{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/north-carolina/chatham-county/fha-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 35 funded FHA home loans in Chatham County, NC in 2025, 86 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Freedom Mortgage (8), CrossCountry Mortgage (8) and Rocket Mortgage (8). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Chatham County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "37037",
    "name": "Chatham 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": 35,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 86,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 2767,
      "name": "Freedom Mortgage",
      "slug": "freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "loans": 8,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 8,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 7,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 113641,
            "full_name": "Charles Puryear",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/charles-puryear-113641",
            "branch_city": "Durham",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1900697,
            "full_name": "Steve Medina",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/steve-medina-1900697",
            "branch_city": "Durham",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 85507,
            "full_name": "Tanya Fuqua",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/tanya-fuqua-85507",
            "branch_city": "Burlington",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 8,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 8,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "loans": 7,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 6,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 174457,
      "name": "loanDepot",
      "slug": "loandepot-174457",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loandepot-174457",
      "loans": 5,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2926,
      "name": "emm loans llc",
      "slug": "emm-loans-llc-2926",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/emm-loans-llc-2926",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 14,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 6427,
            "full_name": "Jeff Speer",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jeff-speer-6427",
            "branch_city": "Durham",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 117956,
            "full_name": "Don Fowler",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/donald-fowler-117956",
            "branch_city": "Durham",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 90045,
            "full_name": "Jennifer Demaree",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jennifer-demaree-90045",
            "branch_city": "Hendersonville",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 4,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 171268,
            "full_name": "Chet Mann",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/chet-mann-171268",
            "branch_city": "Sanford",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 120581,
            "full_name": "Tami Bobbitt",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/tambler-bobbitt-120581",
            "branch_city": "Sanford",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 537012,
            "full_name": "Amanda Stephens",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/amanda-stephens-537012",
            "branch_city": "Sanford",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "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."
}