{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/michigan/cass-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 4 funded USDA home loans in Cass County, MI in 2025, 6 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Union Home Mortgage (2), Ruoff Mortgage (2) and Guild Mortgage (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 Cass County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "26027",
    "name": "Cass 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": 4,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 6,
    "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": 2,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 4,
        "people": [
          {
            "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": 1367315,
            "full_name": "Alex Scheske",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/alexander-scheske-1367315",
            "branch_city": "Sturgis",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 140219,
            "full_name": "Kirk Vanhorn",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/kirk-vanhorn-140219",
            "branch_city": "Benton Harbor",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 141868,
      "name": "Ruoff Mortgage",
      "slug": "ruoff-mortgage-141868",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/ruoff-mortgage-141868",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 1,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1064148,
            "full_name": "Ron Rogers",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ronnie-rogers-1064148",
            "branch_city": "Niles",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 13649,
      "name": "PrimeLending",
      "slug": "primelending-13649",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/primelending-13649",
      "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."
}