{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/michigan/st-joseph-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 9 funded USDA home loans in St. Joseph County, MI in 2025, 15 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Union Home Mortgage (4), Ruoff Mortgage (4) and Supreme Lending (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 St. Joseph County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "26149",
    "name": "St. Joseph 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": 9,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 15,
    "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": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1367315,
            "full_name": "Alex Scheske",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/alexander-scheske-1367315",
            "branch_city": "Sturgis",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 133274,
            "full_name": "Eric Ellison",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/eric-ellison-133274",
            "branch_city": "Coldwater",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 141868,
      "name": "Ruoff Mortgage",
      "slug": "ruoff-mortgage-141868",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/ruoff-mortgage-141868",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2129,
      "name": "Supreme Lending",
      "slug": "supreme-lending-2129",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/supreme-lending-2129",
      "loans": 1,
      "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": 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": 7,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 452242,
            "full_name": "Sergio Gomez",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/sergio-gomez-montoya-452242",
            "branch_city": "Portage",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 560488,
            "full_name": "Christy Linn",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/christy-linn-560488",
            "branch_city": "Portage",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1058265,
            "full_name": "Didimo Arreola",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/didimo-arreola-1058265",
            "branch_city": "Portage",
            "branch_state": "MI"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 21,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 2076623,
            "full_name": "Amanda Newland",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/amanda-newland-2076623",
            "branch_city": "Goshen",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2672251,
            "full_name": "Ryan Sibley",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ryan-sibley-2672251",
            "branch_city": "Goshen",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 136738,
            "full_name": "Tim Weldy",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/tim-weldy-136738",
            "branch_city": "Goshen",
            "branch_state": "IN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 75243,
      "name": "Paramount Residential Mortgage Group",
      "slug": "paramount-residential-mortgage-group-75243",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/paramount-residential-mortgage-group-75243",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 1,
      "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": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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."
}