{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/indiana/laporte-county/fha-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 74 funded FHA home loans in LaPorte County, IN in 2025, 342 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Rocket Mortgage (52), United Wholesale Mortgage (22) and Freedom Mortgage (19). 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": "fha",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 74,
    "lenders_10": 9,
    "loans": 342,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 52,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 22,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 19,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1564276,
      "name": "Inspire Home Loans Inc.",
      "slug": "inspire-home-loans-inc-1564276",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/inspire-home-loans-inc-1564276",
      "loans": 17,
      "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": 15,
      "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": 141868,
      "name": "Ruoff Mortgage",
      "slug": "ruoff-mortgage-141868",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/ruoff-mortgage-141868",
      "loans": 15,
      "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": 13,
      "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": 174457,
      "name": "loanDepot",
      "slug": "loandepot-174457",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loandepot-174457",
      "loans": 13,
      "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": 12,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 1,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 686541,
            "full_name": "Joe McBreen",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/joseph-mcbreen-686541",
            "branch_city": "Michigan City",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2611,
      "name": "Guaranteed Rate (Rate)",
      "slug": "guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "loans": 9,
      "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."
}