{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/ohio/butler-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 71 funded VA home loans in Butler County, OH in 2025, 542 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Veterans United Home Loans (99), United Wholesale Mortgage (92) and Freedom Mortgage (47). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Butler County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "39017",
    "name": "Butler County",
    "state": "OH"
  },
  "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": 71,
    "lenders_10": 12,
    "loans": 542,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "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": 99,
      "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": 92,
      "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": 47,
      "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": 36,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 629700,
      "name": "First Community Mortgage",
      "slug": "first-community-mortgage-629700",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/first-community-mortgage-629700",
      "loans": 19,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 12,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 137241,
            "full_name": "Ashok Ghildyal",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ashok-ghildyal-137241",
            "branch_city": "West Chester",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 213696,
            "full_name": "Mike Ricketts",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/mike-ricketts-213696",
            "branch_city": "West Chester",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 213949,
            "full_name": "Calum Banks",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/calum-banks-213949",
            "branch_city": "West Chester",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1043,
      "name": "NewDay USA",
      "slug": "newday-usa-1043",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newday-usa-1043",
      "loans": 17,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 16,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "loans": 14,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2229,
      "name": "Union Home Mortgage",
      "slug": "union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "loans": 12,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 34,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 51606,
            "full_name": "Susan Stevenson",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/susan-stevenson-51606",
            "branch_city": "West Chester",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 262657,
            "full_name": "Richard (Rick) Pilger",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/richard-rick-pilger-262657",
            "branch_city": "West Chester",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 782796,
            "full_name": "Brian Collins",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/brian-collins-782796",
            "branch_city": "West Chester",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 174457,
      "name": "loanDepot",
      "slug": "loandepot-174457",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loandepot-174457",
      "loans": 11,
      "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."
}