32,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 98,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 325209,
            "full_name": "Vincent Rodriguez",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/vincent-rodriguez-325209",
            "branch_city": "Coral Springs",
            "branch_state": "FL"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 396240,
            "full_name": "Gregg Benedetto",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/gregg-benedetto-396240",
            "branch_city": "Coral Springs",
            "branch_state": "FL"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 349805,
            "full_name": "Bobby Fountain",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/robert-fountain-349805",
            "branch_city": "Dania",
            "branch_state": "FL"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 75243,
      "name": "Paramount Residential Mortgage Group",
      "slug": "paramount-residential-mortgage-group-75243",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/paramount-residential-mortgage-group-75243",
      "loans": 25,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3013,
      "name": "Newrez",
      "slug": "newrez-3013",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newrez-3013",
      "loans": 24,
      "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": 22,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 26,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 957199,
            "full_name": "P.J. Vilardo",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/pasquale-vilardo-957199",
            "branch_city": "Plantation",
            "branch_state": "FL"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 225050,
            "full_name": "Brian Sacks",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/brian-sacks-225050",
            "branch_city": "Fort Lauderdale",
            "branch_state": "FL"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 602867,
            "full_name": "Anibal Torres",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/anibal-torres-602867",
            "branch_city": "Fort Lauderdale",
            "branch_state": "FL"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "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."
}