{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/indiana/porter-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 53 funded VA home loans in Porter County, IN in 2025, 269 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Veterans United Home Loans (65), United Wholesale Mortgage (27) and Freedom Mortgage (26). 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": "va",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 53,
    "lenders_10": 6,
    "loans": 269,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 1907,
      "name": "Veterans United Home Loans",
      "slug": "veterans-united-home-loans-1907",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/veterans-united-home-loans-1907",
      "loans": 65,
      "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": 27,
      "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": 26,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "loans": 13,
      "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": 11,
      "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": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 11,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 14622,
      "name": "DHI Mortgage",
      "slug": "dhi-mortgage-14622",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/dhi-mortgage-14622",
      "loans": 9,
      "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": 8,
      "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": 399807,
      "name": "Navy Federal Credit Union",
      "slug": "navy-federal-399807",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/navy-federal-399807",
      "loans": 8,
      "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": 6,
      "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."
}