Biggest climbers in New Jersey in 2023, 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 Juan Tovar (Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC, NMLS #380001), Orayinkah Carew (CITIZENS & NORTHERN BANK, NMLS #711881), and Komail Ali (Maximillion Funding LLC, NMLS #1908391).
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 | 2023 Volume | 2023 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Juan Tovar | 380001 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | — | ▲ 8541 (#8880 → #339) | $18.0M | 24 |
| #2 | Orayinkah Carew | 711881 | CITIZENS & NORTHERN BANK | 417201 | Wayne, PA | ▲ 8377 (#8721 → #344) | $17.9M | 48 |
| #3 | Komail Ali | 1908391 | Maximillion Funding LLC | 2287395 | Monmouth Junction, NJ | ▲ 8268 (#9839 → #1571) | $6.1M | 16 |
| #4 | Shannon Woods | 145172 | Longbridge Financial, LLC | 957935 | Paramus, NJ | ▲ 8219 (#9394 → #1175) | $8.1M | 11 |
| #5 | Wilman Erazo-Peralta | 1944082 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Toms River, NJ | ▲ 8080 (#9497 → #1417) | $6.7M | 13 |
| #6 | Justin Whitney | 1930847 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7598 (#9913 → #2315) | $4.0M | 10 |
| #7 | Christopher Zajec | 1458567 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 7528 (#9596 → #2068) | $4.6M | 18 |
| #8 | Michael Patlen | 230760 | American Neighborhood Mortgage Acceptance Company LLC | 338923 | Mount Laurel, NJ | ▲ 7517 (#8772 → #1255) | $7.6M | 16 |
| #9 | Zi Jian Pan | 1453548 | Cathay Bank | 464182 | Flushing, NY | ▲ 7396 (#9139 → #1743) | $5.5M | 11 |
| #10 | John Vo | 617739 | 1ST 2ND MORTGAGE COMPANY OF N.J., INC. | 115981 | Philadelphia, PA | ▲ 7322 (#9542 → #2220) | $4.2M | 10 |
| #11 | Anthony Payette | 1835539 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7305 (#9383 → #2078) | $4.5M | 43 |
| #12 | Michael Gallicchio | 187895 | Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC | 139164 | Northfield, NJ | ▲ 7296 (#8842 → #1546) | $6.2M | 20 |
| #13 | Daniel Shucart | 1994692 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | O Fallon, MO | ▲ 7244 (#8047 → #803) | $10.8M | 11 |
| #14 | Urmila Mohammed | 784729 | FourLeaf Federal Credit Union | 449104 | Bethpage, NY | ▲ 7243 (#8755 → #1512) | $6.3M | 11 |
| #15 | Maya Klotsman | 2076275 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Staten Island, NY | ▲ 7239 (#9108 → #1869) | $5.1M | 14 |
| #16 | James Rashid | 202898 | A-M-S Mortgage Services, Inc. | 20843 | Newark, NJ | ▲ 7214 (#9802 → #2588) | $3.6M | 10 |
| #17 | Kathryn Pocci | 965886 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | New York, NY | ▲ 7089 (#8638 → #1549) | $6.2M | 5 |
| #18 | Carl Williams | 697207 | Citizens Bank, National Association | 433960 | West Chester, PA | ▲ 7073 (#9725 → #2652) | $3.5M | 5 |
| #19 | Michael Orzechowicz | 88338 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | 381076 | Horsham, PA | ▲ 7052 (#8727 → #1675) | $5.7M | 6 |
| #20 | Sunil Srinivasa Murthy | 1606866 | i3 Lending Inc. | 1020884 | Longwood, FL | ▲ 7026 (#9934 → #2908) | $3.1M | 8 |
| #21 | Leonard Holler | 19987 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | New York, NY | ▲ 7025 (#8611 → #1586) | $6.0M | 5 |
| #22 | John Gnisci | 727328 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lakewood Ranch, FL | ▲ 7004 (#9896 → #2892) | $3.1M | 4 |
| #23 | Jeffrey Beuth | 895906 | Finance of America Reverse LLC | 2285 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 7001 (#9326 → #2325) | $4.0M | 5 |
| #24 | orlando bedoya | 1062121 | Standard Mortgage Capital LLC | 1604663 | Miami, FL | ▲ 6886 (#9458 → #2572) | $3.6M | 9 |
| #25 | Brenden Kipnis | 2293848 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Shrewsbury, NJ | ▲ 6836 (#7951 → #1115) | $8.4M | 20 |
| #26 | Patrick Linnehan | 389594 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6755 (#8711 → #1956) | $4.9M | 6 |
| #27 | Shaun Koren | 1281988 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Morristown, NJ | ▲ 6755 (#9529 → #2774) | $3.3M | 10 |
| #28 | Donald Fouts | 1102411 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Las Vegas, NV | ▲ 6712 (#9673 → #2961) | $3.1M | 9 |
| #29 | Mark Lavender | 198269 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 6705 (#9566 → #2861) | $3.2M | 12 |
| #30 | Sridav Shrestha | 621605 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6688 (#9777 → #3089) | $2.9M | 11 |
| #31 | Kyle Kelly | 2020068 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Midlothian, TX | ▲ 6649 (#9889 → #3240) | $2.8M | 5 |
| #32 | Mark Klaum | 1604672 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Sea Girt, NJ | ▲ 6638 (#8967 → #2329) | $4.0M | 5 |
| #33 | Cody Bertke | 260550 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6630 (#8825 → #2195) | $4.3M | 10 |
| #34 | Joseph Cherian | 1420671 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | ▲ 6628 (#9397 → #2769) | $3.3M | 7 |
| #35 | Matthew Howard | 770630 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Grand Rapids, MI | ▲ 6484 (#9846 → #3362) | $2.7M | 4 |
| #36 | Nancy Velez Potts | 1245385 | Garden Savings Federal Credit Union | 417515 | — | ▲ 6461 (#9904 → #3443) | $2.6M | 34 |
| #37 | Quiana Williams | 1267228 | Hoot Home Loans LLC | 2532931 | Los Angeles, CA | ▲ 6447 (#9211 → #2764) | $3.3M | 6 |
| #38 | Yishai Kadry | 1206628 | FM Home Loans, LLC | 2212 | New City, NY | ▲ 6432 (#8550 → #2118) | $4.4M | 8 |
| #39 | Ronald Riemer | 33210 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | New York, NY | ▲ 6414 (#7135 → #721) | $11.4M | 11 |
| #40 | Ernest Burt | 141948 | Mortgage Access Corp. | 2731 | Toms River, NJ | ▲ 6393 (#7496 → #1103) | $8.5M | 28 |
| #41 | Christopher Karshin | 615647 | Fulton Bank, National Association | 485401 | Lancaster, PA | ▲ 6388 (#9751 → #3363) | $2.6M | 3 |
| #42 | Matthew Chemis | 2316591 | Hilltop Mortgage Group LLC | 2522152 | Mendham, NJ | ▲ 6371 (#7662 → #1291) | $7.3M | 18 |
| #43 | Brian Poterbin | 1100035 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Lenexa, KS | ▲ 6365 (#9008 → #2643) | $3.5M | 9 |
| #44 | Kyle Gdowski | 1078142 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 6348 (#9856 → #3508) | $2.5M | 7 |
| #45 | Dawn Monks-Hoffmeister | 1066352 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6344 (#9513 → #3169) | $2.8M | 7 |
| #46 | John McNelis | 230081 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 6322 (#9797 → #3475) | $2.6M | 4 |
| #47 | Jun Dai | 1920810 | First Alliance Home Mortgage, LLC | 5034 | Cranford, NJ | ▲ 6303 (#9770 → #3467) | $2.6M | 7 |
| #48 | Andrew Healey | 1552852 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Flower Mound, TX | ▲ 6300 (#7359 → #1059) | $8.8M | 60 |
| #49 | Chuzhao Zhou | 1574791 | Cathay Bank | 464182 | New York, NY | ▲ 6299 (#7799 → #1500) | $6.3M | 18 |
| #50 | Cindy Cleveland | 541218 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Atlanta, GA | ▲ 6286 (#7509 → #1223) | $7.8M | 3 |
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 — New Jersey (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/new-jersey/top-climbers-by-volume/2023
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