{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/iowa/benton-county/fha-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 15 funded FHA home loans in Benton County, IA in 2025, 35 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were New American Funding (9), United Wholesale Mortgage (8) and Rocket Mortgage (4). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Benton County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "19011",
    "name": "Benton County",
    "state": "IA"
  },
  "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": 15,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 35,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 6606,
      "name": "New American Funding",
      "slug": "new-american-funding-6606",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/new-american-funding-6606",
      "loans": 9,
      "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": 8,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1019,
      "name": "MLD Mortgage Inc.",
      "slug": "mld-mortgage-inc-1019",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/mld-mortgage-inc-1019",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 174457,
      "name": "loanDepot",
      "slug": "loandepot-174457",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loandepot-174457",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1168,
      "name": "AmeriSave Mortgage",
      "slug": "amerisave-mortgage-1168",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/amerisave-mortgage-1168",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2926,
      "name": "emm loans llc",
      "slug": "emm-loans-llc-2926",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/emm-loans-llc-2926",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3028,
      "name": "Towne Mortgage Company",
      "slug": "towne-mortgage-company-3028",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/towne-mortgage-company-3028",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3274,
      "name": "Guild Mortgage",
      "slug": "guild-mortgage-3274",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guild-mortgage-3274",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 6,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 2584925,
            "full_name": "Austin Howe",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/austin-howe-2584925",
            "branch_city": "Cedar Rapids",
            "branch_state": "IA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 929683,
            "full_name": "John Higdon",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/john-higdon-929683",
            "branch_city": "Waterloo",
            "branch_state": "IA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 10129,
            "full_name": "Stacy Feldman",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/stacy-feldman-10129",
            "branch_city": "Cedar Rapids",
            "branch_state": "IA"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "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."
}