Biggest climbers in Illinois in 2026, 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 MICHAEL RUFFALO (The Mortgage Store Co., NMLS #230051), Chad Standish (Credit Karma Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #843765), and Iuliia Lytvynenko (Smart Rate Lending, LLC, NMLS #2671332).
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 | Rank Change | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | MICHAEL RUFFALO | 230051 | The Mortgage Store Co. | 230046 | Downers Grove, IL | ▲ 8313 (#9698 → #1385) | $3.7M | 8 |
| #2 | Chad Standish | 843765 | Credit Karma Mortgage, Inc. | 1588622 | Oakland, CA | ▲ 7965 (#8256 → #291) | $11.6M | 37 |
| #3 | Iuliia Lytvynenko | 2671332 | Smart Rate Lending, LLC | 2557750 | Northbrook, IL | ▲ 7794 (#9239 → #1445) | $3.6M | 12 |
| #4 | Patrick Giuliano | 1375936 | Pan American Bank & Trust | 607827 | Melrose Park, IL | ▲ 7726 (#9893 → #2167) | $2.4M | 1 |
| #5 | Thomas Russe | 492042 | Sterling Bank | 506328 | St Charles, IL | ▲ 7704 (#9058 → #1354) | $3.8M | 1 |
| #6 | Caroline Stein | 2655378 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 7698 (#9981 → #2283) | $2.3M | 8 |
| #7 | Albert Hensling | 71287 | United American Mortgage Corporation | 1942 | Palm Desert, CA | ▲ 7660 (#9228 → #1568) | $3.3M | 3 |
| #8 | RAFAL GORSKI | 228686 | COMPASS LENDING, INC. | 2379519 | Park Ridge, IL | ▲ 7471 (#9526 → #2055) | $2.5M | 6 |
| #9 | JOSEPH METZGER | 955819 | LIGHTWORKERS HOME LOANS INC. | 2696820 | Rolling Meadows, IL | ▲ 7436 (#9633 → #2197) | $2.4M | 7 |
| #10 | Kevin Swanson | 1693397 | Heartland Bank and Trust Company | 402266 | Bloomington, IL | ▲ 7388 (#7840 → #452) | $8.8M | 6 |
| #11 | Brett Foster | 536673 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Grand Rapids, MI | ▲ 7377 (#9157 → #1780) | $3.0M | 6 |
| #12 | Albert Tigranyan | 1750335 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 7365 (#9422 → #2057) | $2.5M | 9 |
| #13 | Daniel Wolf | 2622360 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7340 (#9952 → #2612) | $2.0M | 8 |
| #14 | Geza Rakoczi | 393382 | Go Mortgage, LLC | 1018 | Lewis Center, OH | ▲ 7287 (#9963 → #2676) | $1.9M | 5 |
| #15 | Douglas Valle | 2664552 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | ▲ 7248 (#9190 → #1942) | $2.7M | 9 |
| #16 | Kevin Burgess | 392444 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 7248 (#9652 → #2404) | $2.1M | 6 |
| #17 | Joshua Groenwald | 984636 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7191 (#9577 → #2386) | $2.2M | 7 |
| #18 | Mike Mallis | 31216 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 7168 (#9986 → #2818) | $1.8M | 7 |
| #19 | Ed Edwards | 354378 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 7053 (#8820 → #1767) | $3.0M | 1 |
| #20 | Kimberly Quarrie | 537384 | Wheaton Bank & Trust Company, National Association | 455664 | Wheaton, IL | ▲ 7003 (#8724 → #1721) | $3.1M | 13 |
| #21 | Bradley Stephens | 869932 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6984 (#9387 → #2403) | $2.1M | 8 |
| #22 | Michelle Dunn | 1008789 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | ▲ 6967 (#9982 → #3015) | $1.7M | 4 |
| #23 | Linda Zintak Schimoler | 196079 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Northbrook, IL | ▲ 6911 (#9732 → #2821) | $1.8M | 5 |
| #24 | Michelle Bosnyak | 1724748 | Finance of America Reverse LLC | 2285 | Tulsa, OK | ▲ 6895 (#8565 → #1670) | $3.2M | 4 |
| #25 | Teresa Sobrino | 450752 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 6822 (#9467 → #2645) | $1.9M | 7 |
| #26 | Stewart Magid | 226863 | Consumers Credit Union | 692733 | Carol Stream, IL | ▲ 6806 (#9919 → #3113) | $1.6M | 12 |
| #27 | Logan Mead | 2463713 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Novi, MI | ▲ 6712 (#9790 → #3078) | $1.6M | 2 |
| #28 | Richard Erkenbeck | 880565 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Seattle, WA | ▲ 6705 (#9741 → #3036) | $1.6M | 6 |
| #29 | Kamil Klimek | 2453268 | Molitor Financial Group, LLC | 227034 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 6680 (#9812 → #3132) | $1.6M | 5 |
| #30 | Jeffrey Elvers | 684207 | Bank & Trust Company | 464041 | Litchfield, IL | ▲ 6626 (#7707 → #1081) | $4.6M | 26 |
| #31 | Naomi Lang | 972725 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Springfield, MO | ▲ 6610 (#8594 → #1984) | $2.6M | 5 |
| #32 | Sean McKenna | 267880 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Madison, WI | ▲ 6603 (#9762 → #3159) | $1.6M | 2 |
| #33 | Amy Frillman | 845221 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Kirkwood, MO | ▲ 6592 (#9466 → #2874) | $1.7M | 5 |
| #34 | Andrew Zynda | 2115772 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 6587 (#9325 → #2738) | $1.9M | 5 |
| #35 | Edward Brady | 184937 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 6569 (#9917 → #3348) | $1.5M | 4 |
| #36 | Riley Collins | 1874768 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | New York, NY | ▲ 6557 (#8088 → #1531) | $3.4M | 2 |
| #37 | Nathan Goldstein | 79336 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Hingham, MA | ▲ 6555 (#9163 → #2608) | $2.0M | 1 |
| #38 | Tyler Green | 1139968 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6552 (#9359 → #2807) | $1.8M | 5 |
| #39 | Jessica Kelly | 2262190 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 6530 (#9779 → #3249) | $1.5M | 7 |
| #40 | Zachary White | 1900385 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Schaumburg, IL | ▲ 6529 (#8660 → #2131) | $2.4M | 6 |
| #41 | Nader Chahine | 259628 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Manhattan Beach, CA | ▲ 6518 (#9647 → #3129) | $1.6M | 1 |
| #42 | KENNETH NORKUS | 294227 | Great Mortgage, Inc. | 478647 | Naperville, IL | ▲ 6463 (#9043 → #2580) | $2.0M | 4 |
| #43 | Andrew Jonestein | 1311556 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Brookfield, VT | ▲ 6460 (#9998 → #3538) | $1.4M | 3 |
| #44 | Jay Meadors | 438568 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Greenwood, IN | ▲ 6431 (#8602 → #2171) | $2.4M | 3 |
| #45 | Christian Sherman | 1662897 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6410 (#9980 → #3570) | $1.4M | 3 |
| #46 | Austin Bross | 1710064 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | ▲ 6389 (#9106 → #2717) | $1.9M | 5 |
| #47 | magdleen hussein | 226599 | C.U. Financial, Inc. | 178066 | Orland Park, IL | ▲ 6385 (#9235 → #2850) | $1.8M | 5 |
| #48 | Brandon Nafso | 1856555 | Mortgage Express, Inc. | 1916307 | Bingham Farms, MI | ▲ 6311 (#9351 → #3040) | $1.6M | 6 |
| #49 | Erica Patton | 1498089 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6304 (#9044 → #2740) | $1.9M | 3 |
| #50 | Jason Newcomer | 134789 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Denville, NJ | ▲ 6257 (#9965 → #3708) | $1.3M | 4 |
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. Biggest Climbers by Volume — Illinois (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/illinois/top-climbers-by-volume/2026
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