{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/georgia/pickens-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 11 funded USDA home loans in Pickens County, GA in 2025, 16 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Kind Lending, LLC (3), DHI Mortgage (3) and Newrez (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 Pickens County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "13227",
    "name": "Pickens County",
    "state": "GA"
  },
  "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": 11,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 16,
    "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": 14622,
      "name": "DHI Mortgage",
      "slug": "dhi-mortgage-14622",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/dhi-mortgage-14622",
      "loans": 3,
      "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": 2,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1561,
      "name": "Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc.",
      "slug": "vanderbilt-mortgage-and-finance-inc-1561",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/vanderbilt-mortgage-and-finance-inc-1561",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 10,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 152329,
            "full_name": "Carrie Powers",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/carrie-powers-152329",
            "branch_city": "Kennesaw",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 177403,
            "full_name": "Gareth Thomas",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/gareth-thomas-177403",
            "branch_city": "Kennesaw",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 212227,
            "full_name": "Bobby Brent",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/robert-brent-212227",
            "branch_city": "Kennesaw",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3028,
      "name": "Towne Mortgage Company",
      "slug": "towne-mortgage-company-3028",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/towne-mortgage-company-3028",
      "loans": 1,
      "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": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 7,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 196726,
            "full_name": "Todd Blake",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/allan-blake-196726",
            "branch_city": "Alpharetta",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 966672,
            "full_name": "Joe Riggs",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/joseph-riggs-966672",
            "branch_city": "Alpharetta",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1603558,
            "full_name": "Austin Hoffer",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/austin-hoffer-1603558",
            "branch_city": "Alpharetta",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 70876,
      "name": "Assurance Financial",
      "slug": "assurance-financial-70876",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/assurance-financial-70876",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 3,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1043587,
            "full_name": "Geoff Smith",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/geoffrey-smith-1043587",
            "branch_city": "Roswell",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1898105,
            "full_name": "Chase Brooks",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/charles-brooks-1898105",
            "branch_city": "Roswell",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2799005,
            "full_name": "Joshua Greene",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/joshua-greene-2799005",
            "branch_city": "Roswell",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 130562,
      "name": "Success Mortgage Partners",
      "slug": "success-mortgage-partners-130562",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/success-mortgage-partners-130562",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 582336,
            "full_name": "Sharon Wofford",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/sharon-wofford-582336",
            "branch_city": "Ball Ground",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1677570,
            "full_name": "Katherine France",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/katherine-france-1677570",
            "branch_city": "Ball Ground",
            "branch_state": "GA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 292897,
      "name": "Cornerstone First Mortgage",
      "slug": "cornerstone-first-mortgage-292897",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cornerstone-first-mortgage-292897",
      "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."
}