{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/illinois/cook-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 102 funded VA home loans in Cook County, IL in 2025, 2,025 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Veterans United Home Loans (456), United Wholesale Mortgage (304) and Rocket Mortgage (133). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Cook County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "17031",
    "name": "Cook County",
    "state": "IL"
  },
  "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": 102,
    "lenders_10": 29,
    "loans": 2025,
    "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": 456,
      "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": 304,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 133,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2611,
      "name": "Guaranteed Rate (Rate)",
      "slug": "guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "loans": 125,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 97,
      "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": 88,
      "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": 85,
      "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": 80,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 151,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 201582,
            "full_name": "Teresa Giannini",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/teresa-giannini-201582",
            "branch_city": "Chicago",
            "branch_state": "IL"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 315449,
            "full_name": "Tom Merritt",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/thomas-merritt-315449",
            "branch_city": "Chicago",
            "branch_state": "IL"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 559977,
            "full_name": "Mike Black",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/james-black-559977",
            "branch_city": "Chicago",
            "branch_state": "IL"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 174457,
      "name": "loanDepot",
      "slug": "loandepot-174457",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loandepot-174457",
      "loans": 57,
      "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": 53,
      "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."
}