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 August 27, 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 | Ryan Paquin | 187868 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Crofton, MD | $7.8M | 17 | 34.7% |
| #12 | Robert Edner | 188984 | Siwell, Inc. | 149169 | Pittsburgh, PA | $7.9M | 17 | 77.3% |
| #12 | Jeffrey Senker | 134844 | Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 3094 | Bel Air, MD | $6.0M | 17 | 77.3% |
| #15 | Blake Hyatt | 834709 | Direct Mortgage Loans, LLC | 832799 | Hunt Valley, MD | $5.9M | 15 | 34.9% |
| #15 | Robert Bassett | 439840 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Towson, MD | $7.3M | 15 | 50.0% |
| #15 | Jason Lerner | 448776 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Baltimore, MD | $8.2M | 15 | 41.7% |
| #15 | Jordan Dobbs | 1053709 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | North Bethesda, MD | $12.3M | 15 | 71.4% |
| #19 | Brendan McKay | 554441 | McKay Mortgage Company, LLC | 1590323 | Bethesda, MD | $9.1M | 14 | 70.0% |
| #19 | Leonard Gordon | 659221 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Rockville, MD | $11.2M | 14 | 77.8% |
| #19 | Jason Nader | 313085 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Annapolis, MD | $7.5M | 14 | 37.8% |
| #19 | Ayazhussein Rahemanji | 457664 | First Home Mortgage Corporation | 71603 | Baltimore, MD | $5.9M | 14 | 33.3% |
| #19 | Robert Bateman | 130436 | First Financial of Maryland Federal Credit Union | 400001 | Sparks, MD | $3.1M | 14 | 51.9% |
| #24 | Kyndle Quinones | 156081 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Severna Park, MD | $6.0M | 13 | 38.2% |
| #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 | Eric Hedeman | 143895 | Chesapeake Mortgage Solutions, Inc | 186148 | Severna Park, MD | $5.4M | 13 | 68.4% |
| #29 | Trent Riggs | 2143938 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Severna Park, MD | $4.5M | 12 | 54.5% |
| #29 | Paul Concannon | 455283 | WesBanco Bank, Inc. | 399836 | Towson, MD | $7.1M | 12 | 75.0% |
| #29 | William Williams | 206380 | First Washington Mortgage, LLC | 68479 | Washington, DC | $5.6M | 12 | 54.5% |
| #29 | Darren Ferlisi | 139611 | Integrity Home Mortgage Corporation | 208516 | Frederick, MD | $5.1M | 12 | 52.2% |
| #29 | James Adamson | 455833 | Ameris Bank | 408099 | Eldersburg, MD | $3.5M | 12 | 46.2% |
| #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 | Ning Zhang | 476292 | TopOne Mortgage, Inc. | 208532 | Rockville, MD | $5.8M | 11 | 68.8% |
| #34 | Michael Bendebba | 483853 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | La Plata, MD | $5.7M | 11 | 37.9% |
| #34 | Kathleen Kerins | 212653 | Kerins Associates Inc. | 211227 | Silver Spring, MD | $6.0M | 11 | 91.7% |
| #34 | Malcolm Crane | 357810 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Towson, MD | $4.7M | 11 | 44.0% |
| #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 | Jamie Lenes | 142987 | SWBC Mortgage Corporation | 9741 | Columbia, MD | $4.5M | 11 | 73.3% |
| #34 | Hannah Katz | 2009527 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Annapolis, MD | $5.5M | 11 | 45.8% |
| #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% |
| #46 | Brian Slicher | 755993 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Bel Air, MD | $5.0M | 10 | 62.5% |
| #46 | Nicholas Rocco | 948643 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | Chevy Chase, MD | $6.1M | 10 | 76.9% |
| #46 | Alex Echeandia | 168983 | AK ECHEANDIA LLC | 2337935 | Frederick, MD | $4.3M | 10 | 71.4% |
| #46 | Erin Finke | 536279 | Vellum Mortgage, Inc. | 1657323 | Rockville, MD | $4.6M | 10 | 90.9% |
| #46 | Daniel Williamson | 134226 | Community Mortgage LLC | 104656 | Mount Airy, MD | $3.9M | 10 | 71.4% |
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 August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/maryland/top-retention-by-units/2026
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