{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/montana/yellowstone-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 5 funded USDA home loans in Yellowstone County, MT in 2025, 7 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were CMG Home Loans (2), Guild Mortgage (2) and Guaranteed Rate (Rate) (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 Yellowstone County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "30111",
    "name": "Yellowstone County",
    "state": "MT"
  },
  "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": 5,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 7,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 1820,
      "name": "CMG Home Loans",
      "slug": "cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 5,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 172306,
            "full_name": "Sheri Pexa",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/sheri-pexa-172306",
            "branch_city": "Billings",
            "branch_state": "MT"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 250504,
            "full_name": "Dede Stoner",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/dede-stoner-250504",
            "branch_city": "Billings",
            "branch_state": "MT"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1235492,
            "full_name": "Lexie Williams",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/lexie-williams-1235492",
            "branch_city": "Billings",
            "branch_state": "MT"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2611,
      "name": "Guaranteed Rate (Rate)",
      "slug": "guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guaranteed-rate-2611",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2826,
      "name": "American Financial Resources, LLC",
      "slug": "american-financial-resources-llc-2826",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/american-financial-resources-llc-2826",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 292897,
      "name": "Cornerstone First Mortgage",
      "slug": "cornerstone-first-mortgage-292897",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cornerstone-first-mortgage-292897",
      "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."
}