{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/minnesota/steele-county/conventional-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 51 funded conventional home loans in Steele County, MN in 2025, 262 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were CrossCountry Mortgage (65), Rocket Mortgage (24) and U.S. Bank (24). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Steele County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "27147",
    "name": "Steele County",
    "state": "MN"
  },
  "loan_type": "conventional",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 51,
    "lenders_10": 7,
    "loans": 262,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 65,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 3,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1752492,
            "full_name": "Julian Bednar",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/julian-bednar-1752492",
            "branch_city": "Owatonna",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 258590,
            "full_name": "Christoph Bednar",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/christoph-bednar-258590",
            "branch_city": "Faribault",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 286049,
            "full_name": "Brenda Bednar",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/brenda-bednar-286049",
            "branch_city": "Owatonna",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 24,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 402761,
      "name": "U.S. Bank",
      "slug": "us-bank-402761",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/us-bank-402761",
      "loans": 24,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 1,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 642739,
            "full_name": "Eric Miller",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/eric-miller-642739",
            "branch_city": "Owatonna",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 17,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1037,
      "name": "Servion, Inc.",
      "slug": "servion-inc-1037",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/servion-inc-1037",
      "loans": 14,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2611,
      "name": "Guaranteed Rate (Rate)",
      "slug": "guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "loans": 11,
      "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": 10,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 9,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 5,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 27180,
            "full_name": "Kris Heichel",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/kristen-heichel-27180",
            "branch_city": "Austin",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 382480,
            "full_name": "Ty Sukalski",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ty-sukalski-382480",
            "branch_city": "Austin",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1946748,
            "full_name": "Andrea Barrera",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/andrea-barrera-1946748",
            "branch_city": "Austin",
            "branch_state": "MN"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 399801,
      "name": "Wells Fargo Home Mortgage",
      "slug": "wells-fargo-399801",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/wells-fargo-399801",
      "loans": 9,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2125,
      "name": "OCMBC, INC.",
      "slug": "ocmbc-inc-2125",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/ocmbc-inc-2125",
      "loans": 6,
      "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."
}