Mississippi, June 24, 2025 – USDA Rural Development announced the 2025 Lenders of the Year today, to recognize the work of its top lending partners supporting rural homeownership. These lenders helped rural families and individuals buy homes across the nation, including in Mississippi last year through USDA Rural Development’s Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program.
“At USDA Rural Development, we understand that homeownership is a key component of community development and building wealth,” said Dane Maxwell, State Director for USDA Rural Development in Mississippi. “We’re happy to work with a great group of lending partners to provide support for this process through our Single Family Housing Guaranteed Loan Program and congratulate all awardees for the great work they’re doing helping rural Mississippians achieve their dream of homeownership.”
The top five lenders in Mississippi were:
1. Gum Tree Mortgage
2. Trustmark National Bank
3. American Mortgage Bank, Inc
4. CMG Mortgage, Inc
5. Stockton Mortgage Corporation
USDA Rural Development’s national office also presented awards to the following lenders:
USDA 2025 Top Local Lender Champion Award
1st - HR Mortgage Corp, based in Puerto Rico
2nd - Gum Tree Mortgage, based in Mississippi
3rd - Jersey Shore State Bank, based in Pennsylvania
4th – Metroplex Mortgage Svcs, based in Florida
5th – Bangor Savings Bank, based in Maine
A full list of national awardees is available at
www.rd.usda.gov/newsroom/news-release/usda-holds-national-lenders-year-award-ceremony.
USDA is a proud partner to all lenders who work with the agency to support rural homeownership. If you’d like to subscribe to USDA Rural Development updates, visit GovDelivery subscriber page.
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