{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/ohio/defiance-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 18 funded VA home loans in Defiance County, OH in 2025, 43 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Veterans United Home Loans (6), Freedom Mortgage (5) and Rocket Mortgage (5). 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": "va",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 18,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 43,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "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": 6,
      "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": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 5,
      "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": 5,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 4,
      "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": 1043,
      "name": "NewDay USA",
      "slug": "newday-usa-1043",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newday-usa-1043",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1579,
      "name": "Equity Resources, Inc.",
      "slug": "equity-resources-inc-1579",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/equity-resources-inc-1579",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2600,
      "name": "Carrington Mortgage Services",
      "slug": "carrington-mortgage-services-2600",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/carrington-mortgage-services-2600",
      "loans": 2,
      "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": 2,
      "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": 2,
      "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."
}