Biggest Climbers by Loan Count — Nationwide

Biggest climbers nationwide 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 Zachary Spradling (Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc, NMLS #2006444), William Stern (CMG Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #267577), and Melissa Befera (Lennar Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #209241).

Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.

Biggest Climbers by Loan Count — Nationwide — top 50
Rank Loan officer LO NMLS Current Lender / Broker Lender NMLS Location Rank Change YTD Volume YTD Loans
#1 Zachary Spradling 2006444 Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc 2411952 Irvine, CA ▲ 9698 (#9811 → #113) $131.5M 314
#2 William Stern 267577 CMG Mortgage, Inc. 1820 Middleburg, VA ▲ 9119 (#9811 → #692) $99.1M 177
#3 Melissa Befera 209241 Lennar Mortgage, LLC 1058 Tampa, FL ▲ 8997 (#9520 → #523) $60.8M 192
#4 Antonio Perkins 1651737 Swift Home Loans, Inc. 2075228 Birmingham, MI ▲ 8695 (#9033 → #338) $79.5M 217
#5 Michael Liguori 1819838 Cornerstone First Mortgage, LLC 173855 Miami, FL ▲ 8372 (#9811 → #1439) $96.6M 141
#6 Anthony Mahler 1637321 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 8275 (#9811 → #1536) $27.8M 138
#7 Miguel Valle-Perez 1957716 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ ▲ 8248 (#9520 → #1272) $26.4M 146
#8 Edoardo Sandoval 1548478 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA ▲ 8177 (#8241 → #64) $66.6M 381
#9 Martin Salloumi 1524097 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 8076 (#9811 → #1735) $22.8M 133
#10 Daniel Williams 2039236 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7948 (#9811 → #1863) $29.0M 130
#11 Gabriela Viego Perez 2535291 Real Deal Mortgage Solutions, LLC 2114942 Tampa, FL ▲ 7946 (#9520 → #1574) $33.3M 137
#12 Mason Kidney 2622145 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ ▲ 7895 (#9811 → #1916) $24.6M 129
#13 Seth Bellas 1210102 Canopy Mortgage, LLC 1359687 Wyoming, MI ▲ 7836 (#9811 → #1975) $35.8M 128
#14 Craig Messman 230692 Molitor Financial Group, LLC 227034 Chicago, IL ▲ 7831 (#9033 → #1202) $74.3M 149
#15 Joshua Rapaport 598623 Madison Atrina LLC 1835285 Scottsdale, AZ ▲ 7761 (#9033 → #1272) $71.7M 146
#16 Dakota McGowan 2244287 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Roseville, CA ▲ 7744 (#9520 → #1776) $48.9M 132
#17 Heber Williams 2033126 Village Capital & Investment LLC 3317 Hildale, UT ▲ 7710 (#8766 → #1056) $61.5M 154
#18 Amber Arwine 802229 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 Chicago, IL ▲ 7681 (#9811 → #2130) $54.5M 125
#19 Eric Bernstein 1486987 LendFriend Mortgage LLC 2508873 Austin, TX ▲ 7608 (#8766 → #1158) $91.9M 150
#20 Philip Clay 2000290 Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc 2411952 Irvine, CA ▲ 7604 (#9520 → #1916) $66.6M 129
#21 Diego Rubio 1611706 DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. 14622 Sarasota, FL ▲ 7497 (#9033 → #1536) $44.0M 138
#22 Lacy Miller 2272692 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Cleveland, OH ▲ 7433 (#8241 → #808) $30.5M 168
#23 Michael Calhoun 1387551 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7430 (#9033 → #1603) $27.5M 136
#24 Sean Bostwick 2242383 Tomo Mortgage, LLC 2059741 New York, NY ▲ 7414 (#8521 → #1107) $62.7M 152
#24 Sean Bahri 1366790 NATIONS MORTGAGE, LLC 2275128 Troy, MI ▲ 7414 (#8521 → #1107) $45.1M 152
#26 Mario Chiappelli 1517088 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7407 (#8241 → #834) $31.6M 166
#27 Dylan Forsyth 1202762 Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. 181106 Chandler, AZ ▲ 7390 (#9520 → #2130) $64.6M 125
#28 Shane Saliba 2239837 MortgagePros, LLC 1925352 Troy, MI ▲ 7387 (#8241 → #854) $51.8M 165
#29 Harold Martin 773627 GRBK Mortgage, LLC 2618876 Plano, TX ▲ 7359 (#9275 → #1916) $53.2M 129
#30 Tara Gonzalez 1591964 Guild Mortgage Company LLC 3274 Elko, NV ▲ 7358 (#9811 → #2453) $37.3M 120
#31 John Bosio 1771122 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7271 (#9520 → #2249) $27.9M 123
#32 Evan Roggio 2061874 E Mortgage Capital, Inc. 1416824 Santa Ana, CA ▲ 7257 (#7371 → #114) $132.3M 313
#33 Darr Grodi 1762920 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Cleveland, OH ▲ 7248 (#8241 → #993) $35.3M 157
#34 Sheng Hua 1552269 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Earth City, MO ▲ 7218 (#8521 → #1303) $217.0M 145
#35 Andrew Khalil 1087109 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7211 (#8019 → #808) $31.9M 168
#36 Christopher Coullard 1127118 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI ▲ 7125 (#8766 → #1641) $34.2M 135
#37 Brandon Wilde 246664 REARDEN S INCORPORATED 275688 San Juan Capistrano, CA ▲ 7121 (#8521 → #1400) $69.8M 142
#38 William Hancock 2422548 FirstTrust Home Loans, Inc. 75271 Cabot, AR ▲ 7117 (#9033 → #1916) $25.8M 129
#39 Ashley Davidson 1185441 CMG Mortgage, Inc. 1820 Lockhart, TX ▲ 7083 (#7775 → #692) $81.7M 177
#40 James Levesque 1867003 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Cleveland, OH ▲ 7079 (#8019 → #940) $30.1M 160
#41 Austin Danou 2010671 Clear2Mortgage Inc. 1911663 Royal Oak, MI ▲ 7067 (#9520 → #2453) $35.5M 120
#42 Michael Riley 1409369 Tomo Mortgage, LLC 2059741 Royal Oak, MI ▲ 7063 (#7775 → #712) $77.6M 176
#43 Michael Smalling 383105 Legacy Home Loans, LLC 1131833 Nashville, TN ▲ 7003 (#9520 → #2517) $60.2M 119
#44 Anthony Ramirez 613272 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Coppell, TX ▲ 6968 (#9811 → #2843) $19.5M 114
#45 Andrea Mariscal 1914010 Pentagon Federal Credit Union 401822 McLean, VA ▲ 6959 (#9275 → #2316) $25.9M 122
#46 Kevin O'Grady 1980896 Freedom Mortgage Corporation 2767 Boca Raton, FL ▲ 6958 (#9033 → #2075) $50.6M 126
#47 Matthew Thill 1504452 A & N Mortgage Services, Inc. 19291 Chicago, IL ▲ 6945 (#9520 → #2575) $44.6M 118
#48 Sueanne Chiancone 672198 Police and Fire Federal Credit Union 800659 Bensalem, PA ▲ 6937 (#6987 → #50) $42.4M 413
#49 Christopher Cruz 1563204 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 ▲ 6892 (#9811 → #2919) $32.5M 113
#50 Jessica Moran 1519381 Pentagon Federal Credit Union 401822 McLean, VA ▲ 6841 (#9033 → #2192) $26.6M 124

Frequently asked

Who is the top mortgage loan officer climber nationwide in 2026 so far?
Zachary Spradling (Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc, NMLS #2006444) ranks #1 nationwide in 2026 so far with 314 closed loans based on MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.
Who are the top mortgage loan officers nationwide in 2026 so far?
1. Zachary Spradling (Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc); 2. William Stern (CMG Mortgage, Inc.); 3. Melissa Befera (Lennar Mortgage, LLC). The full ranking continues on this page, sourced from MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.

About this data

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.

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TopMortgageOriginators.com. Biggest Climbers by Loan Count — Nationwide. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-climbers-by-units

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