{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/washington/benton-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 50 funded VA home loans in Benton County, WA in 2025, 431 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were United Wholesale Mortgage (102), CMG Home Loans (37) and Freedom Mortgage (36). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Benton County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "53005",
    "name": "Benton County",
    "state": "WA"
  },
  "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": 50,
    "lenders_10": 9,
    "loans": 431,
    "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": 102,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1820,
      "name": "CMG Home Loans",
      "slug": "cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/cmg-home-loans-1820",
      "loans": 37,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 11,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1074211,
            "full_name": "Edwin Esquivel",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/edwin-esquivel-1074211",
            "branch_city": "Prosser",
            "branch_state": "WA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 356928,
            "full_name": "Geoffrey Graeff",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/geoffrey-graeff-356928",
            "branch_city": "Kennewick",
            "branch_state": "WA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 403920,
            "full_name": "Mark Carroll",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/mark-carroll-403920",
            "branch_city": "Kennewick",
            "branch_state": "WA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 2767,
      "name": "Freedom Mortgage",
      "slug": "freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/freedom-mortgage-2767",
      "loans": 36,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 33,
      "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": 29,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3013,
      "name": "Newrez",
      "slug": "newrez-3013",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newrez-3013",
      "loans": 14,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 399807,
      "name": "Navy Federal Credit Union",
      "slug": "navy-federal-399807",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/navy-federal-399807",
      "loans": 12,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 174457,
      "name": "loanDepot",
      "slug": "loandepot-174457",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loandepot-174457",
      "loans": 11,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "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": 10,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 9,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 116408,
            "full_name": "Mark Manthei",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/mark-manthei-116408",
            "branch_city": "Kennewick",
            "branch_state": "WA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 192202,
            "full_name": "Veronica Quintanilla",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/veronica-quintanilla-192202",
            "branch_city": "Kennewick",
            "branch_state": "WA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 279146,
            "full_name": "Mayra Tapia",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/mayra-tapia-279146",
            "branch_city": "Kennewick",
            "branch_state": "WA"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1850,
      "name": "American Pacific Mortgage",
      "slug": "american-pacific-mortgage-1850",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/american-pacific-mortgage-1850",
      "loans": 9,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 4,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 1210610,
            "full_name": "Samantha Lindley",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/samantha-lindley-1210610",
            "branch_city": "Kennewick",
            "branch_state": "WA"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 2177459,
            "full_name": "Scott Bow",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/scott-bow-2177459",
            "branch_city": "Umatilla",
            "branch_state": "OR"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 418970,
            "full_name": "Claudia Lara",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/claudia-lara-418970",
            "branch_city": "Kennewick",
            "branch_state": "WA"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "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."
}