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Top lenders for VA loans in Essex County, NJ

These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 56 funded VA home loans in Essex County, NJ in 2025, 211 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were United Wholesale Mortgage (37), Veterans United Home Loans (30) and Rocket Mortgage (14). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Essex County are linked below.

Source: HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB, 2025 (opens in a new tab).

Most VA loans funded in Essex County, 2025

Ordered by the number of loans each lender reported under HMDA, not a rating of the lender.

  1. 1.United Wholesale Mortgage · 37 VA loans funded, including loans brokers originated

    LenDb does not list loan officers at this lender near Essex County yet.

  2. 2.Veterans United Home Loans · 30 VA loans

    LenDb does not list loan officers at this lender near Essex County yet.

  3. 3.Rocket Mortgage · 14 VA loans funded, including loans brokers originated

    LenDb does not list loan officers at this lender near Essex County yet.

  4. 4.CrossCountry Mortgage · 13 VA loans

    LenDb lists 254 loan officers at this lender near Essex County: Justin Lieberman (Union), Evan Kutner (Union), Al Rapoport (Union) and more.

  5. 5.Guaranteed Rate (Rate) · 11 VA loans

    LenDb does not list loan officers at this lender near Essex County yet.

  6. 6.Freedom Mortgage · 9 VA loans

    LenDb does not list loan officers at this lender near Essex County yet.

  7. 7.Movement Mortgage · 8 VA loans

    LenDb lists 47 loan officers at this lender near Essex County: John Palumbo (Totowa), Dawn LoGatto (Totowa), Gary Cornelius (Totowa) and more.

  8. 8.Navy Federal Credit Union · 8 VA loans

    LenDb does not list loan officers at this lender near Essex County yet.

  9. 9.CMG Home Loans · 6 VA loans

    LenDb lists 91 loan officers at this lender near Essex County: Michael Adler (Paramus), Len Ricci (Paramus), Michele Prato (Paramus) and more.

  10. 10.Pennymac · 6 VA loans funded, including loans brokers originated

    LenDb does not list loan officers at this lender near Essex County yet.

Other loan types in Essex County

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