{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/ohio/knox-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 12 funded USDA home loans in Knox County, OH in 2025, 25 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation (8), Union Home Mortgage (5) and New American Funding (3). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Knox County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "39083",
    "name": "Knox 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": 12,
    "lenders_10": 0,
    "loans": 25,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 2289,
      "name": "Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation",
      "slug": "fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "loans": 8,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 18,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 267141,
            "full_name": "Chris Harmon",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/chris-harmon-267141",
            "branch_city": "Mount Vernon",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 495146,
            "full_name": "Shara Miesse",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/shara-miesse-495146",
            "branch_city": "Westerville",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1345275,
            "full_name": "Lindsay Vail",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/lindsay-vail-1345275",
            "branch_city": "Mount Vernon",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2229,
      "name": "Union Home Mortgage",
      "slug": "union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/union-home-mortgage-2229",
      "loans": 5,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 5,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 187478,
            "full_name": "Joel Tilmant",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/joel-tilmant-187478",
            "branch_city": "Mount Vernon",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 639470,
            "full_name": "Michelle Wallace",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/michelle-wallace-639470",
            "branch_city": "Mansfield",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 284950,
            "full_name": "Linda Repp",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/linda-repp-284950",
            "branch_city": "Shreve",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 6606,
      "name": "New American Funding",
      "slug": "new-american-funding-6606",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/new-american-funding-6606",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1850,
      "name": "American Pacific Mortgage",
      "slug": "american-pacific-mortgage-1850",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/american-pacific-mortgage-1850",
      "loans": 1,
      "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": 1,
      "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": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 6,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 221164,
            "full_name": "Roy Stevens",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/roy-stevens-221164",
            "branch_city": "Mansfield",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 244943,
            "full_name": "Sharon Rawls",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/sharon-rawls-244943",
            "branch_city": "Mansfield",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1509622,
            "full_name": "Jade Brown",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jade-brown-1509622",
            "branch_city": "Mansfield",
            "branch_state": "OH"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 38072,
      "name": "Polaris Home Funding Corp.",
      "slug": "polaris-home-funding-corp-38072",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/polaris-home-funding-corp-38072",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 133519,
      "name": "Hometown Equity Mortgage, LLC",
      "slug": "hometown-equity-mortgage-llc-133519",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/hometown-equity-mortgage-llc-133519",
      "loans": 1,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 150009,
      "name": "Click n' Close, Inc.",
      "slug": "click-n-close-inc-150009",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/click-n-close-inc-150009",
      "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."
}