Retention champions in Georgia in 2024, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Brant Gilmore (Truist Bank, NMLS #756279), Mark Daker (Ameris Bank, NMLS #35111), and Joseph Bishop (Ameris Bank, NMLS #204256).
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 | Brant Gilmore | 756279 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Alpharetta, GA | $14.5M | 13 | 44.8% |
| #2 | Mark Daker | 35111 | Ameris Bank | 408099 | Alpharetta, GA | $13.9M | 27 | 23.1% |
| #3 | Joseph Bishop | 204256 | Ameris Bank | 408099 | Athens, GA | $11.5M | 17 | 43.6% |
| #4 | Michael Fitzmeyer | 93716 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Alpharetta, GA | $10.8M | 11 | 50.0% |
| #5 | Andrew Miller | 658962 | PrimeSouth Bank | 768337 | Brunswick, GA | $9.5M | 9 | 42.9% |
| #6 | Daniel Asbury | 658798 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Alpharetta, GA | $9.1M | 8 | 61.5% |
| #7 | John Norwood | 138303 | Neighborhood Mortgage, Inc. | 138234 | Alpharetta, GA | $8.7M | 18 | 47.4% |
| #8 | Kevin Rubin | 200630 | Southeastern Mortgage Solutions, Inc. | 170525 | Atlanta, GA | $8.2M | 14 | 31.8% |
| #9 | Kevin Dwyer | 161365 | SouthState Bank, N.A. | 403455 | Atlanta, GA | $8.0M | 8 | 61.5% |
| #10 | Charles Reed | 189915 | Intercoastal Mortgage, LLC | 56323 | Bluffton, SC | $7.5M | 17 | 65.4% |
| #11 | James Cheeley | 118012 | Lincoln Capital Advisors, LLC | 51482 | Roswell, GA | $6.2M | 8 | 42.1% |
| #12 | Mark Baker | 216217 | SWBC Mortgage Corporation | 9741 | Marietta, GA | $5.9M | 17 | 32.1% |
| #13 | WHITNEY FITE | 546337 | Capital City Home Loans, LLC | 75615 | Greensboro, GA | $5.8M | 5 | 41.7% |
| #14 | Tony Salloum | 1727275 | Pinnacle Bank | 418535 | Athens, GA | $5.7M | 6 | 40.0% |
| #15 | Naveed Bhurgri | 169271 | Atlantic Home Mortgage LLC | 1844873 | Alpharetta, GA | $5.7M | 9 | 52.9% |
| #16 | Patrick Furlong | 176520 | eHome Loan Advisors, LLC | 321959 | Roswell, GA | $5.4M | 11 | 35.5% |
| #17 | Jason Waters | 623984 | Affinity Home Lending LLC | 1181151 | Marietta, GA | $5.3M | 6 | 46.2% |
| #18 | CHINMAYA MANCHALA | 1629259 | NORTHEAST MORTGAGE, INC | 1877014 | Cumming, GA | $5.3M | 10 | 35.7% |
| #19 | ANDREW GEISMAR | 231493 | Mortgage Assurance, Inc. | 177208 | Alpharetta, GA | $5.2M | 13 | 35.1% |
| #20 | Thomas Barnes | 1992915 | MiLend, Inc. | 148769 | Alpharetta, GA | $5.1M | 8 | 53.3% |
| #21 | Yashesh Shah | 2184915 | Perfect Home Mortgage, Inc | 2322347 | Suwanee, GA | $4.9M | 9 | 75.0% |
| #22 | Gareth Thomas | 177403 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Kennesaw, GA | $4.8M | 13 | 23.6% |
| #23 | Brian Berman | 184320 | MORTGAGE ATLANTA LLC | 184273 | Marietta, GA | $4.8M | 9 | 26.5% |
| #24 | Paul Secondi | 55233 | United Community Bank | 421841 | Alpharetta, GA | $4.8M | 4 | 40.0% |
| #25 | James Reuland | 138304 | Neighborhood Mortgage, Inc. | 138234 | Alpharetta, GA | $4.6M | 8 | 53.3% |
| #26 | Randall March | 841284 | Southeast Mortgage of Georgia, Inc. | 103956 | Duluth, GA | $4.5M | 11 | 61.1% |
| #27 | Joshua Egnoski | 381709 | American Wholesale Mortgage Inc. | 1668270 | Alpharetta, GA | $4.5M | 11 | 84.6% |
| #28 | Alan Howell | 167889 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Buford, GA | $4.3M | 5 | 21.7% |
| #29 | Timothy Dukes | 1469262 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Hartwell, GA | $4.2M | 12 | 33.3% |
| #30 | Maxime Kallos | 170267 | Ardent Loans LLC | 2403107 | Alpharetta, GA | $4.1M | 10 | 20.0% |
| #31 | Anand Ilangovan Thirumurugan | 2139575 | SI Mortgage Company | 68434 | Sterling Heights, MI | $4.1M | 8 | 61.5% |
| #32 | Terry Siniard | 246046 | SWBC Mortgage Corporation | 9741 | Cartersville, GA | $4.1M | 14 | 18.4% |
| #33 | Timothy Gentry | 905172 | Loan Velocity, Inc. | 1078746 | Brunswick, GA | $4.0M | 14 | 34.1% |
| #34 | Randal Bristol | 307695 | Direct Lenders, LLC | 306130 | Kennesaw, GA | $3.9M | 11 | 44.0% |
| #35 | Wellborn Price | 658985 | Regions Bank | 174490 | Atlanta, GA | $3.9M | 4 | 36.4% |
| #36 | Sean Trombetti | 214727 | Reliant Mortgage Solutions LLC | 1808881 | Marietta, GA | $3.8M | 3 | 18.8% |
| #37 | DAVID JOLLY | 395787 | United Community Bank | 421841 | Carrollton, GA | $3.8M | 11 | 52.4% |
| #38 | John Troha | 91878 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Alpharetta, GA | $3.8M | 3 | 30.0% |
| #39 | Derek Conley | 552600 | Ameris Bank | 408099 | Athens, GA | $3.7M | 7 | 33.3% |
| #40 | Christopher Tilley | 546645 | Regions Bank | 174490 | Atlanta, GA | $3.7M | 3 | 21.4% |
| #41 | Darin Hunter | 29290 | TJC Mortgage, Inc. | 2239 | Woodstock, GA | $3.7M | 7 | 38.9% |
| #42 | Hudson Chow | 1962119 | Anchor Home Mortgage, Inc. | 169063 | Alpharetta, GA | $3.7M | 8 | 29.6% |
| #43 | Jesse Palmer | 539397 | The First National Bank of Waynesboro | 409004 | Waynesboro, GA | $3.6M | 8 | 66.7% |
| #44 | Stephanie Haase | 658865 | BankSouth Mortgage Company, LLC | 690971 | Atlanta, GA | $3.6M | 6 | 40.0% |
| #45 | Bartley Eyler | 65390 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Cumming, GA | $3.6M | 8 | 47.1% |
| #46 | Rhonda Dearing | 456035 | Delta Community Credit Union | 401141 | Fayetteville, GA | $3.6M | 22 | 43.1% |
| #47 | Rebecca Brown | 211483 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Locust Grove, GA | $3.6M | 13 | 34.2% |
| #48 | Louis Veres | 161690 | Georgia Platinum Mortgage, Inc. | 144366 | Kennesaw, GA | $3.6M | 9 | 31.0% |
| #49 | Marty Patterson | 35167 | Neighborhood Mortgage, Inc. | 138234 | Alpharetta, GA | $3.5M | 3 | 18.8% |
| #50 | Sae Oh | 101037 | Prime Home Loans, Inc. | 98975 | San Antonio, TX | $3.5M | 10 | 43.5% |
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 Volume — Georgia (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/georgia/top-retention-by-volume/2024
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