{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/indiana/laporte-county/conventional-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 103 funded conventional home loans in LaPorte County, IN in 2025, 795 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Rocket Mortgage (147), JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase Home Lending) (44) and Guaranteed Rate (Rate) (41). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near LaPorte County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "18091",
    "name": "LaPorte 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": 103,
    "lenders_10": 19,
    "loans": 795,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 147,
      "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": 44,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 5,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 912503,
            "full_name": "James Kist",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/james-kist-912503",
            "branch_city": "Michigan City",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 428269,
            "full_name": "Heidi Ruhe",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/heidi-ruhe-428269",
            "branch_city": "Valparaiso",
            "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": 41,
      "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": 37,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 10,
        "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": 2012934,
            "full_name": "Dan Ormos",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/dan-ormos-2012934",
            "branch_city": "Valparaiso",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2110271,
            "full_name": "Garrett Litke",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/garrett-litke-2110271",
            "branch_city": "Valparaiso",
            "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": 34,
      "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": 30,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 141868,
      "name": "Ruoff Mortgage",
      "slug": "ruoff-mortgage-141868",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/ruoff-mortgage-141868",
      "loans": 27,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 1,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1634528,
            "full_name": "Brad Ellett",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/brad-ellett-1634528",
            "branch_city": "La Porte",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2229,
      "name": "Union Home Mortgage",
      "slug": "union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "loans": 26,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 5,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 525359,
            "full_name": "Dave Ellingsen",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/dave-ellingsen-525359",
            "branch_city": "Valparaiso",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 150593,
            "full_name": "Travis Waters",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/michael-waters-150593",
            "branch_city": "Valparaiso",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1679748,
            "full_name": "Melissa Odar",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/melissa-odar-1679748",
            "branch_city": "Valparaiso",
            "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": 23,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2280,
      "name": "21st Mortgage Corporation",
      "slug": "21st-mortgage-corporation-2280",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/21st-mortgage-corporation-2280",
      "loans": 22,
      "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."
}