{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/michigan/branch-county/fha-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 24 funded FHA home loans in Branch County, MI in 2025, 104 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Union Home Mortgage (33), Rocket Mortgage (11) and GVC Mortgage, Inc. (8). 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": "fha",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 24,
    "lenders_10": 2,
    "loans": 104,
    "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": 33,
      "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": 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": 2334,
      "name": "GVC Mortgage, Inc.",
      "slug": "gvc-mortgage-inc-2334",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/gvc-mortgage-inc-2334",
      "loans": 8,
      "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": 8,
      "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": 7,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 75164,
      "name": "Prosperity Home Mortgage",
      "slug": "prosperity-home-mortgage-75164",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/prosperity-home-mortgage-75164",
      "loans": 6,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 5,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 6606,
      "name": "New American Funding",
      "slug": "new-american-funding-6606",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/new-american-funding-6606",
      "loans": 5,
      "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": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2600,
      "name": "Carrington Mortgage Services",
      "slug": "carrington-mortgage-services-2600",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/carrington-mortgage-services-2600",
      "loans": 2,
      "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."
}