Biggest climbers nationwide 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 Cheryl Funk (HomeLight Home Loans, Inc., NMLS #1622579), Channing Yip (Teachers Federal Credit Union, NMLS #885680), and Sara Sterling (Taylor Morrison Home Funding, Inc., NMLS #291058).
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 | Rank Change | 2024 Volume | 2024 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Cheryl Funk | 1622579 | HomeLight Home Loans, Inc. | 1529229 | Scottsdale, AZ | ▲ 9293 (#9380 → #87) | $214.3M | 759 |
| #2 | Channing Yip | 885680 | Teachers Federal Credit Union | 401530 | Hauppauge, NY | ▲ 8737 (#9424 → #687) | $98.0M | 87 |
| #3 | Sara Sterling | 291058 | Taylor Morrison Home Funding, Inc. | 8588 | Austin, TX | ▲ 8501 (#9736 → #1235) | $79.4M | 184 |
| #4 | Joshua Sanford | 1206645 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Snohomish, WA | ▲ 8346 (#9660 → #1314) | $77.3M | 117 |
| #5 | Ameer Katifi | 1671470 | Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc | 2411952 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 8251 (#8271 → #20) | $344.6M | 909 |
| #6 | Christopher VanLeuven | 35510 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 8227 (#8281 → #54) | $254.5M | 815 |
| #7 | Noel Chapman | 8953 | HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. | 6521 | Iselin, NJ | ▲ 8144 (#8419 → #275) | $146.3M | 487 |
| #8 | Erica Chan | 444317 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 8118 (#9598 → #1480) | $73.6M | 28 |
| #9 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | ▲ 8104 (#8361 → #257) | $149.9M | 165 |
| #10 | Peter McNally | 459955 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | ▲ 8020 (#9414 → #1394) | $75.6M | 33 |
| #11 | Kexin Gan | 2308994 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | ▲ 8005 (#9018 → #1013) | $85.4M | 77 |
| #12 | Chadwick Barnes | 407546 | BISON STATE BANK | 757416 | Kansas City, MO | ▲ 7949 (#8966 → #1017) | $85.3M | 180 |
| #13 | Ting Ho | 1112368 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 7913 (#9430 → #1517) | $73.0M | 72 |
| #14 | Jayden Knudson | 2216728 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Hildale, UT | ▲ 7894 (#8146 → #252) | $150.7M | 442 |
| #15 | Matthew Keyes | 398768 | Synergy One Lending, Inc. | 1907235 | St George, UT | ▲ 7712 (#7935 → #223) | $156.9M | 441 |
| #16 | Edward Smissen | 66763 | Kinecta Federal Credit Union | 407870 | Manhattan Beach, CA | ▲ 7682 (#8877 → #1195) | $80.5M | 224 |
| #17 | Shirley Ho | 1929209 | First Technology Federal Credit Union | 466914 | San Jose, CA | ▲ 7647 (#9975 → #2328) | $61.4M | 66 |
| #18 | Darci Fitzke | 940798 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Vancouver, WA | ▲ 7572 (#9183 → #1611) | $71.3M | 169 |
| #19 | Ryan Nelson | 211828 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 7555 (#8235 → #680) | $98.5M | 246 |
| #20 | Jessica Talton | 1045355 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Kent, WA | ▲ 7517 (#9931 → #2414) | $60.5M | 185 |
| #21 | Joseph Balawajder | 2150587 | NW Home Loans, LLC | 2749372 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 7448 (#9475 → #2027) | $64.8M | 178 |
| #22 | Tyler Payne | 1369876 | Jet HomeLoans, LP | 1660135 | Jacksonville, FL | ▲ 7405 (#7882 → #477) | $113.8M | 273 |
| #23 | Jennifer Teyshak | 633513 | HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation | 130676 | Las Vegas, NV | ▲ 7371 (#8289 → #918) | $88.6M | 208 |
| #24 | Joseph Guarino | 1637367 | Imperium Lending, LLC | 2237880 | Troy, MI | ▲ 7334 (#7521 → #187) | $167.0M | 528 |
| #25 | Tyler Piercy | 28174 | TY Mortgage, LLC | 2303062 | Miami, FL | ▲ 7281 (#9226 → #1945) | $65.8M | 113 |
| #26 | xing zhou | 1778356 | General Mortgage Capital Corporation | 254895 | City of Industry, CA | ▲ 7273 (#9701 → #2428) | $60.4M | 109 |
| #27 | John Harper | 2283259 | Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation | 217229 | Tustin, CA | ▲ 7236 (#8411 → #1175) | $81.0M | 154 |
| #28 | ANA VERDAYES | 2011492 | CTC Mortgage Company LLC | 371182 | West Palm Beach, FL | ▲ 7194 (#8309 → #1115) | $82.7M | 198 |
| #29 | Daniel McCutcheon | 558186 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | ▲ 7110 (#8341 → #1231) | $79.6M | 27 |
| #30 | Erika Borrero | 270033 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 7004 (#9084 → #2080) | $64.2M | 163 |
| #31 | Brett Foster | 536673 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Grand Rapids, MI | ▲ 6989 (#9266 → #2277) | $62.0M | 125 |
| #32 | Brian Palmer | 260567 | DIGITAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC | 2766175 | McKinney, TX | ▲ 6985 (#8488 → #1503) | $73.3M | 152 |
| #33 | Mackenzie Dunnahoo | 2022602 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 6963 (#7027 → #64) | $242.4M | 741 |
| #34 | Joe McKinley | 1639870 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 6912 (#9690 → #2778) | $57.1M | 224 |
| #35 | Serena Cheng | 242020 | Victoria Financial Corp. | 328196 | San Gabriel, CA | ▲ 6902 (#9037 → #2135) | $63.6M | 97 |
| #36 | Ricky Merchant | 1517056 | MyLendingPal, Inc | 1734346 | Suwanee, GA | ▲ 6889 (#9201 → #2312) | $61.6M | 117 |
| #37 | Azad Marfazelian | 909612 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6881 (#8269 → #1388) | $75.8M | 206 |
| #38 | Lauren Brennan | 422061 | KBHS Home Loans, LLC | 1542802 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 6881 (#9601 → #2720) | $57.7M | 142 |
| #39 | David Emrich | 2099033 | M/I Financial, LLC | 50684 | Lake Mary, FL | ▲ 6877 (#9371 → #2494) | $59.7M | 137 |
| #40 | Christopher Cohen | 12241 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cincinnati, OH | ▲ 6839 (#9010 → #2171) | $63.1M | 273 |
| #41 | Manish Shah | 1994538 | ENSURE HOME LOANS LLC | 1666674 | Grand Prairie, TX | ▲ 6831 (#7836 → #1005) | $85.7M | 204 |
| #42 | Rio Chacon | 1065675 | Elevations Credit Union | 717246 | Denver, CO | ▲ 6798 (#7752 → #954) | $87.5M | 121 |
| #43 | Dustin Andersen | 385544 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Temecula, CA | ▲ 6787 (#7339 → #552) | $107.2M | 197 |
| #44 | Jeffrey Andrews | 7826 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Denville, NJ | ▲ 6765 (#7109 → #344) | $133.4M | 324 |
| #45 | Rosanna Layman | 398554 | HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation | 130676 | Denver, CO | ▲ 6764 (#8860 → #2096) | $64.1M | 129 |
| #46 | Kristin Breen | 176143 | THE TURNKEY FOUNDATION INC. | 236669 | Santa Ana, CA | ▲ 6731 (#8304 → #1573) | $71.9M | 56 |
| #47 | Peter Johnston | 188033 | Evergreen Moneysource Mortgage Company | 3182 | Bellevue, WA | ▲ 6730 (#6992 → #262) | $149.0M | 242 |
| #48 | Sean Crowley | 997988 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | ▲ 6725 (#8430 → #1705) | $69.5M | 76 |
| #49 | Wesam Dababneh | 336242 | Priority 1 Lending, LLC | 1375378 | Livonia, MI | ▲ 6714 (#9384 → #2670) | $58.0M | 176 |
| #50 | Johnathan Denha | 1622391 | Rapid Home Lending Inc. | 1798321 | Bingham Farms, MI | ▲ 6710 (#7554 → #844) | $91.3M | 306 |
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. Biggest Climbers by Volume — Nationwide (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-climbers-by-volume/2024
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