{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/indiana/lake-county/conventional-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 172 funded conventional home loans in Lake County, IN in 2025, 4,520 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Rocket Mortgage (531), JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase Home Lending) (327) and Guaranteed Rate (Rate) (313). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Lake County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "18089",
    "name": "Lake County",
    "state": "IN"
  },
  "loan_type": "conventional",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 172,
    "lenders_10": 69,
    "loans": 4520,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 531,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 399798,
      "name": "JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase Home Lending)",
      "slug": "chase-399798",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/chase-399798",
      "loans": 327,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 21,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 427768,
            "full_name": "Kimberly Buchalo",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/kimberly-buchalo-427768",
            "branch_city": "Saint John",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 427513,
            "full_name": "Jon Philips",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jon-philips-427513",
            "branch_city": "Hobart",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 580840,
            "full_name": "Leslie Bernacki",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/leslie-bernacki-580840",
            "branch_city": "Portage",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2611,
      "name": "Guaranteed Rate (Rate)",
      "slug": "guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "loans": 313,
      "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": 244,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 29,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 2826908,
            "full_name": "Timothy Schultz",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/timothy-schultz-2826908",
            "branch_city": "Valparaiso",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1562657,
            "full_name": "Chad Michael Crile",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/chad-crile-1562657",
            "branch_city": "Crown Point",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1711041,
            "full_name": "Hector Avila",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/hector-avila-1711041",
            "branch_city": "Crown Point",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 207,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1058,
      "name": "Lennar Mortgage",
      "slug": "lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "loans": 177,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 175,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 14,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 164651,
            "full_name": "Wendy Krischke",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/wendy-krischke-164651",
            "branch_city": "Merrillville",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1733733,
            "full_name": "Craig Pace",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/craig-pace-1733733",
            "branch_city": "Merrillville",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1812922,
            "full_name": "Jennifer Kane",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jennifer-kane-1812922",
            "branch_city": "Merrillville",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 403245,
      "name": "Fifth Third Bank",
      "slug": "fifth-third-bank-403245",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/fifth-third-bank-403245",
      "loans": 114,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 186805,
      "name": "DIAMOND RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION",
      "slug": "diamond-residential-mortgage-corporation-186805",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/diamond-residential-mortgage-corporation-186805",
      "loans": 110,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3446,
      "name": "Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group",
      "slug": "gold-star-mortgage-financial-group-3446",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/gold-star-mortgage-financial-group-3446",
      "loans": 109,
      "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."
}