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 July 7, 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 | $20.0M | 47 | 61.8% |
| #2 | Bryan Lovern | 1053013 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Columbia, MD | $18.6M | 43 | 69.4% |
| #3 | Samuel Rosenblatt | 75844 | DAS Acquisition Company, LLC | 227262 | Saint Michaels, MD | $14.0M | 28 | 46.7% |
| #3 | Michael Fagan | 182530 | Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC | 1598647 | Ellicott City, MD | $12.8M | 28 | 50.0% |
| #5 | James Gannon | 181267 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Columbia, MD | $11.0M | 23 | 79.3% |
| #6 | Jonathan Ritter | 210106 | Ritter Mortgage Group, Inc. | 1436890 | Westminster, MD | $8.9M | 20 | 76.9% |
| #7 | Andrew Wagner | 1638034 | Churchill Mortgage Corporation | 1591 | Baltimore, MD | $6.9M | 19 | 50.0% |
| #7 | Brittany Bobbs | 1578271 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Monkton, MD | $8.4M | 19 | 47.5% |
| #7 | Yan Tang | 1929561 | Optimum Mortgage Company, LLC | 128568 | Carmel, IN | $7.6M | 19 | 82.6% |
| #10 | Ronald Riccitelli | 144907 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Bel Air, MD | $6.3M | 18 | 90.0% |
| #11 | Robert Edner | 188984 | Siwell, Inc. | 149169 | Pittsburgh, PA | $7.9M | 17 | 81.0% |
| #11 | Amy Wolff | 149401 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Frederick, MD | $5.9M | 17 | 53.1% |
| #13 | Ryan Paquin | 187868 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Crofton, MD | $7.3M | 16 | 42.1% |
| #14 | Jason Lerner | 448776 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Baltimore, MD | $8.2M | 15 | 45.5% |
| #14 | Jordan Dobbs | 1053709 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | North Bethesda, MD | $12.3M | 15 | 75.0% |
| #16 | Leonard Gordon | 659221 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Rockville, MD | $11.2M | 14 | 77.8% |
| #16 | Robert Bateman | 130436 | First Financial of Maryland Federal Credit Union | 400001 | Sparks, MD | $3.1M | 14 | 63.6% |
| #16 | Robert Bassett | 439840 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Towson, MD | $7.0M | 14 | 53.8% |
| #16 | Blake Hyatt | 834709 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Hunt Valley, MD | $5.6M | 14 | 40.0% |
| #20 | Richard Ray | 815858 | Caliver Beach Mortgage, LLC | 1434247 | Owings Mills, MD | $7.8M | 13 | 68.4% |
| #20 | Jason Nader | 313085 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Annapolis, MD | $6.7M | 13 | 38.2% |
| #20 | Christopher Grizzell | 476320 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Annapolis, MD | $7.7M | 13 | 68.4% |
| #23 | Kyndle Quinones | 156081 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Severna Park, MD | $5.7M | 12 | 38.7% |
| #23 | Brendan McKay | 554441 | McKay Mortgage Company, LLC | 1590323 | Bethesda, MD | $7.7M | 12 | 75.0% |
| #23 | Jeffrey Senker | 134844 | Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 3094 | Bel Air, MD | $4.5M | 12 | 75.0% |
| #23 | Ayazhussein Rahemanji | 457664 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Baltimore, MD | $4.8M | 12 | 37.5% |
| #27 | Pamela Vroman | 147606 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Hunt Valley, MD | $3.6M | 11 | 40.7% |
| #27 | Ning Zhang | 476292 | TopOne Mortgage, Inc. | 208532 | Rockville, MD | $5.8M | 11 | 73.3% |
| #27 | Eric Hedeman | 143895 | Chesapeake Mortgage Solutions, Inc | 186148 | Severna Park, MD | $4.5M | 11 | 64.7% |
| #27 | Trent Riggs | 2143938 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Severna Park, MD | $4.2M | 11 | 64.7% |
| #27 | Jamie Lenes | 142987 | SWBC Mortgage Corporation | 9741 | Columbia, MD | $4.5M | 11 | 78.6% |
| #27 | Jonathan Okun | 221383 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Bethesda, MD | $9.3M | 11 | 50.0% |
| #27 | Chad Blevins | 202432 | Blevins Home Mortgage Inc. | 197530 | Darlington, MD | $3.3M | 11 | 78.6% |
| #27 | Kathleen Kerins | 212653 | Kerins Associates Inc. | 211227 | Silver Spring, MD | $6.0M | 11 | 91.7% |
| #27 | Malcolm Crane | 357810 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Towson, MD | $4.7M | 11 | 47.8% |
| #36 | Hannah Katz | 2009527 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Annapolis, MD | $4.8M | 10 | 43.5% |
| #36 | Erin Finke | 536279 | Vellum Mortgage, Inc. | 1657323 | Rockville, MD | $4.6M | 10 | 90.9% |
| #36 | Allen Tayman | 205638 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Columbia, MD | $5.4M | 10 | 40.0% |
| #36 | Scott Rosenthal | 450609 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Minneapolis, MN | $4.5M | 10 | 66.7% |
| #36 | Charles Kiehne | 92008 | Redwood Capital, Inc. | 91893 | Annapolis, MD | $5.4M | 10 | 55.6% |
| #36 | Darren Ferlisi | 139611 | Integrity Home Mortgage Corporation | 208516 | Frederick, MD | $4.6M | 10 | 55.6% |
| #36 | Alex Echeandia | 168983 | AK ECHEANDIA LLC | 2337935 | Frederick, MD | $4.3M | 10 | 71.4% |
| #36 | Ryan Fisher | 1018820 | Secured Funding Corporation | 900701 | Baltimore, MD | $7.4M | 10 | 62.5% |
| #36 | Brian Slicher | 755993 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Bel Air, MD | $5.0M | 10 | 71.4% |
| #36 | Mehdi Pirzadeh | 189912 | Embrace Home Loans, Inc. | 2184 | Rockville, MD | $7.7M | 10 | 71.4% |
| #46 | Kevin Fawley | 2101340 | FIRST HERITAGE MORTGAGE, LLC | 86548 | Rockville, MD | $4.1M | 9 | 64.3% |
| #46 | Nicholas Rocco | 948643 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | Chevy Chase, MD | $4.4M | 9 | 75.0% |
| #46 | Steven Isaac | 132487 | Equity Resources, Inc. | 1579 | Rockville, MD | $4.6M | 9 | 69.2% |
| #46 | Michael Bendebba | 483853 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | La Plata, MD | $5.1M | 9 | 42.9% |
| #46 | David Goldsmith | 204738 | Madyn Home Loans LLC | 2001515 | Pikesville, MD | $3.4M | 9 | 81.8% |
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 July 7, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/maryland/top-retention-by-units
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