{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/michigan/berrien-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 8 funded USDA home loans in Berrien County, MI in 2025, 12 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Union Home Mortgage (4), CMG Home Loans (2) and GVC Mortgage, Inc. (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 Berrien County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "26021",
    "name": "Berrien County",
    "state": "MI"
  },
  "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": 8,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 12,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 2229,
      "name": "Union Home Mortgage",
      "slug": "union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 8,
        "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": 168000,
            "full_name": "Jason Kolberg",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jason-kolberg-168000",
            "branch_city": "Benton Harbor",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 150593,
            "full_name": "Travis Waters",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/michael-waters-150593",
            "branch_city": "Valparaiso",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1820,
      "name": "CMG Home Loans",
      "slug": "cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2334,
      "name": "GVC Mortgage, Inc.",
      "slug": "gvc-mortgage-inc-2334",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/gvc-mortgage-inc-2334",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3013,
      "name": "Newrez",
      "slug": "newrez-3013",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newrez-3013",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 66247,
      "name": "Cardinal Financial Company",
      "slug": "cardinal-financial-66247",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cardinal-financial-66247",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "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": 1064148,
            "full_name": "Ron Rogers",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ronnie-rogers-1064148",
            "branch_city": "Niles",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 174457,
      "name": "loanDepot",
      "slug": "loandepot-174457",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loandepot-174457",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 629700,
      "name": "First Community Mortgage",
      "slug": "first-community-mortgage-629700",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/first-community-mortgage-629700",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 1,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 372937,
            "full_name": "Amanda McKenzie",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/amanda-mckenzie-372937",
            "branch_city": "Portage",
            "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."
}