Retention champions in Maryland in 2026, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Tammy Saul (Federal Hill Mortgage Company, LLC, NMLS #175722), Bryan Lovern (CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #1053013), and Michael Fagan (Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, NMLS #182530).
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 | $19.4M | 45 | 68.2% |
| #2 | Bryan Lovern | 1053013 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Columbia, MD | $16.6M | 38 | 73.1% |
| #3 | Michael Fagan | 182530 | Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC | 1598647 | Ellicott City, MD | $11.5M | 26 | 49.1% |
| #4 | Samuel Rosenblatt | 75844 | DAS Acquisition Company, LLC | 227262 | Saint Michaels, MD | $13.3M | 25 | 50.0% |
| #5 | James Gannon | 181267 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Columbia, MD | $10.1M | 20 | 76.9% |
| #6 | Brittany Bobbs | 1578271 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Columbia, MD | $8.4M | 19 | 48.7% |
| #7 | Andrew Wagner | 1638034 | Churchill Mortgage Corporation | 1591 | Baltimore, MD | $5.9M | 17 | 54.8% |
| #8 | Ronald Riccitelli | 144907 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Bel Air, MD | $5.5M | 16 | 88.9% |
| #8 | Yan Tang | 1929561 | Optimum Mortgage Company, LLC | 128568 | Carmel, IN | $6.4M | 16 | 80.0% |
| #8 | Jonathan Ritter | 210106 | Ritter Mortgage Group, Inc. | 1436890 | Westminster, MD | $7.7M | 16 | 72.7% |
| #11 | Robert Edner | 188984 | Federated Mortgage Corp. | 101475 | Pittsburgh, PA | $6.8M | 15 | 83.3% |
| #11 | Jordan Dobbs | 1053709 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | North Bethesda, MD | $12.3M | 15 | 75.0% |
| #13 | Ryan Paquin | 187868 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Crofton, MD | $6.5M | 14 | 41.2% |
| #13 | Jason Lerner | 448776 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Baltimore, MD | $7.9M | 14 | 46.7% |
| #13 | Leonard Gordon | 659221 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Rockville, MD | $11.2M | 14 | 77.8% |
| #13 | Blake Hyatt | 834709 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Hunt Valley, MD | $5.6M | 14 | 43.8% |
| #17 | Amy Wolff | 149401 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Frederick, MD | $4.9M | 13 | 52.0% |
| #17 | Richard Ray | 815858 | Caliver Beach Mortgage, LLC | 1434247 | Owings Mills, MD | $7.8M | 13 | 72.2% |
| #17 | Robert Bassett | 439840 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Towson, MD | $6.6M | 13 | 56.5% |
| #20 | Brendan McKay | 554441 | McKay Mortgage Company, LLC | 1590323 | Bethesda, MD | $7.7M | 12 | 75.0% |
| #20 | Christopher Grizzell | 476320 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Annapolis, MD | $7.1M | 12 | 66.7% |
| #20 | Jason Nader | 313085 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Annapolis, MD | $6.1M | 12 | 41.4% |
| #23 | Ayazhussein Rahemanji | 457664 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Baltimore, MD | $4.5M | 11 | 37.9% |
| #23 | Jonathan Okun | 221383 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Bethesda, MD | $9.3M | 11 | 55.0% |
| #23 | Trent Riggs | 2143938 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Severna Park, MD | $4.2M | 11 | 64.7% |
| #23 | Jeffrey Senker | 134844 | Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 3094 | Bel Air, MD | $4.0M | 11 | 78.6% |
| #27 | Kyndle Quinones | 156081 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Severna Park, MD | $5.0M | 10 | 47.6% |
| #27 | Ryan Fisher | 1018820 | Secured Funding Corporation | 900701 | Baltimore, MD | $7.4M | 10 | 83.3% |
| #27 | Brian Slicher | 755993 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Bel Air, MD | $5.0M | 10 | 71.4% |
| #27 | Chad Blevins | 202432 | Blevins Home Mortgage Inc. | 197530 | Darlington, MD | $3.1M | 10 | 76.9% |
| #27 | Ning Zhang | 476292 | TopOne Mortgage, Inc. | 208532 | Rockville, MD | $5.0M | 10 | 71.4% |
| #27 | Erin Finke | 536279 | Vellum Mortgage, Inc. | 1657323 | Rockville, MD | $4.6M | 10 | 90.9% |
| #27 | Jamie Lenes | 142987 | SWBC Mortgage Corporation | 9741 | Columbia, MD | $4.1M | 10 | 76.9% |
| #34 | Mehdi Pirzadeh | 189912 | Embrace Home Loans, Inc. | 2184 | Rockville, MD | $6.2M | 9 | 69.2% |
| #34 | Hannah Katz | 2009527 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Annapolis, MD | $4.6M | 9 | 47.4% |
| #34 | Keith Butt | 659200 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Rockville, MD | $7.3M | 9 | 90.0% |
| #34 | Shane Hancock | 47962 | Coastal Lending Group, LLC | 297505 | Timonium, MD | $3.3M | 9 | 81.8% |
| #34 | Kathleen Kerins | 212653 | Kerins Associates Inc. | 211227 | Silver Spring, MD | $5.5M | 9 | 90.0% |
| #34 | Scott Rosenthal | 450609 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Minneapolis, MN | $4.2M | 9 | 69.2% |
| #34 | Alex Echeandia | 168983 | AK ECHEANDIA LLC | 2337935 | Frederick, MD | $3.6M | 9 | 69.2% |
| #34 | William Williams | 206380 | First Washington Mortgage, LLC | 68479 | Washington, DC | $4.7M | 9 | 69.2% |
| #34 | Robert Bateman | 130436 | First Financial of Maryland Federal Credit Union | 400001 | Sparks, MD | $1.7M | 9 | 56.3% |
| #34 | Allen Tayman | 205638 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Columbia, MD | $5.0M | 9 | 40.9% |
| #34 | Eric Hedeman | 143895 | Chesapeake Mortgage Solutions, Inc | 186148 | Severna Park, MD | $3.2M | 9 | 60.0% |
| #34 | Steven Isaac | 132487 | Equity Resources, Inc. | 1579 | Rockville, MD | $4.6M | 9 | 69.2% |
| #34 | Darren Ferlisi | 139611 | Integrity Home Mortgage Corporation | 208516 | Frederick, MD | $4.2M | 9 | 52.9% |
| #47 | Malcolm Crane | 357810 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Towson, MD | $3.4M | 8 | 42.1% |
| #47 | Daniel Tinnin | 1101919 | Channel Marker Mortgage LLC | 2528736 | Annapolis, MD | $3.5M | 8 | 47.1% |
| #47 | Chong Yi | 198732 | Vellum Mortgage, Inc. | 1657323 | Rockville, MD | $4.0M | 8 | 57.1% |
| #47 | Geetesh Kapoor | 450777 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Ellicott City, MD | $4.8M | 8 | 57.1% |
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 (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/maryland/top-retention-by-units/2026
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