Biggest Climbers by Volume — New Jersey (2022)

Biggest climbers in New Jersey in 2022, 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 Brian Deja (Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association, NMLS #777544), Lorraine Faas (Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #479197), and Cesar Izquierdo Casadiego (Provident Bank, NMLS #1969931).

Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.

Biggest Climbers by Volume — New Jersey (2022) — top 50
Rank Loan officer LO NMLS Current Lender / Broker Lender NMLS Location Rank Change 2022 Volume 2022 Loans
#1 Brian Deja 777544 Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association 663185 ▲ 9293 (#9719 → #426) $24.2M 28
#2 Lorraine Faas 479197 Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. 1025894 Sea Girt, NJ ▲ 9108 (#9888 → #780) $17.0M 16
#3 Cesar Izquierdo Casadiego 1969931 Provident Bank 645602 Woodbridge, NJ ▲ 8972 (#9345 → #373) $25.8M 195
#4 James Davis 1924075 Better Mortgage Corporation 330511 ▲ 8513 (#9652 → #1139) $13.0M 27
#5 Giuseppe Baffaro 922131 Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association 663185 ▲ 8398 (#9836 → #1438) $10.8M 16
#6 Scott Campillo 1758306 Pulte Mortgage LLC 1791 ▲ 8326 (#9757 → #1431) $10.9M 21
#7 Chase Camarda 968766 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 399798 Houston, TX ▲ 8092 (#9489 → #1397) $11.1M 6
#8 Mahaz Khalifa 1872931 City National Bank 536994 ▲ 8081 (#8873 → #792) $16.8M 21
#9 Dontrell Churchill 2015893 American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC 338923 ▲ 8038 (#9871 → #1833) $8.9M 38
#10 Bhagyashri Sheladia 1959295 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 Millburn, NJ ▲ 7801 (#9398 → #1597) $10.0M 22
#11 Evan Blumstein 410205 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 New York, NY ▲ 7660 (#9820 → #2160) $7.5M 8
#12 Hye Li Park 1727183 PNC Bank, National Association 446303 Leonia, NJ ▲ 7637 (#9579 → #1942) $8.4M 19
#13 Thomas Hennessy 697519 PNC Bank, National Association 446303 Pittsburgh, PA ▲ 7607 (#9516 → #1909) $8.6M 8
#14 Anthony Umholtz 377409 First Horizon Bank 472329 Tampa, FL ▲ 7499 (#8711 → #1212) $12.4M 12
#15 Paul Flynn 116493 TD Bank NA 399800 Mount Laurel, NJ ▲ 7481 (#9059 → #1578) $10.1M 78
#16 Terri Hines 655093 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 405572 Los Angeles, CA ▲ 7389 (#9288 → #1899) $8.6M 3
#17 Benjamin Smith 739701 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Earth City, MO ▲ 7298 (#9581 → #2283) $7.1M 12
#18 Michelle Schultz 140414 NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. 1127 ▲ 7237 (#7809 → #572) $20.7M 60
#19 Belal Khalid 2076564 Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC 1598647 Mount Laurel, NJ ▲ 7214 (#9198 → #1984) $8.2M 21
#20 Joseph Antonios 18064 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Greenwich, CT ▲ 7212 (#8980 → #1768) $9.2M 9
#21 Kenneth Robinson 1445612 Loan Factory, Inc. 320841 San Jose, CA ▲ 7172 (#9545 → #2373) $6.8M 25
#22 Michael Catania 641644 FREEDOM BANK 499877 Maywood, NJ ▲ 7143 (#9465 → #2322) $7.0M 5
#23 Shprintza Dermer 65161 The Everest Equity Company, Inc. 12484 Suffern, NY ▲ 7135 (#9972 → #2837) $5.5M 17
#24 Justin Lueyen 1259118 Citibank, NA 412915 New York, NY ▲ 7132 (#9960 → #2828) $5.6M 8
#25 Jamarr Lewis 721763 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 New York, NY ▲ 7117 (#8909 → #1792) $9.0M 5
#26 STEPHEN DIGIOIA 816153 RIDGEDALE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 422379 East Hanover, NJ ▲ 7099 (#9054 → #1955) $8.4M 21
#27 shimon stein 1439380 BSD Funding, LLC 1404226 Brooklyn, NY ▲ 7035 (#9987 → #2952) $5.3M 9
#28 Edward Karpinski 152429 ORNL Federal Credit Union 471708 Oak Ridge, TN ▲ 7000 (#9003 → #2003) $8.1M 16
#29 Susan Peck 460293 Citibank, NA 412915 New York, NY ▲ 6979 (#8463 → #1484) $10.6M 10
#30 Glensy Brizuela 1316464 Bond Street Mortgage, LLC 191351 Paramus, NJ ▲ 6976 (#8976 → #2000) $8.1M 21
#31 Hayden Hendrick 2037569 SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 696891 Cottonwood Heights, UT ▲ 6942 (#7481 → #539) $21.6M 44
#32 Edmund Ellsworth 1858702 Cherry Creek Mortgage, LLC 3001 ▲ 6903 (#9599 → #2696) $5.9M 18
#33 Tyler Dunn 1864169 Mortgage Research Center, LLC 1907 Columbia, MO ▲ 6900 (#9334 → #2434) $6.6M 14
#34 Richard Bimonte 1652189 Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. 1025894 Sea Girt, NJ ▲ 6900 (#9957 → #3057) $5.1M 7
#35 Timothy Thomas 480782 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 Syracuse, NY ▲ 6881 (#9048 → #2167) $7.5M 6
#36 Jasen Bellamy 353199 Rate House Mortgage Company 1611117 Middlesex, NJ ▲ 6843 (#9789 → #2946) $5.3M 12
#37 Samantha Fountaine 2091586 Legacy Home Loans, LLC 1131833 Nashville, TN ▲ 6825 (#9618 → #2793) $5.6M 16
#38 Imran Abbas 1788597 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 Chicago, IL ▲ 6817 (#9265 → #2448) $6.5M 13
#39 Violeta Bulatovic-Turanjanin 423837 Baxter Credit Union 476905 Vernon Hills, IL ▲ 6782 (#9600 → #2818) $5.6M 6
#40 Linda Fenichel 530040 Citibank, NA 412915 ▲ 6777 (#8972 → #2195) $7.4M 4
#41 Bruce Eppinger 145635 TD Bank NA 399800 Mount Laurel, NJ ▲ 6769 (#9303 → #2534) $6.3M 43
#42 William Fagan 698497 TD Bank NA 399800 Boston, MA ▲ 6769 (#9905 → #3136) $5.0M 9
#43 Meixu Duan 1272375 Citibank, NA 412915 Rockville, MD ▲ 6711 (#9864 → #3153) $5.0M 7
#44 Brandon Shilling 1993387 Allied Mortgage Group, Inc. 1067 Voorhees, NJ ▲ 6678 (#8481 → #1803) $9.0M 40
#45 Marsha Morency 418894 Go Rascal Inc. 2072896 Brooklyn, NY ▲ 6640 (#9721 → #3081) $5.1M 11
#46 Thomas Figlioli 6458 NewRez LLC 3013 Fort Washington, PA ▲ 6623 (#9622 → #2999) $5.2M 14
#47 Connie Pierre 2055180 CMG Mortgage, Inc. 1820 Freehold, NJ ▲ 6609 (#9669 → #3060) $5.1M 12
#48 Brian Burns 742690 TD Bank NA 399800 Haverford, PA ▲ 6543 (#8627 → #2084) $7.8M 57
#49 Rand Pear 1869193 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 ▲ 6490 (#9840 → #3350) $4.6M 11
#50 Kevin Greco 806881 Police and Fire Federal Credit Union 800659 Bensalem, PA ▲ 6486 (#8645 → #2159) $7.5M 26

Frequently asked

Who is the top mortgage loan officer climber in New Jersey in 2022?
Brian Deja (Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association, NMLS #777544) ranks #1 in New Jersey in 2022 with $24.2M in funded mortgage volume based on MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.
Who are the top mortgage loan officers in New Jersey in 2022?
1. Brian Deja (Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association); 2. Lorraine Faas (Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc.); 3. Cesar Izquierdo Casadiego (Provident Bank). The full ranking continues on this page, sourced from MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.

About this data

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.

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TopMortgageOriginators.com. Biggest Climbers by Volume — New Jersey (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/new-jersey/top-climbers-by-volume/2022

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