Retention champions in Maryland in 2026 so far, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of August 23, 2026, the top 3 include Tammy Saul (Federal Hill Mortgage Company, LLC, NMLS #175722), Bryan Lovern (CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #1053013), and Samuel Rosenblatt (DAS Acquisition Company, LLC, NMLS #75844).
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 | Retained Volume | Retained Loans | Retention Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tammy Saul | 175722 | Federal Hill Mortgage Company, LLC | 176351 | Baltimore, MD | $20.9M | 50 | 58.1% |
| #2 | Bryan Lovern | 1053013 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Columbia, MD | $19.2M | 44 | 64.7% |
| #3 | Samuel Rosenblatt | 75844 | DAS Acquisition Company, LLC | 227262 | Saint Michaels, MD | $14.8M | 30 | 44.1% |
| #4 | Michael Fagan | 182530 | Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC | 1598647 | Ellicott City, MD | $13.2M | 29 | 46.8% |
| #5 | James Gannon | 181267 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Columbia, MD | $12.6M | 26 | 74.3% |
| #6 | Jonathan Ritter | 210106 | Ritter Mortgage Group, Inc. | 1436890 | Westminster, MD | $10.0M | 22 | 75.9% |
| #6 | Brittany Bobbs | 1578271 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Monkton, MD | $9.2M | 22 | 48.9% |
| #8 | Yan Tang | 1929561 | Optimum Mortgage Company, LLC | 128568 | Carmel, IN | $8.3M | 21 | 84.0% |
| #9 | Ronald Riccitelli | 144907 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Bel Air, MD | $7.0M | 20 | 90.9% |
| #9 | Andrew Wagner | 1638034 | Churchill Mortgage Corporation | 1591 | Baltimore, MD | $7.6M | 20 | 46.5% |
| #11 | Amy Wolff | 149401 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Frederick, MD | $6.6M | 19 | 46.3% |
| #12 | Jeffrey Senker | 134844 | Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 3094 | Bel Air, MD | $6.0M | 17 | 77.3% |
| #12 | Robert Edner | 188984 | Siwell, Inc. | 149169 | Pittsburgh, PA | $7.9M | 17 | 77.3% |
| #12 | Ryan Paquin | 187868 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Crofton, MD | $7.8M | 17 | 34.7% |
| #15 | Jordan Dobbs | 1053709 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | North Bethesda, MD | $12.3M | 15 | 71.4% |
| #15 | Jason Lerner | 448776 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Baltimore, MD | $8.2M | 15 | 41.7% |
| #15 | Robert Bassett | 439840 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Towson, MD | $7.3M | 15 | 50.0% |
| #15 | Blake Hyatt | 834709 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Hunt Valley, MD | $5.9M | 15 | 34.9% |
| #19 | Ayazhussein Rahemanji | 457664 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Baltimore, MD | $5.9M | 14 | 33.3% |
| #19 | Leonard Gordon | 659221 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Rockville, MD | $11.2M | 14 | 77.8% |
| #19 | Brendan McKay | 554441 | McKay Mortgage Company, LLC | 1590323 | Bethesda, MD | $9.1M | 14 | 70.0% |
| #19 | Robert Bateman | 130436 | First Financial of Maryland Federal Credit Union | 400001 | Sparks, MD | $3.1M | 14 | 51.9% |
| #19 | Jason Nader | 313085 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Annapolis, MD | $7.5M | 14 | 37.8% |
| #24 | Eric Hedeman | 143895 | Chesapeake Mortgage Solutions, Inc | 186148 | Severna Park, MD | $5.4M | 13 | 68.4% |
| #24 | Richard Ray | 815858 | Caliver Beach Mortgage, LLC | 1434247 | Owings Mills, MD | $7.8M | 13 | 61.9% |
| #24 | Pamela Vroman | 147606 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Hunt Valley, MD | $4.2M | 13 | 36.1% |
| #24 | Christopher Grizzell | 476320 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Annapolis, MD | $7.7M | 13 | 65.0% |
| #24 | Kyndle Quinones | 156081 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Severna Park, MD | $6.0M | 13 | 38.2% |
| #29 | Paul Concannon | 455283 | WesBanco Bank, Inc. | 399836 | Towson, MD | $7.1M | 12 | 75.0% |
| #29 | Darren Ferlisi | 139611 | Integrity Home Mortgage Corporation | 208516 | Frederick, MD | $5.1M | 12 | 52.2% |
| #29 | Trent Riggs | 2143938 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Severna Park, MD | $4.5M | 12 | 54.5% |
| #29 | James Adamson | 455833 | Ameris Bank | 408099 | Eldersburg, MD | $3.5M | 12 | 46.2% |
| #29 | William Williams | 206380 | First Washington Mortgage, LLC | 68479 | Washington, DC | $5.6M | 12 | 54.5% |
| #34 | Kathleen Kerins | 212653 | Kerins Associates Inc. | 211227 | Silver Spring, MD | $6.0M | 11 | 91.7% |
| #34 | Michael Bendebba | 483853 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | La Plata, MD | $5.7M | 11 | 37.9% |
| #34 | Chad Blevins | 202432 | Blevins Home Mortgage Inc. | 197530 | Darlington, MD | $3.3M | 11 | 68.8% |
| #34 | Jonathan Okun | 221383 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Bethesda, MD | $9.3M | 11 | 45.8% |
| #34 | Malcolm Crane | 357810 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Towson, MD | $4.7M | 11 | 44.0% |
| #34 | Hal Blatt | 1478327 | Harbor Home Loans, LLC | 1804459 | Hunt Valley, MD | $5.4M | 11 | 47.8% |
| #34 | Ryan Fisher | 1018820 | Secured Funding Corporation | 900701 | Baltimore, MD | $7.6M | 11 | 61.1% |
| #34 | Hannah Katz | 2009527 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Annapolis, MD | $5.5M | 11 | 45.8% |
| #34 | Mehdi Pirzadeh | 189912 | Embrace Home Loans, Inc. | 2184 | Rockville, MD | $9.4M | 11 | 64.7% |
| #34 | Scott Rosenthal | 450609 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Minneapolis, MN | $4.6M | 11 | 64.7% |
| #34 | Ning Zhang | 476292 | TopOne Mortgage, Inc. | 208532 | Rockville, MD | $5.8M | 11 | 68.8% |
| #34 | Jamie Lenes | 142987 | SWBC Mortgage Corporation | 9741 | Columbia, MD | $4.5M | 11 | 73.3% |
| #46 | Shane Hancock | 47962 | Coastal Lending Group, LLC | 297505 | Timonium, MD | $3.7M | 10 | 76.9% |
| #46 | Charles Kiehne | 92008 | Redwood Capital, Inc. | 91893 | Annapolis, MD | $5.4M | 10 | 55.6% |
| #46 | Allen Tayman | 205638 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Columbia, MD | $5.4M | 10 | 31.3% |
| #46 | JOSEPH NIOSI | 185812 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Dunkirk, MD | $4.4M | 10 | 47.6% |
| #46 | James Reed | 247693 | WesBanco Bank, Inc. | 399836 | Waldorf, MD | $3.5M | 10 | 34.5% |
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. Retention Champions by Loan Count — Maryland. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/maryland/top-retention-by-units
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