Biggest climbers in New Jersey in 2025, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include christofer wilhelm (Guaranteed Rate, Inc., NMLS #1041743), Emily Mudd (TD Bank NA, NMLS #1022640), and Stephanie Chu (Kearny Bank, NMLS #409862).
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 | 2025 Volume | 2025 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | christofer wilhelm | 1041743 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Hammonton, NJ | ▲ 7441 (#7735 → #294) | $20.1M | 65 |
| #2 | Emily Mudd | 1022640 | TD Bank NA | 399800 | Wilmington, DE | ▲ 7001 (#7735 → #734) | $7.1M | 37 |
| #3 | Stephanie Chu | 409862 | Kearny Bank | 401080 | — | ▲ 6743 (#7735 → #992) | $6.2M | 29 |
| #3 | Casey Rooker | 1548619 | Flagstar Bank, National Association | 417490 | Troy, MI | ▲ 6743 (#7735 → #992) | $6.3M | 29 |
| #5 | Jocelyn McGinnis | 61503 | TD Bank NA | 399800 | Wilmington, DE | ▲ 6692 (#7735 → #1043) | $5.4M | 28 |
| #5 | Thomas DiMaggio | 202975 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Shrewsbury, NJ | ▲ 6692 (#7735 → #1043) | $13.0M | 28 |
| #7 | Erich Henschel | 2087712 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6547 (#7735 → #1188) | $4.7M | 25 |
| #8 | Debora Onisick | 241175 | Toll Brothers Mortgage Company | 18154 | Fort Washington, PA | ▲ 6370 (#7735 → #1365) | $13.3M | 22 |
| #9 | Kristen Braunstein | 1520347 | Philadelphia Federal Credit Union | 401234 | Philadelphia, PA | ▲ 6231 (#6303 → #72) | $25.4M | 124 |
| #10 | sadi sikdar | 1848742 | Advisors Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 33041 | Holmdel, NJ | ▲ 6171 (#7735 → #1564) | $10.0M | 20 |
| #10 | Patrick McDonald | 495171 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 6171 (#7735 → #1564) | $4.3M | 20 |
| #10 | Tom Tsatsaronis | 190530 | The Remus Group, LLC | 187415 | New York, NY | ▲ 6171 (#7735 → #1564) | $10.2M | 20 |
| #10 | Maria Goldstein | 1685055 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Horsham, PA | ▲ 6171 (#7735 → #1564) | $5.3M | 20 |
| #10 | Phillip Smith | 198238 | RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC | 18188 | Fort Mill, SC | ▲ 6171 (#7735 → #1564) | $3.7M | 20 |
| #10 | Robert Cuellar | 1595182 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | ▲ 6171 (#7735 → #1564) | $4.6M | 20 |
| #16 | Edward Morais | 243926 | Cliffco, Inc. | 65328 | Branchburg, NJ | ▲ 6068 (#7735 → #1667) | $8.0M | 19 |
| #17 | Timothy Potempa | 454708 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 5956 (#7735 → #1779) | $6.3M | 18 |
| #17 | Sean Boyle | 838730 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 5956 (#7735 → #1779) | $3.9M | 18 |
| #19 | Brian Smith | 92840 | RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC | 18188 | Fort Mill, SC | ▲ 5831 (#7735 → #1904) | $5.1M | 17 |
| #20 | Bryce Bradshaw | 1813506 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | ▲ 5712 (#7735 → #2023) | $2.5M | 16 |
| #20 | Michael Welsh | 1866716 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | Birmingham, MI | ▲ 5712 (#7735 → #2023) | $9.3M | 16 |
| #20 | Shashank Shekhar | 8176 | InstaMortgage Inc. | 1035734 | San Jose, CA | ▲ 5712 (#7735 → #2023) | $8.7M | 16 |
| #20 | Quentin Hardy | 420639 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Melville, NY | ▲ 5712 (#7735 → #2023) | $5.6M | 16 |
| #24 | Alex Vito | 2100566 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | ▲ 5556 (#7735 → #2179) | $7.6M | 15 |
| #24 | Brian Kelly | 69322 | Garden State Mortgage Corp. | 1707560 | Saddle Brook, NJ | ▲ 5556 (#7735 → #2179) | $8.4M | 15 |
| #24 | Ali Hashem | 1177930 | Lit Financial Corporation | 2553292 | Troy, MI | ▲ 5556 (#7735 → #2179) | $5.0M | 15 |
| #27 | Michael Teasley | 287857 | MLB Residential Lending, LLC | 1101220 | Springfield, NJ | ▲ 5411 (#7735 → #2324) | $4.6M | 14 |
| #27 | Rafael Perez | 2562691 | Lusitania Savings Bank | 640892 | — | ▲ 5411 (#7735 → #2324) | $7.8M | 14 |
| #27 | Jessica Vera | 600942 | First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union | 595144 | Easton, PA | ▲ 5411 (#7735 → #2324) | $1.2M | 14 |
| #27 | Melissa Moreland | 1470676 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 5411 (#7735 → #2324) | $11.5M | 14 |
| #27 | Jacob Wermuth | 1326109 | Renovation Finance LLC | 1802847 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 5411 (#7735 → #2324) | $5.1M | 14 |
| #27 | Christopher Grungo | 1545541 | United Mortgage Corp. | 1330 | Melville, NY | ▲ 5411 (#7735 → #2324) | $6.5M | 14 |
| #33 | Rosalyn Klingele | 196850 | SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 696891 | Cottonwood Heights, UT | ▲ 5240 (#7735 → #2495) | $2.0M | 13 |
| #33 | Kevin Shammas | 1713374 | LAKEVIEW LENDING LLC | 2362008 | Southfield, MI | ▲ 5240 (#7735 → #2495) | $5.8M | 13 |
| #33 | Chirag Rachhadia | 1890628 | VEMA MORTGAGE LLC | 1019911 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 5240 (#7735 → #2495) | $6.7M | 13 |
| #36 | John Dramesi | 1029451 | Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC | 139164 | — | ▲ 5227 (#6303 → #1076) | $11.5M | 27 |
| #36 | Jared Clark | 2008431 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 5227 (#6303 → #1076) | $6.9M | 27 |
| #38 | Jovan Bakkal | 2286777 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | Troy, MI | ▲ 5175 (#6303 → #1128) | $8.7M | 26 |
| #39 | Alicia Knox | 1674708 | Renovation Finance LLC | 1802847 | Berwyn, PA | ▲ 5051 (#7735 → #2684) | $3.4M | 12 |
| #39 | Seamus Hughes | 2076384 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Denville, NJ | ▲ 5051 (#7735 → #2684) | $3.5M | 12 |
| #41 | Charles Dickerson | 1064858 | Sage Home Loans Corporation | 3304 | Fort Mill, SC | ▲ 4938 (#6303 → #1365) | $11.1M | 22 |
| #41 | Anil Vasani | 589216 | AFFINITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 463935 | Basking Ridge, NJ | ▲ 4938 (#6303 → #1365) | $14.1M | 22 |
| #41 | Matthew Ross | 198169 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 4938 (#6303 → #1365) | $4.1M | 22 |
| #44 | Jonathan Weiss | 2245252 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | ▲ 4846 (#6303 → #1457) | $3.3M | 21 |
| #44 | Tyler Buckley | 1615172 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 4846 (#6303 → #1457) | $4.7M | 21 |
| #46 | Craig Smith | 252528 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Pompton Plains, NJ | ▲ 4830 (#7735 → #2905) | $3.4M | 11 |
| #46 | James Nixon | 2076180 | East Coast Capital Corp. | 1403 | Baltimore, MD | ▲ 4830 (#7735 → #2905) | $1.7M | 11 |
| #46 | James Bruder | 537511 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | 417673 | Bryn Mawr, PA | ▲ 4830 (#7735 → #2905) | $15.4M | 11 |
| #46 | Richard Russo | 104379 | SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 696891 | Cottonwood Heights, UT | ▲ 4830 (#7735 → #2905) | $1.5M | 11 |
| #46 | Dale Gallant | 229376 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Hampton, NJ | ▲ 4830 (#7735 → #2905) | $4.2M | 11 |
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 Loan Count — New Jersey (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/new-jersey/top-climbers-by-units/2025
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