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  "summary": "As of 2026-10-09, LenDb lists 1 loan officer licensed in or based in District of Columbia whose lender pages say they speak Korean. The top-ranked is Sam Ahn (Loan Factory). Ranking is lender-neutral: a license in DC, 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.",
  "language": "ko",
  "state": "DC",
  "total": 1,
  "last_verified": "2026-10-09",
  "results": [
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      "rank": 1,
      "score": 29.5,
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        "slug": "sam-ahn-2055478",
        "full_name": "Sam Ahn",
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            "name": "Sam Ahn",
            "name_with_middle_initial": "Sam S. Ahn",
            "first_name": "Sam",
            "middle_initial": "S",
            "last_name": "Ahn",
            "states": [
              "MD"
            ],
            "source": "state_regulator",
            "as_of": "2026-10-26"
          }
        ],
        "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/sam-ahn-2055478",
        "json_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/sam-ahn-2055478.json",
        "lender": {
          "nmls_id": 320841,
          "name": "Loan Factory",
          "slug": "loan-factory-320841",
          "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lender/loan-factory-320841",
          "type": "broker"
        },
        "branch": {
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          "state": null
        },
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          "MD",
          "VA",
          "WA"
        ],
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            "state": "DC",
            "confidence": "lender_reported"
          },
          {
            "state": "MD",
            "confidence": "confirmed"
          },
          {
            "state": "VA",
            "confidence": "lender_reported"
          },
          {
            "state": "WA",
            "confidence": "lender_reported"
          }
        ],
        "federal_registration_likely": false,
        "languages": [
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          "ko"
        ],
        "specialties": [],
        "lender_offers": [],
        "years_licensed": null,
        "earliest_license_record": null,
        "licensed_since": null,
        "years_experience": 15,
        "lender_profile_url": "https://www.loanfactory.com/mortgage-expert/sam-ahn-2055478",
        "disciplinary_check": "not_checked"
      },
      "reasons": [
        "Speaks Korean (lender page, verified 2026-10-09)",
        "DC listed on their lender page (not yet checked with the state regulator; verify at NMLS)",
        "States 15 years of experience (lender page, 2026-10-09)"
      ],
      "canonical_url": "https://lendb.ai/lo/sam-ahn-2055478",
      "license_check": {
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        "confidence": "lender_reported",
        "eligible": true,
        "label": "DC listed on their lender page (not yet checked with the state regulator; verify at NMLS)",
        "verified_at": "2026-10-09",
        "source_url": "https://www.loanfactory.com/mortgage-expert/sam-ahn-2055478"
      }
    }
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}