{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/south-carolina/lexington-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 86 funded VA home loans in Lexington County, SC in 2025, 1,126 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were United Wholesale Mortgage (133), Veterans United Home Loans (130) and Freedom Mortgage (76). 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": "va",
  "year": 2025,
  "source": "HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB",
  "source_url": "https://ffiec.cfpb.gov/data-publication/snapshot-national-loan-level-dataset/2025",
  "totals": {
    "lenders": 86,
    "lenders_10": 26,
    "loans": 1126,
    "qualifies": true
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "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": 133,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 130,
      "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": 76,
      "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": 63,
      "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": 55,
      "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": 3274,
      "name": "Guild Mortgage",
      "slug": "guild-mortgage-3274",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guild-mortgage-3274",
      "loans": 50,
      "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": 86548,
      "name": "First Heritage Mortgage",
      "slug": "first-heritage-mortgage-86548",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/first-heritage-mortgage-86548",
      "loans": 49,
      "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": 3029,
      "name": "CrossCountry Mortgage",
      "slug": "crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/crosscountry-mortgage-3029",
      "loans": 41,
      "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": 399807,
      "name": "Navy Federal Credit Union",
      "slug": "navy-federal-399807",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/navy-federal-399807",
      "loans": 37,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 35953,
      "name": "Pennymac",
      "slug": "pennymac-35953",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/pennymac-35953",
      "loans": 32,
      "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."
}