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 July 13, 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 | ▲ 9014 (#9102 → #88) | $215.1M | 763 |
| #2 | Channing Yip | 885680 | Teachers Federal Credit Union | 401530 | Hauppauge, NY | ▲ 8858 (#9509 → #651) | $101.1M | 89 |
| #3 | Sara Sterling | 291058 | Taylor Morrison Home Funding, Inc. | 8588 | Austin, TX | ▲ 8557 (#9836 → #1279) | $79.1M | 183 |
| #4 | Joshua Sanford | 1206645 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Snohomish, WA | ▲ 8436 (#9763 → #1327) | $77.9M | 118 |
| #5 | Christopher VanLeuven | 35510 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 8309 (#8364 → #55) | $255.6M | 819 |
| #6 | Erica Chan | 444317 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 8182 (#9702 → #1520) | $73.6M | 28 |
| #7 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | ▲ 8181 (#8445 → #264) | $149.9M | 165 |
| #8 | Noel Chapman | 8953 | HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. | 6521 | Iselin, NJ | ▲ 8132 (#8405 → #273) | $148.7M | 493 |
| #9 | Kexin Gan | 2308994 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | ▲ 8119 (#9119 → #1000) | $87.1M | 78 |
| #10 | Peter McNally | 459955 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | ▲ 8079 (#9496 → #1417) | $75.6M | 33 |
| #11 | Jayden Knudson | 2216728 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Hildale, UT | ▲ 7974 (#8230 → #256) | $151.1M | 443 |
| #12 | Ting Ho | 1112368 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 7908 (#9518 → #1610) | $71.8M | 71 |
| #13 | Matthew Keyes | 398768 | Synergy One Lending, Inc. | 1907235 | St George, UT | ▲ 7789 (#8007 → #218) | $159.1M | 448 |
| #14 | Edward Smissen | 66763 | Kinecta Federal Credit Union | 407870 | Manhattan Beach, CA | ▲ 7747 (#8963 → #1216) | $80.5M | 224 |
| #15 | Chadwick Barnes | 407546 | BISON STATE BANK | 757416 | Kansas City, MO | ▲ 7635 (#8667 → #1032) | $85.8M | 181 |
| #16 | Joseph Balawajder | 2150587 | NW Home Loans, LLC | 2749372 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 7515 (#9558 → #2043) | $65.2M | 179 |
| #17 | Michael DeFoe | 2048945 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | ▲ 7505 (#9586 → #2081) | $64.8M | 64 |
| #18 | Tyler Payne | 1369876 | Jet HomeLoans, LP | 1660135 | Jacksonville, FL | ▲ 7486 (#7966 → #480) | $113.8M | 273 |
| #19 | Ryan Nelson | 211828 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 7437 (#8120 → #683) | $98.9M | 248 |
| #20 | Jennifer Teyshak | 633513 | HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation | 130676 | Las Vegas, NV | ▲ 7429 (#8371 → #942) | $88.6M | 208 |
| #21 | xing zhou | 1778356 | General Mortgage Capital Corporation | 254895 | City of Industry, CA | ▲ 7426 (#9807 → #2381) | $61.3M | 111 |
| #22 | Joseph Guarino | 1637367 | Imperium Lending, LLC | 2237880 | Troy, MI | ▲ 7407 (#7588 → #181) | $170.0M | 536 |
| #23 | Tyler Piercy | 28174 | TY Mortgage, LLC | 2303062 | Miami, FL | ▲ 7378 (#9321 → #1943) | $66.5M | 115 |
| #24 | ANA VERDAYES | 2011492 | CTC Mortgage Company LLC | 371182 | West Palm Beach, FL | ▲ 7351 (#8391 → #1040) | $85.6M | 202 |
| #25 | Darci Fitzke | 940798 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Vancouver, WA | ▲ 7323 (#8971 → #1648) | $71.3M | 169 |
| #26 | John Harper | 2283259 | Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation | 217229 | Tustin, CA | ▲ 7317 (#8494 → #1177) | $81.6M | 155 |
| #27 | Daniel McCutcheon | 558186 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | ▲ 7170 (#8425 → #1255) | $79.6M | 27 |
| #28 | Brian Palmer | 260567 | DIGITAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC | 2766175 | McKinney, TX | ▲ 7066 (#8568 → #1502) | $74.0M | 154 |
| #29 | Mackenzie Dunnahoo | 2022602 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 7023 (#7090 → #67) | $243.0M | 743 |
| #30 | Azad Marfazelian | 909612 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6941 (#8352 → #1411) | $75.8M | 206 |
| #31 | Rosanna Layman | 398554 | HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation | 130676 | Denver, CO | ▲ 6935 (#8940 → #2005) | $65.6M | 132 |
| #32 | Ricky Merchant | 1517056 | MyLendingPal, Inc | 1734346 | Suwanee, GA | ▲ 6934 (#9297 → #2363) | $61.6M | 117 |
| #33 | Lauren Brennan | 422061 | KBHS Home Loans, LLC | 1542802 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 6922 (#9704 → #2782) | $57.7M | 142 |
| #34 | Manish Shah | 1994538 | ENSURE HOME LOANS LLC | 1666674 | Grand Prairie, TX | ▲ 6889 (#7908 → #1019) | $86.4M | 206 |
| #35 | Ameer Katifi | 1671470 | Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc | 2411952 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6874 (#6894 → #20) | $345.8M | 914 |
| #36 | Rio Chacon | 1065675 | Elevations Credit Union | 717246 | Denver, CO | ▲ 6873 (#7831 → #958) | $88.0M | 122 |
| #37 | Dustin Andersen | 385544 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Temecula, CA | ▲ 6864 (#7403 → #539) | $108.8M | 200 |
| #38 | Jeffrey Andrews | 7826 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Denville, NJ | ▲ 6832 (#7179 → #347) | $134.0M | 325 |
| #39 | Christopher Cohen | 12241 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cincinnati, OH | ▲ 6831 (#9032 → #2201) | $63.3M | 274 |
| #40 | Erika Borrero | 270033 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 6828 (#8955 → #2127) | $64.2M | 163 |
| #41 | Joe McKinley | 1639870 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 6808 (#9649 → #2841) | $57.1M | 224 |
| #42 | Peter Johnston | 188033 | Evergreen Moneysource Mortgage Company | 3182 | Bellevue, WA | ▲ 6788 (#7053 → #265) | $149.8M | 243 |
| #43 | Kristin Breen | 176143 | THE TURNKEY FOUNDATION INC. | 236669 | Santa Ana, CA | ▲ 6779 (#8386 → #1607) | $71.9M | 56 |
| #44 | Sean Crowley | 997988 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Larkspur, CA | ▲ 6771 (#8514 → #1743) | $69.5M | 76 |
| #45 | Johnathan Denha | 1622391 | Rapid Home Lending Inc. | 1798321 | Bingham Farms, MI | ▲ 6755 (#7621 → #866) | $91.3M | 306 |
| #46 | Melissa Walker | 2128945 | Primis Mortgage Company | 1894879 | Wilmington, NC | ▲ 6735 (#7445 → #710) | $97.7M | 286 |
| #47 | David Emrich | 2099033 | M/I Financial, LLC | 50684 | Lake Mary, FL | ▲ 6735 (#9228 → #2493) | $60.2M | 138 |
| #48 | Scott Carr | 31396 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Horsham, PA | ▲ 6695 (#7913 → #1218) | $80.5M | 240 |
| #49 | Raena Pinchuk | 1488388 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Meridian, ID | ▲ 6695 (#9366 → #2671) | $58.6M | 134 |
| #50 | Michael Joy | 120763 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Puyallup, WA | ▲ 6689 (#8481 → #1792) | $68.7M | 65 |
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 July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-climbers-by-volume/2024
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