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 October 11, 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 | ▲ 7487 (#7773 → #286) | $20.2M | 66 |
| #2 | Emily Mudd | 1022640 | TD Bank NA | 399800 | Wilmington, DE | ▲ 7033 (#7773 → #740) | $7.1M | 37 |
| #3 | Stephanie Chu | 409862 | Kearny Bank | 401080 | — | ▲ 6802 (#7773 → #971) | $6.4M | 30 |
| #4 | Thomas DiMaggio | 202975 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Shrewsbury, NJ | ▲ 6769 (#7773 → #1004) | $13.2M | 29 |
| #4 | Casey Rooker | 1548619 | Flagstar Bank, National Association | 417490 | Troy, MI | ▲ 6769 (#7773 → #1004) | $6.3M | 29 |
| #4 | Jocelyn McGinnis | 61503 | TD Bank NA | 399800 | Wilmington, DE | ▲ 6769 (#7773 → #1004) | $5.5M | 29 |
| #7 | Erich Henschel | 2087712 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6513 (#7773 → #1260) | $4.6M | 24 |
| #8 | Maria Goldstein | 1685055 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Novi, MI | ▲ 6398 (#7773 → #1375) | $6.0M | 22 |
| #8 | Debora Onisick | 241175 | Toll Brothers Mortgage Company | 18154 | Fort Washington, PA | ▲ 6398 (#7773 → #1375) | $13.3M | 22 |
| #10 | Kristen Braunstein | 1520347 | Philadelphia Federal Credit Union | 401234 | Philadelphia, PA | ▲ 6274 (#6346 → #72) | $25.4M | 124 |
| #11 | Phillip Smith | 198238 | RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC | 18188 | Fort Mill, SC | ▲ 6186 (#7773 → #1587) | $3.7M | 20 |
| #11 | Robert Cuellar | 1595182 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | ▲ 6186 (#7773 → #1587) | $4.6M | 20 |
| #11 | Patrick McDonald | 495171 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 6186 (#7773 → #1587) | $4.3M | 20 |
| #11 | sadi sikdar | 1848742 | Advisors Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 33041 | Holmdel, NJ | ▲ 6186 (#7773 → #1587) | $10.0M | 20 |
| #11 | Tom Tsatsaronis | 190530 | The Remus Group, LLC | 187415 | New York, NY | ▲ 6186 (#7773 → #1587) | $10.2M | 20 |
| #16 | Edward Morais | 243926 | Cliffco, Inc. | 65328 | Branchburg, NJ | ▲ 6099 (#7773 → #1674) | $8.0M | 19 |
| #17 | Timothy Potempa | 454708 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 5983 (#7773 → #1790) | $6.3M | 18 |
| #17 | Sean Boyle | 838730 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 5983 (#7773 → #1790) | $3.9M | 18 |
| #19 | Brian Smith | 92840 | RoundPoint Mortgage Servicing LLC | 18188 | Fort Mill, SC | ▲ 5856 (#7773 → #1917) | $5.1M | 17 |
| #20 | Michael Welsh | 1866716 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | Royal Oak, MI | ▲ 5732 (#7773 → #2041) | $9.3M | 16 |
| #20 | Shashank Shekhar | 8176 | InstaMortgage Inc. | 1035734 | San Jose, CA | ▲ 5732 (#7773 → #2041) | $8.7M | 16 |
| #20 | Bryce Bradshaw | 1813506 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | ▲ 5732 (#7773 → #2041) | $2.5M | 16 |
| #20 | Quentin Hardy | 420639 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 5732 (#7773 → #2041) | $5.6M | 16 |
| #24 | Alex Vito | 2100566 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | ▲ 5588 (#7773 → #2185) | $7.6M | 15 |
| #24 | Brian Kelly | 69322 | Garden State Mortgage Corp. | 1707560 | Saddle Brook, NJ | ▲ 5588 (#7773 → #2185) | $8.4M | 15 |
| #24 | Ali Hashem | 1177930 | Lit Financial Corporation | 2553292 | Troy, MI | ▲ 5588 (#7773 → #2185) | $5.0M | 15 |
| #27 | Melissa Moreland | 1470676 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 5437 (#7773 → #2336) | $11.5M | 14 |
| #27 | Christopher Grungo | 1545541 | United Mortgage Corp. | 1330 | Melville, NY | ▲ 5437 (#7773 → #2336) | $6.5M | 14 |
| #27 | Jessica Vera | 600942 | First Commonwealth Federal Credit Union | 595144 | Easton, PA | ▲ 5437 (#7773 → #2336) | $1.2M | 14 |
| #27 | Jacob Wermuth | 1326109 | Renovation Finance LLC | 1802847 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 5437 (#7773 → #2336) | $5.1M | 14 |
| #27 | Michael Teasley | 287857 | First Alliance Home Mortgage, LLC | 5034 | Cranford, NJ | ▲ 5437 (#7773 → #2336) | $4.6M | 14 |
| #27 | Rafael Perez | 2562691 | Lusitania Savings Bank | 640892 | — | ▲ 5437 (#7773 → #2336) | $7.8M | 14 |
| #33 | Jared Clark | 2008431 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 5342 (#6346 → #1004) | $7.7M | 29 |
| #34 | Kevin Shammas | 1713374 | American First Funding LLC | 2362008 | Southfield, MI | ▲ 5260 (#7773 → #2513) | $5.8M | 13 |
| #34 | Chirag Rachhadia | 1890628 | VEMA MORTGAGE LLC | 1019911 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 5260 (#7773 → #2513) | $6.7M | 13 |
| #34 | Aanand Mody | 913626 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 5260 (#7773 → #2513) | $5.3M | 13 |
| #34 | Rosalyn Klingele | 196850 | SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 696891 | Cottonwood Heights, UT | ▲ 5260 (#7773 → #2513) | $2.0M | 13 |
| #38 | Jovan Bakkal | 2286777 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | Troy, MI | ▲ 5257 (#6346 → #1089) | $9.0M | 27 |
| #38 | John Dramesi | 1029451 | Absolute Home Mortgage Corporation | 176743 | Moorestown, NJ | ▲ 5257 (#6346 → #1089) | $11.5M | 27 |
| #40 | Richard Russo | 104379 | SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 696891 | Cottonwood Heights, UT | ▲ 5076 (#7773 → #2697) | $1.7M | 12 |
| #40 | James Nixon | 2076180 | East Coast Capital Corp. | 1403 | Baltimore, MD | ▲ 5076 (#7773 → #2697) | $1.8M | 12 |
| #40 | Jeryl Beers | 378174 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Davie, FL | ▲ 5076 (#7773 → #2697) | $4.9M | 12 |
| #40 | Seamus Hughes | 2076384 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Denville, NJ | ▲ 5076 (#7773 → #2697) | $3.5M | 12 |
| #40 | James Bruder | 537511 | Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB | 417673 | Bryn Mawr, PA | ▲ 5076 (#7773 → #2697) | $18.4M | 12 |
| #40 | Alicia Knox | 1674708 | Renovation Finance LLC | 1802847 | Berwyn, PA | ▲ 5076 (#7773 → #2697) | $3.4M | 12 |
| #46 | Matthew Ross | 198169 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 4971 (#6346 → #1375) | $4.1M | 22 |
| #46 | Charles Dickerson | 1064858 | Sage Home Loans Corporation | 3304 | Fort Mill, SC | ▲ 4971 (#6346 → #1375) | $11.1M | 22 |
| #46 | Anil Vasani | 589216 | AFFINITY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 463935 | Basking Ridge, NJ | ▲ 4971 (#6346 → #1375) | $14.1M | 22 |
| #49 | Tyler Buckley | 1615172 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 4878 (#6346 → #1468) | $4.7M | 21 |
| #49 | Jonathan Weiss | 2245252 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | ▲ 4878 (#6346 → #1468) | $3.3M | 21 |
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 October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/new-jersey/top-climbers-by-units/2025
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