Home Financing & Refinancing
Build, buy, or refinance.
Choose your lender.
Whether you’re financing a new home, buying, or refinancing a home you already own, here’s how it works, and the options that are entirely yours to choose.
How it works
Your financing, your choice
You are free to use any lender you like, whether you are building a new home, buying, or refinancing one you already own. To make it easier, the lenders below are ones Sherman has worked with. The note on each card tells you what that lender focuses on. These listings are featured for your convenience. They are informational and unpaid, and the choice is always yours.
Sherman’s affiliated business
Davis Monroe Financial, LLC
Sherman is required by federal law to identify any mortgage or settlement-service provider it is affiliated with. Davis Monroe Financial, LLC is our affiliated mortgage broker, and we’re listing it here first so that relationship is easy to see. You are never required to use it — the other lenders below are unaffiliated options.
Davis Monroe Financial, LLC
Sherman’s affiliated mortgage broker. As a broker, Davis Monroe Financial, LLC arranges refinances, cash-out, and second mortgages for homeowners through its wholesale lending partners. One option of many. Licensed in Minnesota.
Clicking this button takes you to the full Affiliated Business Arrangement Disclosure before you reach Davis Monroe Financial, LLC. This step is required by federal law (RESPA).
Other lenders Sherman works with
Featured for your convenience
These are lenders Sherman has worked with, listed here for your convenience. Listings are informational and unpaid. None of these lenders are affiliated with Sherman, and you are free to choose any lender, whether it appears on this list or not.
Blaze Credit Union
Leah Pechman, mortgage loan officer. Minnesota-based credit union offering mortgages, construction loans, and refinances. Membership required (open to most Minnesota residents).
CrossCountry Mortgage
Lee Aldrich, loan officer based in Monticello, MN. Direct mortgage lender offering conventional, FHA, VA, USDA, and construction loans for purchase or refinance. Local branch team with in-house underwriting.
Northview Bank
Traver Gahler, VP / Branch Manager, Hinckley, MN. Minnesota community bank (since 1908) offering home purchase, refinance, and construction loans, plus land, lake-lot, and seasonal cabin financing.
Mortgage Capital of MN
Brent Merritt, Partner and Senior Mortgage Consultant, Maple Grove, MN. Minnesota mortgage broker (with the company since 2004) specializing in new home construction and remodel construction lending, plus home purchase, refinance, FHA, adjustable-rate, and home equity programs.
Affiliated Business Arrangement Disclosure:Sherman Lumber, Inc. d/b/a Sherman Buildings and Sherman Homes (“Sherman”), a Minnesota corporation, and Davis Monroe Financial, LLC are affiliated entities under common ownership and control, in that one or more common owners hold controlling interests in both companies. Because of this relationship, a referral from Sherman to Davis Monroe Financial, LLC may provide Sherman a financial or other benefit. You are not required to use Davis Monroe Financial, LLC as a condition for settlement of your loan or purchase, sale, or refinance of the subject property. THERE ARE FREQUENTLY OTHER SETTLEMENT SERVICE PROVIDERS AVAILABLE WITH SIMILAR SERVICES. YOU ARE FREE TO SHOP AROUND TO DETERMINE THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING THE BEST SERVICES AND THE BEST RATE FOR THESE SERVICES.
Davis Monroe Financial, LLC | 2244 Highway 65, Mora, MN 55051 | 320-200-5126 | support@mydmf.com | NMLS #2819740