{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/north-carolina/durham-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 56 funded VA home loans in Durham County, NC in 2025, 314 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were United Wholesale Mortgage (48), Veterans United Home Loans (36) and Freedom Mortgage (28). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Durham County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "37063",
    "name": "Durham County",
    "state": "NC"
  },
  "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": 7,
    "loans": 314,
    "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": 48,
      "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": 36,
      "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": 28,
      "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": 24,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 399807,
      "name": "Navy Federal Credit Union",
      "slug": "navy-federal-399807",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/navy-federal-399807",
      "loans": 24,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3013,
      "name": "Newrez",
      "slug": "newrez-3013",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newrez-3013",
      "loans": 12,
      "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": 10,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1058,
      "name": "Lennar Mortgage",
      "slug": "lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "loans": 9,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1791,
      "name": "Pulte Mortgage",
      "slug": "pulte-mortgage-1791",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pulte-mortgage-1791",
      "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": 25,
        "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": 73445,
            "full_name": "Chris Brazell",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/chris-brazell-73445",
            "branch_city": "Raleigh",
            "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."
}