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 October 9, 2026, the top 3 include Melvin Brown (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2716436), Kevin Burkett (Freedom Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #2686296), and Sean Quinn (Freedom Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #1625876).
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 | YTD Volume | YTD Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Melvin Brown | 2716436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 8663 (#9912 → #1249) | $5.7M | 17 |
| #2 | Kevin Burkett | 2686296 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | ▲ 8492 (#9479 → #987) | $7.2M | 18 |
| #3 | Sean Quinn | 1625876 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 8463 (#9270 → #807) | $8.5M | 19 |
| #4 | Justice Lawson | 2653307 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | McLean, VA | ▲ 8408 (#9495 → #1087) | $6.5M | 15 |
| #5 | Andrew Ledet | 1946286 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 8405 (#9995 → #1590) | $4.5M | 10 |
| #6 | Bonita Chatfield | 2718535 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Winchester, VA | ▲ 8393 (#8494 → #101) | $27.6M | 61 |
| #7 | Alex Gjokaj | 2548269 | OPUS HOME LOANS INC | 2687614 | Bloomfield Hills, MI | ▲ 8365 (#9656 → #1291) | $5.5M | 15 |
| #8 | Claudia Shaw | 658923 | Bank-Fund Staff Federal Credit Union | 283762 | Washington, DC | ▲ 8265 (#9355 → #1090) | $6.5M | 17 |
| #9 | Michael Medina Fuentes | 2146690 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | ▲ 8183 (#9145 → #962) | $7.4M | 18 |
| #10 | Michael Freeman | 231039 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 8165 (#9507 → #1342) | $5.4M | 10 |
| #11 | Howard Walton | 182199 | Atlantic Union Bank | 551889 | Olney, MD | ▲ 8147 (#9409 → #1262) | $5.6M | 9 |
| #12 | Joan Katz | 164489 | TRI Pointe Connect, LLC | 1250459 | Potomac, MD | ▲ 8136 (#9409 → #1273) | $5.6M | 6 |
| #13 | Mohammed Ali | 1709059 | SINTRA MORTGAGE, LLC | 2687191 | Troy, MI | ▲ 8131 (#9899 → #1768) | $4.1M | 11 |
| #14 | Michael Wilson | 1530897 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Lenexa, KS | ▲ 8060 (#9732 → #1672) | $4.3M | 8 |
| #15 | Richard Jones | 1132902 | The Loan Advisors, LLC | 2519128 | Gaithersburg, MD | ▲ 7998 (#8906 → #908) | $7.6M | 15 |
| #16 | Michael Hamann | 833920 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7904 (#9783 → #1879) | $3.9M | 6 |
| #17 | William Kokosko | 109550 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 7774 (#9294 → #1520) | $4.7M | 7 |
| #18 | Norbert Fichtel | 1685442 | Lafayette Federal Credit Union | 464425 | Rockville, MD | ▲ 7592 (#9672 → #2080) | $3.5M | 22 |
| #19 | Jaden Jappaya | 2117088 | Rapid Home Lending Inc. | 1798321 | Bingham Farms, MI | ▲ 7570 (#9955 → #2385) | $3.1M | 9 |
| #20 | Brennan Kimball | 1673345 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Hunt Valley, MD | ▲ 7561 (#9076 → #1515) | $4.7M | 10 |
| #21 | Ronda Kelly | 1882170 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 7502 (#9729 → #2227) | $3.3M | 8 |
| #22 | Nicole Oborne | 2686305 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 7493 (#8489 → #996) | $7.1M | 17 |
| #23 | Ethan Seo | 2665522 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | Fulton, MD | ▲ 7484 (#9605 → #2121) | $3.5M | 7 |
| #24 | Chadwick Pennywell | 1593383 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7484 (#9646 → #2162) | $3.4M | 5 |
| #25 | Katherine Holtan | 2669546 | Channel Marker Mortgage LLC | 2528736 | Annapolis, MD | ▲ 7461 (#9141 → #1680) | $4.3M | 8 |
| #26 | Corey Manzano | 2686295 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | ▲ 7457 (#9073 → #1616) | $4.5M | 11 |
| #27 | Ronald Thomas | 210256 | All Financial Services, LLC | 528105 | Owings Mills, MD | ▲ 7441 (#7872 → #431) | $13.3M | 45 |
| #28 | Evelyn Coldsmith | 1026538 | Fulton Bank, National Association | 485401 | Camp Hill, PA | ▲ 7437 (#9656 → #2219) | $3.4M | 3 |
| #29 | Christopher Spigel | 108109 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 7418 (#9695 → #2277) | $3.3M | 7 |
| #30 | Dustin Brown | 1901867 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7413 (#8678 → #1265) | $5.6M | 19 |
| #31 | Alec Gagne | 1707927 | Intercoastal Mortgage, LLC | 56323 | Reston, VA | ▲ 7334 (#9865 → #2531) | $2.9M | 5 |
| #32 | Samuel Arizaga | 1902468 | Shield Home Loans Inc. | 2396589 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 7322 (#9555 → #2233) | $3.3M | 8 |
| #33 | Marlon Rodriguez | 1294775 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | ▲ 7228 (#9561 → #2333) | $3.2M | 10 |
| #34 | John Kameen | 2345000 | Evolution Mortgage LLC | 2432729 | Nashville, TN | ▲ 7130 (#9524 → #2394) | $3.1M | 6 |
| #35 | Nichole Barber | 1275878 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 7086 (#9409 → #2323) | $3.2M | 6 |
| #36 | Hunter Kondah | 2661996 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7067 (#8635 → #1568) | $4.6M | 10 |
| #37 | Ling Dublin | 955744 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Washington, DC | ▲ 7056 (#8779 → #1723) | $4.2M | 9 |
| #38 | Marc Aymard | 483530 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Arlington, VA | ▲ 7048 (#9530 → #2482) | $3.0M | 4 |
| #39 | Issam Keaik | 1159938 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7018 (#9228 → #2210) | $3.4M | 10 |
| #40 | Chase Baysdell | 1662892 | Next Door Lending LLC | 1880338 | Bingham Farms, MI | ▲ 6990 (#9809 → #2819) | $2.6M | 6 |
| #41 | JOHN RAGANO | 259122 | Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 3094 | Towson, MD | ▲ 6977 (#9659 → #2682) | $2.7M | 7 |
| #42 | John McNelis | 230081 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 6949 (#8748 → #1799) | $4.0M | 2 |
| #43 | Laurie Powell | 1642515 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6927 (#8296 → #1369) | $5.2M | 8 |
| #44 | Alexis Kinter | 2691428 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 6926 (#9122 → #2196) | $3.4M | 8 |
| #45 | Aaron Berger | 1013159 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6881 (#8531 → #1650) | $4.4M | 7 |
| #46 | Trevor Vega | 755359 | Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC | 2600 | Jacksonville, FL | ▲ 6833 (#9137 → #2304) | $3.2M | 10 |
| #47 | Joshua Smith | 1283470 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6810 (#8481 → #1671) | $4.3M | 9 |
| #48 | Russell Fitch | 478716 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | ▲ 6786 (#8591 → #1805) | $4.0M | 14 |
| #49 | Steven Abelman | 226333 | SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 696891 | Cottonwood Heights, UT | ▲ 6743 (#7072 → #329) | $15.9M | 9 |
| #50 | Augusto Iparraguirre | 2691435 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | ▲ 6737 (#9976 → #3239) | $2.2M | 6 |
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 — Maryland. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 9, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/maryland/top-climbers-by-volume
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