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  "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lang/es/arizona",
  "summary": "As of 2026-10-26, LenDb lists 94 loan officers licensed in or based in Arizona whose lender pages say they speak Spanish. The top-ranked are Silvia Estrada (Guild Mortgage, Chandler), Vernon Loree (Guild Mortgage, Tucson) and Steven Lines (Lender Express Mortgage LLC, Mesa). Ranking is lender-neutral: a license in AZ, branch location, experience and profile completeness. Nobody pays for placement. Languages come only from loan officers' own lender pages, and most lender pages do not list languages. A loan officer missing from this list may still speak it: not listed means not stated, not that they do not speak it.",
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      ],
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        },
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            "state": "TX",
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            "evidence": "lender_page_text"
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          {
            "slug": "investor",
            "evidence": "lender_page_text"
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            "evidence": "lender_page_text"
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            "evidence": "lender_page_text"
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        "States 25 years of experience (lender page, 2026-10-15)"
      ],
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          }
        ],
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        "json_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/jose-perez-lopez-1176984.json",
        "lender": {
          "nmls_id": 133739,
          "name": "Panorama Mortgage Group, LLC",
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        ],
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        "States 20 years of experience (lender page, 2026-10-15)"
      ],
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        "json_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/frank-r-salazar-413553.json",
        "lender": {
          "nmls_id": 399798,
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        },
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