{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/indiana/porter-county/conventional-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 125 funded conventional home loans in Porter County, IN in 2025, 1,674 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Rocket Mortgage (245), DIAMOND RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION (128) and JPMorgan Chase Bank (Chase Home Lending) (117). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Porter County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "18127",
    "name": "Porter 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": 125,
    "lenders_10": 36,
    "loans": 1674,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 245,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 128,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 117,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 6,
        "people": [
          {
            "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": 427513,
            "full_name": "Jon Philips",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jon-philips-427513",
            "branch_city": "Hobart",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1058,
      "name": "Lennar Mortgage",
      "slug": "lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "loans": 77,
      "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": 77,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 12,
        "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": 71,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 59,
      "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": 49,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2229,
      "name": "Union Home Mortgage",
      "slug": "union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "loans": 46,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 9,
        "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": 295811,
            "full_name": "Kevin Thompson",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/kevin-thompson-295811",
            "branch_city": "Crown Point",
            "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": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 37,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 5,
        "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"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "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."
}