{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/ohio/defiance-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 6 funded USDA home loans in Defiance County, OH in 2025, 10 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were CrossCountry Mortgage (3), Polaris Home Funding Corp. (2) and Siwell, Inc. (2). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Defiance County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "39039",
    "name": "Defiance County",
    "state": "OH"
  },
  "loan_type": "usda",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 6,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 10,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 2,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 256481,
            "full_name": "Coley Rau",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/coley-rau-256481",
            "branch_city": "Bryan",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1198774,
            "full_name": "Stephen Stechnij",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/stephen-stechnij-1198774",
            "branch_city": "Bryan",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 38072,
      "name": "Polaris Home Funding Corp.",
      "slug": "polaris-home-funding-corp-38072",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/polaris-home-funding-corp-38072",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 149169,
      "name": "Siwell, Inc.",
      "slug": "siwell-inc-149169",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/siwell-inc-149169",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1820,
      "name": "CMG Home Loans",
      "slug": "cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "loans": 1,
      "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": 1,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 402435,
      "name": "Huntington National Bank",
      "slug": "huntington-national-bank-402435",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/huntington-national-bank-402435",
      "loans": 1,
      "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."
}