{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/north-carolina/rutherford-county/fha-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 55 funded FHA home loans in Rutherford County, NC in 2025, 225 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Rocket Mortgage (33), Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group (27) and Movement Mortgage (22). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Rutherford County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "37161",
    "name": "Rutherford 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": 55,
    "lenders_10": 7,
    "loans": 225,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 33,
      "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": 27,
      "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": 22,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1841991,
            "full_name": "Rick Dunkerley",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/richard-dunkerley-1841991",
            "branch_city": "Hendersonville",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 758470,
            "full_name": "Natalie Contas",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/natalie-contas-758470",
            "branch_city": "Morganton",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 16,
      "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": 16,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2826,
      "name": "American Financial Resources, LLC",
      "slug": "american-financial-resources-llc-2826",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/american-financial-resources-llc-2826",
      "loans": 11,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 130562,
      "name": "Success Mortgage Partners",
      "slug": "success-mortgage-partners-130562",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/success-mortgage-partners-130562",
      "loans": 10,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 1,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1513839,
            "full_name": "Chrystal Searcy",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/chrystal-searcy-1513839",
            "branch_city": "Rutherfordton",
            "branch_state": "NC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 6606,
      "name": "New American Funding",
      "slug": "new-american-funding-6606",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/new-american-funding-6606",
      "loans": 8,
      "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": 5,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3032,
      "name": "Loan Simple, Inc.",
      "slug": "loan-simple-inc-3032",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loan-simple-inc-3032",
      "loans": 5,
      "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."
}