Biggest climbers in Maryland 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 Nija Ross (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #1695720), Joseph Timpson (Village Capital & Investment LLC, NMLS #1287209), and Douglas Schmedes (DMV Residential Financing LLC, NMLS #320731).
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 | 2024 Volume | 2024 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nija Ross | 1695720 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 8806 (#9819 → #1013) | $7.9M | 23 |
| #2 | Joseph Timpson | 1287209 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Hildale, UT | ▲ 8742 (#9686 → #944) | $8.5M | 16 |
| #3 | Douglas Schmedes | 320731 | DMV Residential Financing LLC | 2612193 | Chantilly, VA | ▲ 8552 (#9235 → #683) | $11.3M | 22 |
| #4 | Carl Timpson | 1765245 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | ▲ 8477 (#9717 → #1240) | $6.4M | 13 |
| #5 | Taylor Crume | 1980069 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 8336 (#9719 → #1383) | $5.7M | 16 |
| #6 | Christina Nortman | 1787454 | American Financial Network, Inc. | 237341 | Harwood, MD | ▲ 7966 (#8254 → #288) | $19.3M | 57 |
| #7 | John Paul Pettus | 2069920 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Moorpark, CA | ▲ 7788 (#9037 → #1249) | $6.4M | 23 |
| #8 | Arjun Sigdel | 1747674 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | ▲ 7788 (#9849 → #2061) | $3.6M | 21 |
| #9 | Brandon Stein | 1162597 | The Loan Store, Inc. | 1121650 | Tucson, AZ | ▲ 7774 (#9855 → #2081) | $3.6M | 23 |
| #10 | Carol Zomick | 200803 | Toll Brothers Mortgage Company | 18154 | Calabash, NC | ▲ 7689 (#9019 → #1330) | $5.9M | 7 |
| #11 | Christopher Colatrella-Mack | 1174519 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Smyrna, DE | ▲ 7676 (#9267 → #1591) | $4.8M | 7 |
| #12 | Ashley Clevenger | 2073838 | Hebron Savings Bank | 410749 | Salisbury, MD | ▲ 7665 (#8630 → #965) | $8.3M | 17 |
| #13 | Everardo Zaragoza Hernandez | 1485813 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 7643 (#9916 → #2273) | $3.3M | 11 |
| #14 | Jayden Knudson | 2216728 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Hildale, UT | ▲ 7618 (#8533 → #915) | $8.7M | 18 |
| #15 | Adam Connell | 774887 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | ▲ 7506 (#8057 → #551) | $13.4M | 25 |
| #16 | Rajan Mahajan | 183788 | Capital Area Realtors FCU | 811806 | Rockville, MD | ▲ 7489 (#8764 → #1275) | $6.2M | 9 |
| #17 | Eli Chao | 207893 | TopOne Mortgage, Inc. | 208532 | Rockville, MD | ▲ 7404 (#8449 → #1045) | $7.7M | 12 |
| #18 | Michael Diressie | 2134594 | Coast2Coast Mortgage, LLC | 376205 | Saint Augustine, FL | ▲ 7395 (#8647 → #1252) | $6.4M | 14 |
| #19 | Christian Bachelder | 1668250 | RMI Brokers, Inc. | 2142653 | Brentwood, CA | ▲ 7361 (#9284 → #1923) | $3.9M | 10 |
| #20 | Ryan Shaw | 30042 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7298 (#9907 → #2609) | $2.8M | 7 |
| #21 | Christina Pascoe | 733702 | First National Bank of Pennsylvania | 766529 | Baltimore, MD | ▲ 7252 (#8900 → #1648) | $4.6M | 6 |
| #22 | Camden Marut | 1636021 | Beeline Loans, Inc. | 1799947 | Providence, RI | ▲ 7203 (#8952 → #1749) | $4.3M | 8 |
| #23 | Melissa Doss | 1409826 | S & T Bank | 401713 | Harrisburg, PA | ▲ 7178 (#9740 → #2562) | $2.8M | 3 |
| #24 | Ryan Stone | 62427 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Southfield, MI | ▲ 7161 (#9819 → #2658) | $2.7M | 4 |
| #25 | Milan Antwan | 2083707 | Mission Mortgage LLC | 2730474 | Troy, MI | ▲ 7140 (#9956 → #2816) | $2.5M | 8 |
| #26 | Robert Shepherd | 455898 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 7113 (#8341 → #1228) | $6.5M | 19 |
| #27 | David Smoot | 455325 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Severna Park, MD | ▲ 7093 (#9902 → #2809) | $2.5M | 9 |
| #28 | Macy Gunderson | 1900034 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 7007 (#9112 → #2105) | $3.6M | 12 |
| #29 | Tiffany Inches | 1675767 | MY COMMUNITY MORTGAGE LLC | 2408499 | New Orleans, LA | ▲ 6983 (#7926 → #943) | $8.5M | 17 |
| #30 | Ivan Crume | 1836294 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 6978 (#9206 → #2228) | $3.3M | 9 |
| #31 | Margaret Sonnenburg | 1466794 | Direct Rate, LLC | 2320473 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6902 (#8096 → #1194) | $6.6M | 21 |
| #32 | Andres Ponce De Leon | 2055370 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 6896 (#9214 → #2318) | $3.2M | 9 |
| #33 | Lance Gauthier | 2183278 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | Troy, MI | ▲ 6879 (#9423 → #2544) | $2.9M | 9 |
| #34 | Chad Diehl | 496525 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 6845 (#9789 → #2944) | $2.4M | 5 |
| #35 | Gregory Haroutunian | 1006545 | Go Direct Lenders, LLC | 1028986 | Glendale, CA | ▲ 6812 (#9506 → #2694) | $2.7M | 6 |
| #36 | Jordan Davis | 2075351 | The HELOC Company LLC | 2506404 | Silver Spring, MD | ▲ 6788 (#8360 → #1572) | $4.9M | 9 |
| #37 | Alexander Sklarsky | 1719696 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6771 (#9263 → #2492) | $2.9M | 8 |
| #38 | Jin Yun | 196936 | InstaMortgage Inc. | 1035734 | San Jose, CA | ▲ 6698 (#9167 → #2469) | $3.0M | 6 |
| #39 | Tanner Held | 1931331 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 6694 (#9701 → #3007) | $2.3M | 8 |
| #40 | Brittany Kendler | 1399843 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6691 (#9874 → #3183) | $2.2M | 5 |
| #41 | Erin Murray | 910656 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 6681 (#9789 → #3108) | $2.2M | 1 |
| #42 | Christopher Steele | 2344012 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 6611 (#8081 → #1470) | $5.3M | 18 |
| #43 | Christopher Garcia | 1799379 | HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation | 130676 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 6604 (#7102 → #498) | $14.3M | 27 |
| #44 | Derek Tinkle | 1333803 | Clear2Mortgage Inc. | 1911663 | Royal Oak, MI | ▲ 6592 (#9002 → #2410) | $3.0M | 6 |
| #45 | Andrew Khalil | 1087109 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6589 (#9340 → #2751) | $2.6M | 7 |
| #46 | Amanda Anderson | 1515687 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | ▲ 6582 (#9905 → #3323) | $2.1M | 5 |
| #47 | Mallory Kimberly | 1521777 | Active Link, Inc. | 2387382 | Tustin, CA | ▲ 6573 (#8720 → #2147) | $3.5M | 6 |
| #48 | Ashlyn Palsha | 1922666 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | ▲ 6563 (#9132 → #2569) | $2.8M | 5 |
| #49 | Michael Christen | 184336 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | Denver, CO | ▲ 6553 (#9893 → #3340) | $2.0M | 4 |
| #50 | Kyle Jahr | 2062973 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Horsham, PA | ▲ 6537 (#7052 → #515) | $13.9M | 34 |
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 (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/maryland/top-climbers-by-volume/2024
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