{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/indiana/steuben-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 6 funded USDA home loans in Steuben County, IN in 2025, 8 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were GVC Mortgage, Inc. (2), Ruoff Mortgage (2) and United Mortgage Corp. (1). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Steuben County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "18151",
    "name": "Steuben County",
    "state": "IN"
  },
  "loan_type": "usda",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 6,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 8,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 2334,
      "name": "GVC Mortgage, Inc.",
      "slug": "gvc-mortgage-inc-2334",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/gvc-mortgage-inc-2334",
      "loans": 2,
      "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": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1330,
      "name": "United Mortgage Corp.",
      "slug": "united-mortgage-corp-1330",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/united-mortgage-corp-1330",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 133274,
            "full_name": "Eric Ellison",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/eric-ellison-133274",
            "branch_city": "Coldwater",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1367315,
            "full_name": "Alex Scheske",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/alexander-scheske-1367315",
            "branch_city": "Sturgis",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2289,
      "name": "Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation",
      "slug": "fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 42056,
      "name": "Geneva Financial",
      "slug": "geneva-financial-42056",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/geneva-financial-42056",
      "loans": 1,
      "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."
}