Biggest climbers in New York 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 Joel Kepecs (Brownstone Equity Group Inc., NMLS #1588557), Tzvi Frieder (FM Home Loans, LLC, NMLS #2251683), and VIVIAN KIM (Bank of Hope, NMLS #1939424).
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 | Joel Kepecs | 1588557 | Brownstone Equity Group Inc. | 2253203 | Brooklyn, NY | ▲ 8763 (#9647 → #884) | $14.0M | 23 |
| #2 | Tzvi Frieder | 2251683 | FM Home Loans, LLC | 2212 | New City, NY | ▲ 8373 (#9658 → #1285) | $10.7M | 18 |
| #3 | VIVIAN KIM | 1939424 | Bank of Hope | 794513 | Englewood Cliffs, NJ | ▲ 8070 (#9494 → #1424) | $9.8M | 20 |
| #4 | Courtney Krysty | 27452 | Embassy Funding LLC | 854225 | — | ▲ 7948 (#9683 → #1735) | $8.1M | 17 |
| #5 | Michael Sullivan | 208521 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | New York, NY | ▲ 7937 (#9027 → #1090) | $12.2M | 11 |
| #6 | Perry Pappas | 3771 | Jet Direct Funding Corp. | 3542 | Bohemia, NY | ▲ 7605 (#8199 → #594) | $17.7M | 16 |
| #7 | Allan Pelikow | 1768331 | Longbridge Financial, LLC | 957935 | Paramus, NJ | ▲ 7573 (#9886 → #2313) | $6.0M | 9 |
| #8 | KATHLEEN THOMPSON | 1902189 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 7441 (#9601 → #2160) | $6.5M | 5 |
| #9 | Brandon Bowden | 2460624 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | ▲ 7266 (#9663 → #2397) | $5.7M | 11 |
| #10 | Michele Micciche | 2105063 | Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership | 66247 | Bohemia, NY | ▲ 7023 (#7985 → #962) | $13.3M | 26 |
| #11 | Cristian Velasquez | 2238476 | Nationwide Mortgage Bankers, Inc. | 819382 | Melville, NY | ▲ 6950 (#9360 → #2410) | $5.7M | 12 |
| #12 | Brian Vollmer | 1381204 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6898 (#9827 → #2929) | $4.4M | 8 |
| #13 | Carl Gayle | 1372085 | MUNICIPAL CREDIT UNION | 184286 | New York, NY | ▲ 6814 (#9514 → #2700) | $5.0M | 9 |
| #14 | Maura Weiss | 1085140 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | — | ▲ 6813 (#9876 → #3063) | $4.2M | 4 |
| #15 | David Steinberg | 67325 | Summit Funding, Inc | 84943 | Englewood, NJ | ▲ 6773 (#8038 → #1265) | $10.8M | 19 |
| #16 | William Man | 115036 | SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 696891 | Cottonwood Heights, UT | ▲ 6691 (#9729 → #3038) | $4.2M | 5 |
| #17 | Daghan Hart | 2301799 | INTERSTATE HOME LOAN CENTER, INC. | 56315 | Melville, NY | ▲ 6679 (#9058 → #2379) | $5.8M | 11 |
| #18 | Arsen Giller | 624499 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | New York, NY | ▲ 6662 (#9230 → #2568) | $5.3M | 4 |
| #19 | Michael Most | 363202 | United American Mortgage Corporation | 1942 | Costa Mesa, CA | ▲ 6625 (#8688 → #2063) | $6.8M | 7 |
| #20 | Alexandria Ridley | 1824174 | Reliant Community Federal Credit Union | 541771 | Sodus, NY | ▲ 6612 (#8290 → #1678) | $8.4M | 50 |
| #21 | Sheila Lambiase | 438484 | Stifel Bank and Trust | 375103 | Saint Louis, MO | ▲ 6424 (#7522 → #1098) | $12.2M | 3 |
| #22 | Alejandro Nunez | 629876 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 6408 (#9899 → #3491) | $3.5M | 2 |
| #23 | YICHAO LI | 1910006 | CGAP, Inc. | 1133788 | Kew Gardens, NY | ▲ 6389 (#8000 → #1611) | $8.7M | 14 |
| #24 | Brett Powers | 2080522 | INTERSTATE HOME LOAN CENTER, INC. | 56315 | Melville, NY | ▲ 6387 (#9739 → #3352) | $3.7M | 9 |
| #25 | Benjamin Rosenberg | 66379 | East Coast Capital Corp. | 1403 | Hauppauge, NY | ▲ 6365 (#8479 → #2114) | $6.7M | 9 |
| #26 | Lorie Converse | 800767 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Watertown, NY | ▲ 6338 (#6842 → #504) | $19.3M | 91 |
| #27 | Shawn Zapisetskiy | 2338088 | Fort Funding Corp. | 39463 | Brooklyn, NY | ▲ 6332 (#9673 → #3341) | $3.7M | 8 |
| #28 | Jennifer Hanchey | 2040276 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 6284 (#9314 → #3030) | $4.2M | 18 |
| #29 | Sanford Mallon | 445274 | Flagstar Bank, National Association | 417490 | Cranford, NJ | ▲ 6271 (#9384 → #3113) | $4.1M | 9 |
| #30 | Hitesh Kadakia | 109716 | American Royal Mortgage Corp. | 35321 | Iselin, NJ | ▲ 6222 (#9162 → #2940) | $4.4M | 7 |
| #31 | Jennifer Walsh | 481131 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Boston, MA | ▲ 6133 (#9650 → #3517) | $3.4M | 2 |
| #32 | Tova Mavashev | 2455868 | United Mortgage Corp. | 1330 | Melville, NY | ▲ 6079 (#8665 → #2586) | $5.2M | 9 |
| #33 | Ruth Bonapace | 485432 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Chatham, NJ | ▲ 6052 (#8660 → #2608) | $5.2M | 8 |
| #34 | Meir Neiman | 955665 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | ▲ 6048 (#9638 → #3590) | $3.3M | 5 |
| #35 | Sean Mohseni | 726038 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | McLean, VA | ▲ 6039 (#9507 → #3468) | $3.5M | 3 |
| #36 | Joseph Waters | 1473311 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 6032 (#9720 → #3688) | $3.2M | 14 |
| #37 | Steven Pinello | 1477861 | Hudson Home Capital Inc. | 2442305 | Smithtown, NY | ▲ 6012 (#7323 → #1311) | $10.5M | 18 |
| #38 | Jordan Pyle | 2044316 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 5977 (#9849 → #3872) | $3.0M | 12 |
| #39 | Vincent Cervo | 229568 | Top Vine Mortgage Services, L.L.C. | 1390034 | Martinsville, NJ | ▲ 5976 (#8894 → #2918) | $4.5M | 9 |
| #40 | Christina Razzi | 162739 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 5967 (#9727 → #3760) | $3.1M | 3 |
| #41 | Zachary Boyle | 56123 | Fintech 1, LLC | 2447784 | North Wantagh, NY | ▲ 5959 (#7279 → #1320) | $10.4M | 4 |
| #42 | Jason Elfenbein | 644475 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | West Nyack, NY | ▲ 5933 (#9760 → #3827) | $3.0M | 1 |
| #43 | Michael Schmid | 62959 | East Coast Capital Corp. | 1403 | Melville, NY | ▲ 5898 (#8225 → #2327) | $6.0M | 4 |
| #44 | Matthew Kiss | 22785 | Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC | 1598647 | Paramus, NJ | ▲ 5890 (#8958 → #3068) | $4.2M | 3 |
| #45 | Michael Niemann | 348280 | UBS Bank USA, National Association | 947868 | Jacksonville, FL | ▲ 5877 (#8545 → #2668) | $5.0M | 3 |
| #46 | Olga Bunting | 2449177 | Genesee Regional Bank | 417491 | Rochester, NY | ▲ 5848 (#7593 → #1745) | $8.1M | 62 |
| #47 | Jessica Miller | 2492461 | OwnersChoice Funding, Incorporated | 56538 | Williamsville, NY | ▲ 5799 (#7945 → #2146) | $6.5M | 35 |
| #48 | Kevin Ebbecke | 187549 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Jacksonville, FL | ▲ 5781 (#9562 → #3781) | $3.1M | 7 |
| #49 | Blaine Sandifer | 1159922 | Simplicity Home Loans, LLC | 2783231 | Scottsdale, AZ | ▲ 5774 (#9697 → #3923) | $2.9M | 12 |
| #50 | Christopher Stieffermann | 1136517 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 5766 (#8018 → #2252) | $6.2M | 19 |
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 York (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/new-york/top-climbers-by-volume/2024
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