{
  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/in/wisconsin/columbia-county/va-loans",
  "summary": "These are lenders, not loan officers. Of the lenders LenDb lists, 23 funded VA home loans in Columbia County, WI in 2025, 82 loans in all, per HMDA, FFIEC/CFPB data. The most active were Veterans United Home Loans (21), Freedom Mortgage (7) and Newrez (7). Lenders LenDb does not list yet, and lenders below the HMDA reporting thresholds, are not counted. Loan officers LenDb lists at each lender near Columbia County are linked below.",
  "county": {
    "fips": "55021",
    "name": "Columbia County",
    "state": "WI"
  },
  "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": 23,
    "lenders_10": 1,
    "loans": 82,
    "qualifies": false
  },
  "lenders": [
    {
      "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": 21,
      "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": 7,
      "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": 7,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "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": 7,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 6,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 1043,
      "name": "NewDay USA",
      "slug": "newday-usa-1043",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/newday-usa-1043",
      "loans": 5,
      "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": 4,
      "includes_brokered": true,
      "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": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 53,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 400571,
            "full_name": "Brian Jauch",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/brian-jauch-400571",
            "branch_city": "Baraboo",
            "branch_state": "WI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 483913,
            "full_name": "Don Griffin",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/don-griffin-483913",
            "branch_city": "Madison",
            "branch_state": "WI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 553969,
            "full_name": "Michael Odden",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/michael-odden-553969",
            "branch_city": "Madison",
            "branch_state": "WI"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 898428,
      "name": "Thompson Kane & Company, Inc.",
      "slug": "thompson-kane-company-inc-898428",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/thompson-kane-company-inc-898428",
      "loans": 3,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 0,
        "people": []
      }
    },
    {
      "nmls_id": 3274,
      "name": "Guild Mortgage",
      "slug": "guild-mortgage-3274",
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/guild-mortgage-3274",
      "loans": 2,
      "includes_brokered": false,
      "loan_officers": {
        "total": 8,
        "people": [
          {
            "nmls_id": 287314,
            "full_name": "Ryan Lane Smith",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/ryan-lane-smith-287314",
            "branch_city": "Madison",
            "branch_state": "WI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 287330,
            "full_name": "David Grauwels",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/dave-grauwels-287330",
            "branch_city": "Madison",
            "branch_state": "WI"
          },
          {
            "nmls_id": 288316,
            "full_name": "Joseph Leon Long",
            "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/joe-long-288316",
            "branch_city": "Madison",
            "branch_state": "WI"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "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."
}