{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/north-carolina/caldwell-county/fha-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 44 funded FHA home loans in Caldwell County, NC in 2025, 296 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were CrossCountry Mortgage (80), Rocket Mortgage (31) and Freedom Mortgage (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 Caldwell County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "37027",
    "name": "Caldwell County",
    "state": "NC"
  },
  "loan_type": "fha",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 44,
    "lenders_10": 8,
    "loans": 296,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 80,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 69769,
            "full_name": "Tom Thuss",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/tom-thuss-69769",
            "branch_city": "Lenoir",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 72903,
            "full_name": "Jeff Nance",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jeff-nance-72903",
            "branch_city": "Hickory",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 31,
      "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": 24,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 72043,
      "name": "Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group",
      "slug": "atlantic-bay-mortgage-group-72043",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/atlantic-bay-mortgage-group-72043",
      "loans": 22,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 18,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 12,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 4,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 92496,
            "full_name": "Deborah Pruitt",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/deborah-pruitt-92496",
            "branch_city": "Hickory",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 448270,
            "full_name": "Tim Kerley",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/timothy-kerley-448270",
            "branch_city": "Hickory",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1824007,
            "full_name": "Jeff Reeves",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jeffrey-reeves-1824007",
            "branch_city": "Boone",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3274,
      "name": "Guild Mortgage",
      "slug": "guild-mortgage-3274",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guild-mortgage-3274",
      "loans": 12,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 134871,
      "name": "Highlands Residential Mortgage",
      "slug": "highlands-residential-mortgage-134871",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/highlands-residential-mortgage-134871",
      "loans": 10,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 108159,
            "full_name": "Andrew Aaron",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/andrew-aaron-108159",
            "branch_city": "Hickory",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 88258,
            "full_name": "Rebecca Houck",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/rebecca-houck-88258",
            "branch_city": "Hickory",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 174457,
      "name": "loanDepot",
      "slug": "loandepot-174457",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loandepot-174457",
      "loans": 7,
      "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."
}