{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/illinois/jefferson-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 6 funded USDA home loans in Jefferson County, IL in 2025, 9 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were FirstTrust Home Loans, Inc. (3), Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc. (2) and Churchill Mortgage (1). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Jefferson County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "17081",
    "name": "Jefferson County",
    "state": "IL"
  },
  "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": 6,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 9,
    "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": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1086918,
            "full_name": "Alex Mandrell",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/alex-mandrell-1086918",
            "branch_city": "Benton",
            "branch_state": "IL"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1357395,
            "full_name": "Lauren Johnson",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/lauren-johnson-1357395",
            "branch_city": "Benton",
            "branch_state": "IL"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1591,
      "name": "Churchill Mortgage",
      "slug": "churchill-mortgage-1591",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/churchill-mortgage-1591",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 138063,
      "name": "Gershman Investment Corp.",
      "slug": "gershman-investment-corp-138063",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/gershman-investment-corp-138063",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 222524,
      "name": "Endeavor Capital, LLC",
      "slug": "endeavor-capital-llc-222524",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/endeavor-capital-llc-222524",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 227262,
      "name": "DAS Acquisition Company, LLC",
      "slug": "das-acquisition-company-llc-227262",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/das-acquisition-company-llc-227262",
      "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."
}