Leading rookies 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 May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Lijun Wu (HANOVER COMMUNITY BANK, NMLS #2561006), Eliyahu Lipskar (FM Home Loans, LLC, NMLS #2538937), and CEMAL ALBAYRAK (American Financial Network, Inc., NMLS #2482972).
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 | 2024 Volume | 2024 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Lijun Wu | 2561006 | HANOVER COMMUNITY BANK | 764648 | Flushing, NY | $26.4M | 49 | $538K |
| #2 | Eliyahu Lipskar | 2538937 | FM Home Loans, LLC | 2212 | — | $5.5M | 13 | $425K |
| #3 | CEMAL ALBAYRAK | 2482972 | American Financial Network, Inc. | 237341 | Brooklyn, NY | $4.4M | 8 | $548K |
| #4 | Kristina Yelizarova | 2554920 | ALLIED HOME CAPITAL LTD. | 2222903 | Melville, NY | $3.8M | 5 | $750K |
| #5 | Richard Busch | 1074176 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | $2.5M | 19 | $133K |
| #6 | Jitin Ghai | 2546787 | Embrace Home Loans, Inc. | 2184 | Melville, NY | $1.9M | 3 | $629K |
| #7 | Pearl Levy | 2591539 | Landstone Equities, LLC | 1840421 | Monsey, NY | $1.7M | 1 | $1.7M |
| #8 | DAVID BLUMENTHAL | 2656370 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | New York, NY | $1.7M | 2 | $855K |
| #9 | Galina Brodovskaya | 71418 | Green Street Capital, LLC | 2066586 | Brooklyn, NY | $1.6M | 3 | $544K |
| #10 | Kevin Carpenter | 106786 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $1.6M | 11 | $143K |
| #11 | CHARIS GARLOCK | 2601435 | Alternatives Federal Credit Union | 410391 | Ithaca, NY | $1.6M | 24 | $65K |
| #12 | Dashmesh Singh | 2562189 | Allied Mortgage Group, Inc. | 1067 | Hicksville, NY | $1.5M | 3 | $509K |
| #13 | Shant Tavitian | 2581231 | Madison Mortgage Services Inc. | 1862796 | Garden City, NY | $1.5M | 4 | $369K |
| #14 | Joel Gort | 2598635 | Trustco Bank | 474376 | Latham, NY | $1.3M | 8 | $169K |
| #15 | Foster Marshall | 2607681 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $1.3M | 5 | $257K |
| #16 | Kelvin Santos Mejia | 2570664 | Hartford Funding, Ltd. | 58160 | Woodbury, NY | $1.3M | 4 | $322K |
| #17 | Nicholas Massaroni | 2583653 | Hunt Mortgage Corporation | 37405 | Glens Falls, NY | $1.3M | 3 | $428K |
| #18 | Stephanie Garcia | 2573122 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.2M | 13 | $95K |
| #19 | Marie Covelli | 2427311 | United Mortgage Corp. | 1330 | Garden City, NY | $1.2M | 2 | $609K |
| #20 | syed hasib | 1594778 | Cliffco, Inc. | 65328 | Wantagh, NY | $1.2M | 1 | $1.2M |
| #21 | Anthony Gagliardi | 2559222 | Contour Mortgage Corporation | 34384 | Patchogue, NY | $1.1M | 2 | $548K |
| #22 | Fawzia Akhter | 2603846 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | — | $1.0M | 2 | $514K |
| #23 | Sunny Singh | 2220368 | Green River Capital Corp. | 886337 | Plainview, NY | $1.0M | 2 | $506K |
| #24 | Frank Kim | 2571827 | Clear Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1935005 | Irvine, CA | $949K | 5 | $190K |
| #25 | Jasmine Edmison | 2573119 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $940K | 9 | $104K |
| #26 | Jessica Marmol | 883153 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Denville, NJ | $896K | 1 | $896K |
| #27 | Zhuangzhuang Ma | 1864639 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | $856K | 2 | $428K |
| #28 | Kellie Pelland | 2573120 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $818K | 6 | $136K |
| #29 | Cassandra Bianchi | 2627100 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Williamsville, NY | $806K | 1 | $806K |
| #30 | Jonathan Lysyy | 2581235 | Reliance First Capital, LLC | 58775 | — | $800K | 3 | $267K |
| #31 | Evelyn Bermeo Durand | 2572433 | Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union | 1256971 | New York, NY | $780K | 1 | $780K |
| #32 | Stephanie Echeverry | 2578864 | Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union | 411955 | Kingston, NY | $775K | 8 | $97K |
| #33 | Riley Lake | 2472343 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $764K | 2 | $382K |
| #34 | Tyler Revan | 2597922 | Madison Mortgage Services Inc. | 1862796 | Garden City, NY | $728K | 4 | $182K |
| #35 | Ryan Hayward | 2570935 | Federal First Lending LLC | 2381991 | Scottsdale, AZ | $717K | 3 | $239K |
| #36 | Sierra Dawson | 2647018 | Trustco Bank | 474376 | Rensselaer, NY | $714K | 4 | $179K |
| #37 | NOOR HASSAN | 2551867 | Nationwide Mortgage Bankers, Inc. | 819382 | Melville, NY | $682K | 1 | $682K |
| #38 | Norbin Cruz | 2434526 | Homestead Funding Corp. | 3232 | Hopewell Junction, NY | $679K | 1 | $679K |
| #39 | DaVita Talbert | 2573706 | Fulton Bank, National Association | 485401 | Kennett Square, PA | $678K | 6 | $113K |
| #40 | Peter Wolke | 2581233 | Money Capital Corp | 36661 | Farmingdale, NY | $670K | 3 | $223K |
| #41 | Carlyle Dimanche | 2530311 | Lightning Funding Inc. | 156342 | Hewlett, NY | $621K | 1 | $621K |
| #42 | NA LU | 462134 | General Mortgage Capital Corporation | 254895 | Flushing, NY | $608K | 1 | $608K |
| #43 | MEHNAZ BHUYAN | 2515879 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | $600K | 1 | $600K |
| #44 | David Dion | 2573705 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $599K | 6 | $100K |
| #45 | JING RAO | 1880934 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | $591K | 1 | $591K |
| #46 | Hellen Guedez Padilla | 2596181 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | — | $571K | 1 | $571K |
| #47 | Alene Flanders | 2573115 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $562K | 6 | $94K |
| #48 | Cindy Bengtson | 2573118 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $548K | 5 | $110K |
| #49 | Brian Holguin | 2573116 | Discover Bank | 684042 | — | $547K | 4 | $137K |
| #50 | Alex Verdov | 2381351 | Great Northern Mortgage Corp. | 108318 | Lynbrook, NY | $546K | 1 | $546K |
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. Leading Rookies by Volume — New York (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/new-york/top-rookie-by-volume/2024
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