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 October 11, 2026, the top 3 include Cheryl Funk (HomeLight Home Loans, Inc., NMLS #1622579), Evan Roggio (E Mortgage Capital, Inc., NMLS #2061874), and Channing Yip (Teachers Federal Credit Union, NMLS #885680).
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 | ▲ 9033 (#9121 → #88) | $215.1M | 763 |
| #2 | Evan Roggio | 2061874 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Santa Ana, CA | ▲ 8930 (#9405 → #475) | $114.2M | 299 |
| #3 | Channing Yip | 885680 | Teachers Federal Credit Union | 401530 | Hauppauge, NY | ▲ 8871 (#9522 → #651) | $101.1M | 89 |
| #4 | Sara Sterling | 291058 | Taylor Morrison Home Funding, Inc. | 8588 | Austin, TX | ▲ 8569 (#9856 → #1287) | $79.1M | 183 |
| #5 | Joshua Sanford | 1206645 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Snohomish, WA | ▲ 8456 (#9787 → #1331) | $77.9M | 118 |
| #6 | Christopher VanLeuven | 35510 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 8320 (#8375 → #55) | $255.6M | 819 |
| #7 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | ▲ 8197 (#8454 → #257) | $151.3M | 166 |
| #8 | Erica Chan | 444317 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 8196 (#9721 → #1525) | $73.6M | 28 |
| #9 | Noel Chapman | 8953 | HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. | 6521 | Iselin, NJ | ▲ 8144 (#8418 → #274) | $148.1M | 490 |
| #10 | Kexin Gan | 2308994 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | ▲ 8135 (#9138 → #1003) | $87.1M | 78 |
| #11 | Peter McNally | 459955 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | ▲ 8088 (#9508 → #1420) | $75.6M | 33 |
| #12 | Jayden Knudson | 2216728 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Hildale, UT | ▲ 7982 (#8241 → #259) | $151.1M | 443 |
| #13 | Ting Ho | 1112368 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 7979 (#9531 → #1552) | $72.9M | 72 |
| #14 | Matthew Keyes | 398768 | Synergy One Lending, Inc. | 1907235 | St George, UT | ▲ 7794 (#8012 → #218) | $159.2M | 449 |
| #15 | Edward Smissen | 66763 | Kinecta Federal Credit Union | 407870 | Manhattan Beach, CA | ▲ 7692 (#8914 → #1222) | $80.5M | 224 |
| #16 | Chadwick Barnes | 407546 | BISON STATE BANK | 757416 | Kansas City, MO | ▲ 7644 (#8678 → #1034) | $85.8M | 181 |
| #17 | Joseph Balawajder | 2150587 | NW Home Loans, LLC | 2749372 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 7523 (#9573 → #2050) | $65.2M | 179 |
| #18 | Michael DeFoe | 2048945 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | ▲ 7514 (#9600 → #2086) | $64.8M | 64 |
| #19 | Tyler Payne | 1369876 | Jet HomeLoans, LP | 1660135 | Jacksonville, FL | ▲ 7503 (#7985 → #482) | $113.8M | 273 |
| #20 | Ryan Nelson | 211828 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 7445 (#8131 → #686) | $98.9M | 248 |
| #21 | Jennifer Teyshak | 633513 | HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation | 130676 | Las Vegas, NV | ▲ 7441 (#8385 → #944) | $88.6M | 208 |
| #22 | Joseph Guarino | 1637367 | Imperium Lending, LLC | 2237880 | Troy, MI | ▲ 7418 (#7600 → #182) | $170.0M | 536 |
| #23 | Tyler Piercy | 28174 | TY Mortgage, LLC | 2303062 | Miami, FL | ▲ 7390 (#9337 → #1947) | $66.5M | 115 |
| #24 | ANA VERDAYES | 2011492 | CTC Mortgage Company LLC | 371182 | West Palm Beach, FL | ▲ 7359 (#8403 → #1044) | $85.6M | 202 |
| #25 | Darci Fitzke | 940798 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Vancouver, WA | ▲ 7336 (#8988 → #1652) | $71.3M | 169 |
| #26 | John Harper | 2283259 | Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation | 217229 | Tustin, CA | ▲ 7326 (#8506 → #1180) | $81.6M | 155 |
| #27 | xing zhou | 1778356 | General Mortgage Capital Corporation | 254895 | Burlingame, CA | ▲ 7311 (#9593 → #2282) | $62.4M | 113 |
| #28 | Daniel McCutcheon | 558186 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | ▲ 7170 (#8434 → #1264) | $79.6M | 27 |
| #29 | Brian Palmer | 260567 | Pinnacle Funding Group, Inc. | 260879 | McKinney, TX | ▲ 7072 (#8578 → #1506) | $74.0M | 154 |
| #30 | Sara Marlow | 1486587 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Fayetteville, AR | ▲ 7065 (#9829 → #2764) | $57.9M | 201 |
| #31 | Mackenzie Dunnahoo | 2022602 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 7045 (#7113 → #68) | $243.0M | 743 |
| #32 | Azad Marfazelian | 909612 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6948 (#8363 → #1415) | $75.8M | 206 |
| #33 | Rosanna Layman | 398554 | HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation | 130676 | Denver, CO | ▲ 6947 (#8956 → #2009) | $65.6M | 132 |
| #34 | Ricky Merchant | 1517056 | MyLendingPal, Inc | 1734346 | Suwanee, GA | ▲ 6942 (#9311 → #2369) | $61.6M | 117 |
| #35 | Lauren Brennan | 422061 | KBHS Home Loans, LLC | 1542802 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 6937 (#9724 → #2787) | $57.7M | 142 |
| #36 | Ameer Katifi | 1671470 | Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc | 2411952 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6896 (#6916 → #20) | $346.5M | 916 |
| #37 | Rio Chacon | 1065675 | Elevations Credit Union | 717246 | Denver, CO | ▲ 6880 (#7842 → #962) | $88.0M | 122 |
| #38 | Dustin Andersen | 385544 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Temecula, CA | ▲ 6868 (#7410 → #542) | $108.8M | 200 |
| #39 | Jeffrey Andrews | 7826 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Denville, NJ | ▲ 6846 (#7194 → #348) | $134.0M | 325 |
| #40 | Christopher Cohen | 12241 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cincinnati, OH | ▲ 6844 (#9051 → #2207) | $63.3M | 274 |
| #41 | Joe McKinley | 1639870 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 6842 (#9668 → #2826) | $57.3M | 225 |
| #42 | Erika Borrero | 270033 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Maitland, FL | ▲ 6837 (#8971 → #2134) | $64.2M | 163 |
| #43 | Peter Johnston | 188033 | Evergreen Moneysource Mortgage Company | 3182 | Bellevue, WA | ▲ 6814 (#7079 → #265) | $149.8M | 243 |
| #44 | Kristin Breen | 176143 | THE TURNKEY FOUNDATION INC. | 236669 | Santa Ana, CA | ▲ 6783 (#8399 → #1616) | $71.9M | 55 |
| #45 | Johnathan Denha | 1622391 | Rapid Home Lending Inc. | 1798321 | Bingham Farms, MI | ▲ 6779 (#7637 → #858) | $91.7M | 308 |
| #46 | Sean Crowley | 997988 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Larkspur, CA | ▲ 6779 (#8525 → #1746) | $69.5M | 76 |
| #47 | David Emrich | 2099033 | M/I Financial, LLC | 50684 | Lake Mary, FL | ▲ 6749 (#9248 → #2499) | $60.2M | 138 |
| #48 | Melissa Walker | 2128945 | Primis Mortgage Company | 1894879 | Wilmington, NC | ▲ 6736 (#7451 → #715) | $97.7M | 286 |
| #49 | Serena Cheng | 242020 | Victoria Financial Corp. | 328196 | San Gabriel, CA | ▲ 6717 (#8830 → #2113) | $64.4M | 98 |
| #50 | Scott Carr | 31396 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Horsham, PA | ▲ 6709 (#7932 → #1223) | $80.5M | 240 |
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 October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-climbers-by-volume/2024
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