{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/michigan/branch-county/conventional-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 43 funded conventional home loans in Branch County, MI in 2025, 236 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Rocket Mortgage (37), Union Home Mortgage (34) and 21st Mortgage Corporation (20). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Branch County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "26023",
    "name": "Branch County",
    "state": "MI"
  },
  "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": 43,
    "lenders_10": 8,
    "loans": 236,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 37,
      "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": 34,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 4,
        "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": 131465,
            "full_name": "Bryon Mallernee",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/bryon-mallernee-131465",
            "branch_city": "Battle Creek",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2280,
      "name": "21st Mortgage Corporation",
      "slug": "21st-mortgage-corporation-2280",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/21st-mortgage-corporation-2280",
      "loans": 20,
      "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": 20,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 19,
      "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": 18,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 402435,
      "name": "Huntington National Bank",
      "slug": "huntington-national-bank-402435",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/huntington-national-bank-402435",
      "loans": 11,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 417490,
      "name": "Flagstar Bank",
      "slug": "flagstar-bank-417490",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/flagstar-bank-417490",
      "loans": 11,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 174457,
      "name": "loanDepot",
      "slug": "loandepot-174457",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loandepot-174457",
      "loans": 7,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 403245,
      "name": "Fifth Third Bank",
      "slug": "fifth-third-bank-403245",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/fifth-third-bank-403245",
      "loans": 5,
      "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."
}