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 October 11, 2026, the top 3 include Stewart Magid (Consumers Credit Union, NMLS #226863), MICHAEL RUFFALO (The Mortgage Store Co., NMLS #230051), and Chad Standish (Credit Karma Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #843765).
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 | Stewart Magid | 226863 | Consumers Credit Union | 692733 | Carol Stream, IL | ▲ 8812 (#9991 → #1179) | $9.0M | 67 |
| #2 | MICHAEL RUFFALO | 230051 | The Mortgage Store Co. | 230046 | Downers Grove, IL | ▲ 8005 (#9765 → #1760) | $6.1M | 15 |
| #3 | Chad Standish | 843765 | Credit Karma Mortgage, Inc. | 1588622 | Oakland, CA | ▲ 7960 (#8326 → #366) | $20.1M | 72 |
| #4 | Jeremiah Hackbart | 155781 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Seattle, WA | ▲ 7791 (#9095 → #1304) | $8.3M | 30 |
| #5 | Michelle Bosnyak | 1724748 | Finance of America Reverse LLC | 2285 | Tulsa, OK | ▲ 7633 (#8629 → #996) | $10.3M | 9 |
| #6 | Kimberly Quarrie | 537384 | Wheaton Bank & Trust Company, National Association | 455664 | Wheaton, IL | ▲ 7440 (#8788 → #1348) | $8.1M | 29 |
| #7 | Riley Collins | 1874768 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | New York, NY | ▲ 7308 (#8158 → #850) | $11.5M | 6 |
| #8 | Salvatore Aievoli | 1638952 | Michigan State University Federal Credit Union | 405297 | East Lansing, MI | ▲ 7203 (#8834 → #1631) | $6.7M | 11 |
| #9 | Iuliia Lytvynenko | 2671332 | Smart Rate Lending, LLC | 2557750 | Northbrook, IL | ▲ 7168 (#9308 → #2140) | $4.9M | 17 |
| #10 | Linda Zintak Schimoler | 196079 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Northbrook, IL | ▲ 7084 (#9802 → #2718) | $3.7M | 10 |
| #11 | Kevin Swanson | 1693397 | Heartland Bank and Trust Company | 402266 | Bloomington, IL | ▲ 7054 (#7894 → #840) | $11.6M | 12 |
| #12 | Richard Erkenbeck | 880565 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Seattle, WA | ▲ 7051 (#9812 → #2761) | $3.7M | 12 |
| #13 | Laurie Powell | 1642515 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6878 (#9672 → #2794) | $3.6M | 6 |
| #14 | Albert Hensling | 71287 | United American Mortgage Corporation | 1942 | Palm Desert, CA | ▲ 6833 (#9298 → #2465) | $4.2M | 6 |
| #15 | Thomas Russe | 492042 | Sterling Bank | 506328 | St Charles, IL | ▲ 6812 (#9124 → #2312) | $4.6M | 2 |
| #16 | Kamil Klimek | 2453268 | Stonehaven Mortgage Incorporated | 901574 | Elmhurst, IL | ▲ 6707 (#9883 → #3176) | $3.1M | 10 |
| #17 | Kevin Burgess | 392444 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 6695 (#9718 → #3023) | $3.3M | 11 |
| #18 | Teresa Sobrino | 450752 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 6676 (#9530 → #2854) | $3.5M | 12 |
| #19 | Brett Foster | 536673 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Grand Rapids, MI | ▲ 6604 (#9227 → #2623) | $3.9M | 8 |
| #20 | Fernando Gutierrez | 503299 | BMO Bank National Association | 401052 | Naperville, IL | ▲ 6597 (#7723 → #1126) | $9.4M | 6 |
| #21 | Patrick Giuliano | 1375936 | Pan American Bank & Trust | 607827 | Melrose Park, IL | ▲ 6556 (#9963 → #3407) | $2.8M | 2 |
| #22 | Christie Augustin | 2559866 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 6551 (#8994 → #2443) | $4.3M | 16 |
| #23 | KENNETH NORKUS | 294227 | Great Mortgage, Inc. | 478647 | Naperville, IL | ▲ 6535 (#9110 → #2575) | $4.0M | 9 |
| #24 | Albert Tigranyan | 1750335 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | ▲ 6511 (#9488 → #2977) | $3.4M | 11 |
| #25 | John Homsombath | 2733797 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 6461 (#9971 → #3510) | $2.7M | 9 |
| #26 | RAFAL GORSKI | 228686 | COMPASS LENDING, INC. | 2379519 | Park Ridge, IL | ▲ 6429 (#9589 → #3160) | $3.1M | 8 |
| #27 | Gary Otto | 412172 | Washington Savings Bank | 493998 | Mattoon, IL | ▲ 6370 (#9658 → #3288) | $3.0M | 15 |
| #28 | Scott Potosky | 1471547 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6208 (#7360 → #1152) | $9.2M | 9 |
| #29 | Jeffrey McMillin | 415077 | First Federal Bank | 408902 | Overland Park, KS | ▲ 6188 (#8998 → #2810) | $3.6M | 7 |
| #30 | John West | 193020 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 6173 (#9544 → #3371) | $2.9M | 7 |
| #31 | Douglas Valle | 2664552 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | ▲ 6152 (#9261 → #3109) | $3.2M | 10 |
| #32 | Michael Buckley | 2612407 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6133 (#9664 → #3531) | $2.7M | 13 |
| #33 | Joshua Groenwald | 984636 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6125 (#9642 → #3517) | $2.7M | 9 |
| #34 | Zachary White | 1900385 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Schaumburg, IL | ▲ 6087 (#8722 → #2635) | $3.9M | 11 |
| #35 | Kevin Adkins | 773535 | Bank of O'Fallon | 597587 | O Fallon, IL | ▲ 6070 (#8552 → #2482) | $4.2M | 12 |
| #36 | Joseph Magnelli | 363231 | FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK | 565428 | Elgin, IL | ▲ 6056 (#7422 → #1366) | $8.0M | 35 |
| #37 | Chris Laburu | 867112 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Los Angeles, CA | ▲ 6018 (#9972 → #3954) | $2.3M | 4 |
| #38 | Bill Eliopoulos | 285119 | Cosmos Mortgage Corporation | 281382 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 5997 (#9098 → #3101) | $3.2M | 13 |
| #39 | Ed Edwards | 354378 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 5988 (#8883 → #2895) | $3.5M | 2 |
| #40 | Christopher Nellis | 1408836 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 5988 (#9127 → #3139) | $3.1M | 4 |
| #41 | Omar Valadez | 1538436 | Sun West Mortgage Company, Inc. | 3277 | Berwyn, IL | ▲ 5976 (#8391 → #2415) | $4.3M | 20 |
| #42 | Karen Yach | 512058 | Associated Bank, National Association | 442791 | Plover, WI | ▲ 5975 (#8128 → #2153) | $4.9M | 7 |
| #43 | Amber Leach | 1708040 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 5971 (#7697 → #1726) | $6.3M | 20 |
| #44 | Timothy Calvin | 158059 | UBS Bank USA, National Association | 947868 | Jacksonville, FL | ▲ 5948 (#7635 → #1687) | $6.5M | 3 |
| #45 | magdleen hussein | 226599 | C.U. Financial, Inc. | 178066 | Orland Park, IL | ▲ 5926 (#9304 → #3378) | $2.8M | 8 |
| #46 | Collin Donahue | 236801 | ALLIANT CREDIT UNION | 197185 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 5899 (#8202 → #2303) | $4.6M | 6 |
| #47 | Jay Meadors | 438568 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Greenwood, IN | ▲ 5899 (#8666 → #2767) | $3.7M | 5 |
| #48 | Amber Davis | 2567851 | Heartland Bank and Trust Company | 402266 | Sycamore, IL | ▲ 5828 (#7866 → #2038) | $5.2M | 28 |
| #49 | Linda Taglia | 646212 | AMERICAN COMMERCIAL BANK & TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 466799 | Ottawa, IL | ▲ 5827 (#7534 → #1707) | $6.3M | 15 |
| #50 | JOSEPH METZGER | 955819 | Liberty Financing LLC | 2441006 | Centennial, CO | ▲ 5777 (#9700 → #3923) | $2.4M | 7 |
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 October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/illinois/top-climbers-by-volume/2026
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