Leading rookies 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 MICHAELYNN BACON (NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc., NMLS #2025987), Jagat Ghimire (NEXA Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2039959), and Tina Simms-Grimes (Coastline Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2546418).
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 | 2024 Volume | 2024 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | MICHAELYNN BACON | 2025987 | NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. | 1127 | Columbia, MD | $7.0M | 15 | $469K |
| #2 | Jagat Ghimire | 2039959 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $4.8M | 14 | $343K |
| #3 | Tina Simms-Grimes | 2546418 | Coastline Mortgage, LLC | 1750429 | Pasadena, MD | $4.2M | 12 | $350K |
| #4 | Daniel Martin | 2555701 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Columbia, MD | $3.5M | 7 | $493K |
| #5 | John Kim | 2469569 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $3.1M | 7 | $440K |
| #6 | Albree Halstead | 2580148 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | — | $3.0M | 5 | $596K |
| #7 | Fabio Prieto Rincon | 2546700 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Vienna, VA | $2.8M | 7 | $407K |
| #8 | Dario Alejandro-Gafford | 2564015 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $2.4M | 9 | $269K |
| #9 | Jacob Menard | 2596128 | CNB Bank, Inc | 681652 | Berkeley Springs, WV | $2.4M | 5 | $483K |
| #10 | Shoaib Nawaz | 2607572 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $2.1M | 4 | $531K |
| #11 | Brian Garcia | 2603320 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $2.1M | 5 | $414K |
| #12 | Lesley Rodriguez Joya | 2506572 | City Lending Inc. | 1045126 | — | $2.1M | 6 | $344K |
| #13 | Amy Mattison | 2531161 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | — | $2.0M | 5 | $399K |
| #14 | Timothy Herbert | 2506145 | Coastal Lending Group, LLC | 297505 | Timonium, MD | $1.9M | 5 | $382K |
| #15 | David Burner | 957433 | Strong Home Mortgage, LLC | 1675638 | Manassas, VA | $1.9M | 3 | $625K |
| #16 | Jason Knapp | 2593083 | South River Mortgage, LLC | 1854524 | Annapolis, MD | $1.7M | 2 | $874K |
| #17 | Ganga Lamichhane simkhada | 2369099 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $1.7M | 4 | $432K |
| #18 | TEILA THORNE | 1950159 | Federal Hill Mortgage Company, LLC | 176351 | Baltimore, MD | $1.7M | 5 | $343K |
| #19 | Patrick Cox | 2596579 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Nashville, TN | $1.7M | 8 | $214K |
| #20 | Lakayia Bryant | 2374739 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $1.7M | 5 | $335K |
| #21 | Anh Nguyen | 1960051 | H & L LENDING COMPANY LLC | 1660192 | Elkridge, MD | $1.6M | 5 | $325K |
| #22 | Craig Smith | 2391114 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $1.5M | 5 | $307K |
| #23 | Chase Bates-Gasior | 2489854 | University Home Loan, LLC | 2218079 | Shelby Township, MI | $1.5M | 4 | $378K |
| #24 | Jarrod Brower | 2594988 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | $1.3M | 5 | $264K |
| #25 | Takeenya Woodard | 2532366 | Residential Mortgage Corporation | 187544 | Largo, MD | $1.3M | 4 | $319K |
| #26 | Daniel Rivera | 2376175 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $1.3M | 3 | $425K |
| #27 | Justin Hampton | 2224674 | Channel Marker Mortgage LLC | 2528736 | Annapolis, MD | $1.2M | 4 | $295K |
| #28 | Joshua Jung | 2590099 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $1.2M | 4 | $293K |
| #29 | BOYE AROMOLARAN | 1542973 | Habitat Finance, LLC | 2618990 | Columbia, MD | $1.2M | 2 | $585K |
| #30 | Philip Moss | 2590067 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $1.1M | 2 | $570K |
| #31 | Sandra Bonowski | 2570120 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $1.1M | 3 | $379K |
| #32 | Zachary Newland | 2570945 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | — | $1.1M | 4 | $267K |
| #33 | Esteban Rivera | 2036484 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Rockville, MD | $1.0M | 3 | $349K |
| #34 | Emrah Dilsizoglu | 2563567 | Value Mortgage, LLC. | 2570161 | Vienna, VA | $1.0M | 2 | $505K |
| #35 | Meaza Ghebremeskel | 2254596 | Buckingham Mortgage LLC | 1124970 | McLean, VA | $987K | 2 | $494K |
| #36 | Pearce Eastwood | 2556051 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $949K | 5 | $190K |
| #37 | Christopher Ambrose | 2590064 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $923K | 3 | $308K |
| #38 | Brian Reilly | 2603322 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $907K | 2 | $454K |
| #39 | Kevin McGaughey | 2580722 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $867K | 3 | $289K |
| #40 | Megan Mills | 2572753 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $863K | 2 | $431K |
| #41 | Adam Olt | 2590075 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $862K | 2 | $431K |
| #42 | Owen Hovick | 2493712 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $824K | 2 | $412K |
| #43 | Dilinh Tran | 1412999 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $815K | 3 | $272K |
| #44 | Rossana Rodriguez Vivas | 2515851 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $803K | 3 | $268K |
| #45 | Nisha Khatri | 2407488 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $795K | 1 | $795K |
| #46 | Craig Malmut | 2585619 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $775K | 2 | $388K |
| #47 | Christopher Kieler | 2613029 | United Mortgage Lending LLC | 2220134 | — | $768K | 2 | $384K |
| #48 | Ryan Singh | 2578719 | STATE EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION OF MARYLAND INC. | 458591 | Frederick, MD | $758K | 6 | $126K |
| #49 | Jackson Parks | 2553153 | Radius Financial Group Inc. | 1846 | — | $732K | 2 | $366K |
| #50 | Jonathan Adler | 2603319 | First Dignity Mortgage Corp | 2715443 | — | $724K | 3 | $241K |
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. Leading Rookies by Volume — Maryland (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/maryland/top-rookie-by-volume/2024
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