{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/south-carolina/lexington-county/usda-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 23 funded USDA home loans in Lexington County, SC in 2025, 69 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Guild Mortgage (15), Lennar Mortgage (14) and Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. (8). 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": "usda",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 23,
    "lenders_10": 2,
    "loans": 69,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "nmls_id": 3274,
      "name": "Guild Mortgage",
      "slug": "guild-mortgage-3274",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guild-mortgage-3274",
      "loans": 15,
      "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": 1058,
      "name": "Lennar Mortgage",
      "slug": "lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/lennar-mortgage-1058",
      "loans": 14,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 8,
      "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": 1820,
      "name": "CMG Home Loans",
      "slug": "cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 6,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 71597,
            "full_name": "Clint Hammond",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/raymond-hammond-71597",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 170311,
            "full_name": "Cat Town",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/cat-town-170311",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 642981,
            "full_name": "Travis Wright",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/travis-wright-642981",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3028,
      "name": "Towne Mortgage Company",
      "slug": "towne-mortgage-company-3028",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/towne-mortgage-company-3028",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 72043,
      "name": "Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group",
      "slug": "atlantic-bay-mortgage-group-72043",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/atlantic-bay-mortgage-group-72043",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2289,
      "name": "Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation",
      "slug": "fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/fairway-independent-mortgage-2289",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 3,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 2379427,
            "full_name": "Canica Kelly",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/canica-kelly-2379427",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1662194,
            "full_name": "Carriston Hundley",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/carriston-hundley-1662194",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2609075,
            "full_name": "Damian Diaz",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/damian-diaz-2609075",
            "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": 2,
      "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": 70876,
      "name": "Assurance Financial",
      "slug": "assurance-financial-70876",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/assurance-financial-70876",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 7,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 257154,
            "full_name": "Michele Rodgers",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/michele-rodgers-257154",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 302422,
            "full_name": "Dan Kadar",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/daniel-kadar-302422",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 1485560,
            "full_name": "Matthew Dailey",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/matthew-dailey-1485560",
            "branch_city": "Columbia",
            "branch_state": "SC"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 104621,
      "name": "Consumer Real Estate Finance Co.",
      "slug": "consumer-real-estate-finance-co-104621",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/consumer-real-estate-finance-co-104621",
      "loans": 2,
      "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."
}