{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/michigan/branch-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 18 funded VA home loans in Branch County, MI in 2025, 65 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Veterans United Home Loans (16), Rocket Mortgage (9) and United Wholesale Mortgage (9). 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": "va",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 18,
    "lenders_10": 1,
    "loans": 65,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "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": 16,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 9,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 9,
      "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": 8,
      "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": 2334,
      "name": "GVC Mortgage, Inc.",
      "slug": "gvc-mortgage-inc-2334",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/gvc-mortgage-inc-2334",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1043,
      "name": "NewDay USA",
      "slug": "newday-usa-1043",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newday-usa-1043",
      "loans": 3,
      "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": 3,
      "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": 3,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3317,
      "name": "Village Capital & Investment LLC",
      "slug": "village-capital-investment-llc-3317",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/village-capital-investment-llc-3317",
      "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."
}