{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/minnesota/benton-county/fha-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 34 funded FHA home loans in Benton County, MN in 2025, 88 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Rocket Mortgage (11), CrossCountry Mortgage (8) and New American Funding (6). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Benton County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "27009",
    "name": "Benton County",
    "state": "MN"
  },
  "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": 34,
    "lenders_10": 1,
    "loans": 88,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "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": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 8,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 3,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 789498,
            "full_name": "Jeb Willis",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jeb-willis-789498",
            "branch_city": "Monticello",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1264650,
            "full_name": "Jeff Curtis",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jeffrey-curtis-1264650",
            "branch_city": "Monticello",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 325834,
            "full_name": "Lee Aldrich",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/lee-aldrich-325834",
            "branch_city": "Monticello",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 6606,
      "name": "New American Funding",
      "slug": "new-american-funding-6606",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/new-american-funding-6606",
      "loans": 6,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2113,
      "name": "Plaza Home Mortgage, Inc.",
      "slug": "plaza-home-mortgage-inc-2113",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/plaza-home-mortgage-inc-2113",
      "loans": 5,
      "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": 5,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2289,
      "name": "Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation",
      "slug": "fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 6,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 339106,
            "full_name": "Debbie French",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/deborah-french-339106",
            "branch_city": "Sartell",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 342820,
            "full_name": "Joe Groebner",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/joseph-groebner-342820",
            "branch_city": "Sartell",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 964534,
            "full_name": "Dan Groebner",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/daniel-groebner-964534",
            "branch_city": "Sartell",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2767,
      "name": "Freedom Mortgage",
      "slug": "freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 93718,
      "name": "Homeowners Financial Group",
      "slug": "homeowners-financial-group-93718",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/homeowners-financial-group-93718",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 9,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 315457,
            "full_name": "Darrin Shemon",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/darrin-shemon-315457",
            "branch_city": "Waite Park",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 400810,
            "full_name": "Jacob Mueller",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jacob-mueller-400810",
            "branch_city": "Waite Park",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 533157,
            "full_name": "Melanie Benjamin",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/melanie-benjamin-533157",
            "branch_city": "Waite Park",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1124061,
      "name": "Lower",
      "slug": "lower-1124061",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/lower-1124061",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 3,
      "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."
}