{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/missouri/st-louis-city/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 38 funded VA home loans in St. Louis city, MO in 2025, 186 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Veterans United Home Loans (50), United Wholesale Mortgage (16) and Freedom Mortgage (13). 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. Louis city are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "29510",
    "name": "St. Louis city",
    "state": "MO"
  },
  "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": 38,
    "lenders_10": 5,
    "loans": 186,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "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": 50,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 111,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 165771,
            "full_name": "Elias \"LEE\" Montano III",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/elias-lee-montano-iii-165771",
            "branch_city": "Earth City",
            "branch_state": "MO"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 738413,
            "full_name": "Greg Tartaglia",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/gregory-tartaglia-738413",
            "branch_city": "Earth City",
            "branch_state": "MO"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1025330,
            "full_name": "Zach Kieffer",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/zachary-kieffer-1025330",
            "branch_city": "Earth City",
            "branch_state": "MO"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 16,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 13,
      "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": 11,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 10,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 399807,
      "name": "Navy Federal Credit Union",
      "slug": "navy-federal-399807",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/navy-federal-399807",
      "loans": 9,
      "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": 8,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "loans": 8,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3274,
      "name": "Guild Mortgage",
      "slug": "guild-mortgage-3274",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guild-mortgage-3274",
      "loans": 6,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 81,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 236011,
            "full_name": "Dino Herenda",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/dino-herenda-236011",
            "branch_city": "St Louis",
            "branch_state": "MO"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 229005,
            "full_name": "Jeffrey Pasternak",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jeffrey-pasternak-229005",
            "branch_city": "St Louis",
            "branch_state": "MO"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 231207,
            "full_name": "Dave DeNoyer",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/david-denoyer-231207",
            "branch_city": "St Louis",
            "branch_state": "MO"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 138063,
      "name": "Gershman Investment Corp.",
      "slug": "gershman-investment-corp-138063",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/gershman-investment-corp-138063",
      "loans": 4,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 33,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 400696,
            "full_name": "Joe Gardner",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/joe-gardner-400696",
            "branch_city": "Chesterfield",
            "branch_state": "MO"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 423684,
            "full_name": "David Paul",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/david-paul-423684",
            "branch_city": "Chesterfield",
            "branch_state": "MO"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1109552,
            "full_name": "Ben MacLeay",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ben-macleay-1109552",
            "branch_city": "Chesterfield",
            "branch_state": "MO"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "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."
}