Retention champions in District of Columbia in 2026 so far, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of October 9, 2026, the top 3 include Christopher Cox (First Savings Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #520211), Joshua Friedson (Guaranteed Rate, Inc., NMLS #626892), and Hillary Legrain (First Savings Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #370120).
Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.
| Rank | Loan officer | LO NMLS | Current Lender / Broker | Lender NMLS | Location | Retained Volume | Retained Loans | Retention Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Christopher Cox | 520211 | First Savings Mortgage Corporation | 38694 | Washington, DC | $10.5M | 14 | 53.8% |
| #2 | Joshua Friedson | 626892 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Arlington, VA | $6.4M | 7 | 70.0% |
| #2 | Hillary Legrain | 370120 | First Savings Mortgage Corporation | 38694 | North Bethesda, MD | $6.8M | 7 | 31.8% |
| #4 | Melissa Rich | 1124764 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | McLean, VA | $4.2M | 6 | 60.0% |
| #4 | John Downs | 476406 | Vellum Mortgage, Inc. | 1657323 | Annapolis, MD | $3.4M | 6 | 60.0% |
| #6 | GREGG BUSCH | 205907 | First Savings Mortgage Corporation | 38694 | McLean, VA | $6.0M | 5 | 50.0% |
| #6 | Jonathan Okun | 221383 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Bethesda, MD | $5.2M | 5 | 50.0% |
| #6 | Gregory Roberts | 1980518 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Washington, DC | $3.3M | 5 | 45.5% |
| #9 | Zachary Bodine | 187031 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Ellicott City, MD | $2.7M | 4 | 40.0% |
| #9 | Gregory Kingsbury | 476367 | Vellum Mortgage, Inc. | 1657323 | Annapolis, MD | $4.1M | 4 | 26.7% |
| #11 | Valentina Wilber | 1053529 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Linthicum, MD | $1.5M | 2 | 20.0% |
These rankings are powered by MMI's nationwide residential mortgage public record dataset. MMI collects mortgage transaction data from recording jurisdictions across the United States, with an average data latency of approximately 22 days from the recording date.
Transactions are matched to NMLS identifiers for loan officers, lenders, and brokers where applicable. MMI then deduplicates, normalizes, and validates this data to create an authoritative mortgage production dataset that powers MMI's analytics, recruiting, marketing, and intelligence products.
Rankings reflect recorded mortgage transactions available to MMI at the time of the last data refresh. Recent activity may continue to update as additional transactions are recorded and processed.
TopMortgageOriginators.com. Retention Champions by Loan Count — District of Columbia. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 9, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/district-of-columbia/top-retention-by-units
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