{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/south-carolina/lexington-county/conventional-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 170 funded conventional home loans in Lexington County, SC in 2025, 3,092 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Guild Mortgage (366), Rocket Mortgage (338) and Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. (250). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Lexington County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "45063",
    "name": "Lexington County",
    "state": "SC"
  },
  "loan_type": "conventional",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 170,
    "lenders_10": 45,
    "loans": 3092,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3274,
      "name": "Guild Mortgage",
      "slug": "guild-mortgage-3274",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guild-mortgage-3274",
      "loans": 366,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 28,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 474326,
            "full_name": "Julius Lamont Watson",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/julius-lamont-watson-474326",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2763663,
            "full_name": "Angelo Rodriguez",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/angelo-rodriguez-2763663",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 119619,
            "full_name": "David Richard Hyatt",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/david-hyatt-119619",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3030,
      "name": "Rocket Mortgage",
      "slug": "rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/rocket-mortgage-3030",
      "loans": 338,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1561,
      "name": "Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc.",
      "slug": "vanderbilt-mortgage-and-finance-inc-1561",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/vanderbilt-mortgage-and-finance-inc-1561",
      "loans": 250,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 4,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 277752,
            "full_name": "Ron Williams",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ron-williams-277752",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1442556,
            "full_name": "Sheila Harris",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/sheila-harris-1442556",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 188562,
            "full_name": "Kelley Hunt",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/kelley-hunt-188562",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 130,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 14,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 279339,
            "full_name": "Brian Prahl",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/brian-prahl-279339",
            "branch_city": "Lexington",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1124243,
            "full_name": "Alex Huggins",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/alex-huggins-1124243",
            "branch_city": "Lexington",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1940342,
            "full_name": "Jon Buerkert",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jonathan-buerkert-1940342",
            "branch_city": "Lexington",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 86548,
      "name": "First Heritage Mortgage",
      "slug": "first-heritage-mortgage-86548",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/first-heritage-mortgage-86548",
      "loans": 124,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 6,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 239638,
            "full_name": "Aaron Simmons",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/aaron-simmons-239638",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1624150,
            "full_name": "Darin Bradford",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/darin-bradford-1624150",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1924189,
            "full_name": "LaToya Gary",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/latoya-gary-1924189",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 115,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1339801,
      "name": "Resource Financial Services, Inc.",
      "slug": "resource-financial-services-inc-1339801",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/resource-financial-services-inc-1339801",
      "loans": 95,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2280,
      "name": "21st Mortgage Corporation",
      "slug": "21st-mortgage-corporation-2280",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/21st-mortgage-corporation-2280",
      "loans": 91,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1598647,
      "name": "Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC",
      "slug": "guaranteed-rate-affinity-llc-1598647",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guaranteed-rate-affinity-llc-1598647",
      "loans": 89,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 5,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 249838,
            "full_name": "Ken Furtick",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ken-furtick-249838",
            "branch_city": "Lexington",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 756797,
            "full_name": "Kevin Kuper",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/kevin-kuper-756797",
            "branch_city": "Lexington",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 406462,
            "full_name": "Joel Wall",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/joel-wall-406462",
            "branch_city": "Lexington",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "loans": 80,
      "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."
}