Biggest Climbers by Volume — Maryland

Biggest climbers in Maryland in 2026 so far, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.

As of July 7, 2026, the top 3 include Austin Crusius (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #1861172), Christopher Slade (NewRez LLC, NMLS #1709924), and Adam Miller (Freedom Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #1321533).

Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.

Biggest Climbers by Volume — Maryland — top 50
Rank Loan officer LO NMLS Current Lender / Broker Lender NMLS Location Rank Change YTD Volume YTD Loans
#1 Austin Crusius 1861172 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Roseville, CA ▲ 8977 (#9918 → #941) $5.0M 11
#2 Christopher Slade 1709924 NewRez LLC 3013 Columbia, MD ▲ 8886 (#9742 → #856) $5.4M 10
#3 Adam Miller 1321533 Freedom Mortgage Corporation 2767 Boca Raton, FL ▲ 8848 (#9829 → #981) $4.8M 14
#4 Marlon Walters 216972 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 Mount Laurel, NJ ▲ 8836 (#9622 → #786) $5.7M 3
#5 Anas Shakir 1889882 Afex Mortgage LLC 2791163 Troy, MI ▲ 8756 (#9164 → #408) $9.2M 25
#6 Michael Freeman 231039 Planet Home Lending, LLC 17022 Tampa, FL ▲ 8725 (#9749 → #1024) $4.7M 9
#7 Gilbert Herrera 1309883 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Roseville, CA ▲ 8607 (#9972 → #1365) $3.6M 10
#8 Antoine Elias 2343861 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Cleveland, OH ▲ 8279 (#9804 → #1525) $3.2M 15
#9 Curtis Haines 2684183 Amerisave Mortgage Corporation 1168 Sandy Springs, GA ▲ 8250 (#9684 → #1434) $3.5M 11
#10 Tracey Baker 2324087 Navy Federal Credit Union 399807 Pensacola, FL, FL ▲ 8240 (#9437 → #1197) $4.0M 7
#11 Christina Hood 2354765 Aberdeen Proving Ground Federal Credit Union 480340 ▲ 8203 (#9126 → #923) $5.1M 47
#12 Pamela Frisby 466657 BayVanguard Bank 405618 Baltimore, MD ▲ 8148 (#9872 → #1724) $2.9M 2
#13 Myles Suddeth 1771065 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 8130 (#9281 → #1151) $4.1M 9
#14 Patrick Latimer 168191 United Mutual Funding Corp 168163 Brandon, FL ▲ 7981 (#8529 → #548) $7.5M 13
#15 Phillip Zhin 1486717 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Lake Forest, CA ▲ 7958 (#9946 → #1988) $2.5M 12
#16 Ali Bazzi 2259978 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7957 (#9437 → #1480) $3.4M 10
#17 Joseph Sufczynski 1331876 FIRST HERITAGE MORTGAGE, LLC 86548 Rockville, MD ▲ 7874 (#9727 → #1853) $2.7M 7
#18 Philip Arrieta 175601 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ ▲ 7831 (#9302 → #1471) $3.4M 8
#19 Nickolas Stefanias 2076975 Freedom Mortgage Corporation 2767 Columbia, MD ▲ 7796 (#8913 → #1117) $4.3M 9
#20 Jerome Weeda 151647 Capital Bank, N.A. 401599 Annapolis, MD ▲ 7740 (#9469 → #1729) $2.9M 5
#21 Jim Kodra 2652693 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7724 (#9306 → #1582) $3.1M 14
#22 Trevor Richardson 1813051 Village Capital & Investment LLC 3317 Henderson, NV ▲ 7654 (#9073 → #1419) $3.5M 7
#23 Ellen Desmond 199624 TRI Pointe Connect, LLC 1250459 Potomac, MD ▲ 7630 (#8562 → #932) $5.0M 6
#24 Roberto Montoya 390007 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX ▲ 7587 (#9182 → #1595) $3.1M 9
#25 Bethany Lauman 2400390 Southern Trust Mortgage, LLC 2921 Annapolis, MD ▲ 7505 (#8909 → #1404) $3.5M 8
#26 Margaret Smith 1055962 Lafayette Federal Credit Union 464425 Rockville, MD ▲ 7472 (#9956 → #2484) $2.1M 4
#27 Zachary Hill 2652610 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7450 (#9758 → #2308) $2.2M 8
#28 jin zhang 1923890 OrangePath Financial Inc. 2070941 Flushing, NY ▲ 7424 (#9467 → #2043) $2.5M 7
#29 Theresa Goldstein 170849 Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore, Inc. 415829 Baltimore, MD ▲ 7422 (#8297 → #875) $5.3M 12
#30 Melissa Landon 1398886 CMG Mortgage, Inc. 1820 Gainesville, VA ▲ 7352 (#8694 → #1342) $3.7M 5
#31 Brandon Williams 1212132 loanDepot.com, LLC 174457 Southfield, MI ▲ 7315 (#9791 → #2476) $2.1M 8
#32 Jeremiah Blake 2102605 Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. 3094 Towson, MD ▲ 7309 (#8435 → #1126) $4.2M 16
#33 Matthew Lucas 1027457 Mortgage Research Center, LLC 1907 Columbia, MO ▲ 7289 (#8350 → #1061) $4.5M 11
#34 Manuel Alban 2146857 Navy Federal Credit Union 399807 Vienna, VA ▲ 7289 (#9842 → #2553) $2.0M 5
#35 Melissa Pacheco 1614857 Pentagon Federal Credit Union 401822 San Antonio, TX ▲ 7267 (#9243 → #1976) $2.5M 12
#36 Melvin Camus 247213 MCM Holdings, Inc. 213236 Miami Lakes, FL ▲ 7254 (#9343 → #2089) $2.4M 3
#37 Thomas Dubbs 2116830 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 Tempe, AZ ▲ 7244 (#9102 → #1858) $2.7M 3
#38 Stephanie Stapleton 893367 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Roseville, CA ▲ 7227 (#8667 → #1440) $3.4M 9
#39 Diana Miller 584913 ORRSTOWN BANK 440200 Towson, MD ▲ 7206 (#9038 → #1832) $2.7M 8
#40 Daniel Rosenblatt 1993020 NewRez LLC 3013 Fort Washington, PA ▲ 7201 (#9734 → #2533) $2.0M 7
#41 Susan Hoefs 677663 SKYPOINT FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 807359 Germantown, MD ▲ 7197 (#8499 → #1302) $3.8M 7
#42 Sarah Morin 2631919 Navy Federal Credit Union 399807 Pensacola, FL ▲ 7174 (#9013 → #1839) $2.7M 7
#43 KAMLESH HEMNANI 208317 Equity Resources, Inc. 1579 Rockville, MD ▲ 7163 (#8952 → #1789) $2.8M 6
#44 Phillip Sheppard 1067425 NewRez LLC 3013 Columbia, MD ▲ 7130 (#9549 → #2419) $2.1M 4
#45 Amy Bell 199792 Luminate Bank 1281698 Minneapolis, MN ▲ 7085 (#8561 → #1476) $3.4M 5
#46 Briana Ozolins 277119 Lennar Mortgage, LLC 1058 Glen Allen, VA ▲ 7068 (#8030 → #962) $4.9M 13
#47 Pamela Hightower 861164 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7054 (#9505 → #2451) $2.1M 8
#48 David Ambalu 6701 Planet Home Lending, LLC 17022 Melville, NY ▲ 7043 (#8552 → #1509) $3.3M 7
#49 Donald Bradley 1013581 Fay Servicing, LLC 88244 Farmers Branch, TX ▲ 7043 (#9837 → #2794) $1.9M 3
#50 Janice Bareiszis 17164 NewRez LLC 3013 Fort Washington, PA ▲ 7013 (#9713 → #2700) $1.9M 3

Frequently asked

Who is the top mortgage loan officer climber in Maryland in 2026 so far?
Austin Crusius (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #1861172) ranks #1 in Maryland in 2026 so far with $5.0M in funded mortgage volume based on MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.
Who are the top mortgage loan officers in Maryland in 2026 so far?
1. Austin Crusius (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC); 2. Christopher Slade (NewRez LLC); 3. Adam Miller (Freedom Mortgage Corporation). The full ranking continues on this page, sourced from MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.

About this data

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.

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TopMortgageOriginators.com. Biggest Climbers by Volume — Maryland. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 7, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/maryland/top-climbers-by-volume

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