# Iowa's #1 Loan Officer: Dan Buchholz Tops Experience.com

By Dan Buchholz (@danbuchholz) · Published 2026-08-17

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Dan Buchholz, Executive Mortgage Consultant at HomeServices Lending in Urbandale, has been named the **#1 Loan Officer in the State of Iowa** in Experience.com's 2025 Top Performers rankings, released June 23, 2026. The report recognizes the Top 1% of individual loan officers nationwide, judged on verified customer satisfaction rather than loan volume ([(Experience.com)](https://try.experience.com/top-performers)).

The recognition, part of the 2025 report Experience.com released on June 23, 2026, carries real weight for Iowa borrowers: it is earned from survey completion rates, reviews, and average star ratings submitted by **verified customers**, with the platform directly connected to each lender's transaction data to confirm every review came from an actual closing ([(Experience.com)](https://try.experience.com/resources/mortgage-performance-report-for-2025)).

#### Key Takeaways

-   Dan Buchholz is ranked the #1 Loan Officer in Iowa by Experience.com's 2025 Top Performers report, released June 23, 2026.
-   The ranking is earned from verified customer reviews and transaction data — not paid placement or loan volume alone.
-   The recognition signals a proven track record of borrower satisfaction for Urbandale and statewide Iowa clients.

## Experience.com's 2025 report confirms Iowa's top loan officer

Experience.com built Top Performers as the industry benchmark for customer experience in mortgage lending ([Experience.com](https://try.experience.com/top-performers)). Candidates are judged on survey completion rates, the number of reviews, and average star ratings submitted by **verified customers** — feedback the platform confirms against each lender's transaction records, so a single poor review out of 100 closed loans can eliminate an officer from contention.

That rigor matters because the field is enormous: the recognition draws from a competitive pool of more than **50,000 loan officers**, where winners separate by fractions of a percentage point ([Experience.com](https://try.experience.com/top-performers)).

## The #1 position signals a repeatable client experience

That ranking reflects an approach that consistently shows up in how Iowa borrowers rate their closings. On Experience.com, Dan carries a **4.94-out-of-5 rating across more than 260 verified reviews** from clients who actually funded mortgages — the satisfaction data behind the #1 position. His process pairs direct communication with a thorough, transparent mortgage journey from pre-approval through the final signature, walking Iowa buyers through state-specific costs and programs that a distant national lender often gets wrong.

In a market where the 30-year fixed mortgage averaged **6.67% as of August 13, 2026** ([Freddie Mac](https://www.freddiemac.com/home)), buyers are rate- and service-sensitive. A customer-experience ranking grounded in verified reviews is the most durable signal a borrower can check before committing to a lender — and the standard HomeServices Lending brings to every Urbandale-area closing.

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