{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/new-jersey/essex-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "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.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "34013",
    "name": "Essex County",
    "state": "NJ"
  },
  "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": 56,
    "lenders_10": 5,
    "loans": 211,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "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": 37,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 30,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 14,
      "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": 13,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 254,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 17836,
            "full_name": "Justin Lieberman",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/justin-lieberman-17836",
            "branch_city": "Union",
            "branch_state": "NJ"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 19441,
            "full_name": "Evan Kutner",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/evan-kutner-19441",
            "branch_city": "Union",
            "branch_state": "NJ"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 60865,
            "full_name": "Al Rapoport",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/albert-rapoport-60865",
            "branch_city": "Union",
            "branch_state": "NJ"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 2767,
      "name": "Freedom Mortgage",
      "slug": "freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "loans": 9,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 39179,
      "name": "Movement Mortgage",
      "slug": "movement-mortgage-39179",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/movement-mortgage-39179",
      "loans": 8,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 47,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 169369,
            "full_name": "John Palumbo",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/giovanni-palumbo-169369",
            "branch_city": "Totowa",
            "branch_state": "NJ"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 199931,
            "full_name": "Dawn LoGatto",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/dawn-logatto-199931",
            "branch_city": "Totowa",
            "branch_state": "NJ"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 200161,
            "full_name": "Gary Cornelius",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/gary-cornelius-200161",
            "branch_city": "Totowa",
            "branch_state": "NJ"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 399807,
      "name": "Navy Federal Credit Union",
      "slug": "navy-federal-399807",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/navy-federal-399807",
      "loans": 8,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1820,
      "name": "CMG Home Loans",
      "slug": "cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "loans": 6,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 91,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 28172,
            "full_name": "Michael Adler",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/meyer-adler-28172",
            "branch_city": "Paramus",
            "branch_state": "NJ"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 69485,
            "full_name": "Len Ricci",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/leonard-ricci-69485",
            "branch_city": "Paramus",
            "branch_state": "NJ"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 89891,
            "full_name": "Michele Prato",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/michele-prato-89891",
            "branch_city": "Paramus",
            "branch_state": "NJ"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "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."
}