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 July 13, 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 | — | $5.9M | 14 | $418K |
| #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 | Nicholas Massaroni | 2583653 | Hunt Mortgage Corporation | 37405 | Glens Falls, NY | $1.8M | 4 | $452K |
| #8 | Pearl Levy | 2591539 | Landstone Equities, LLC | 1840421 | Monsey, NY | $1.7M | 1 | $1.7M |
| #9 | DAVID BLUMENTHAL | 2656370 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | New York, NY | $1.7M | 2 | $855K |
| #10 | Galina Brodovskaya | 71418 | Green Street Capital, LLC | 2066586 | Brooklyn, NY | $1.6M | 3 | $544K |
| #11 | CHARIS GARLOCK | 2601435 | Alternatives Federal Credit Union | 410391 | Ithaca, NY | $1.6M | 25 | $65K |
| #12 | Kevin Carpenter | 106786 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $1.6M | 11 | $143K |
| #13 | Dashmesh Singh | 2562189 | Allied Mortgage Group, Inc. | 1067 | Hicksville, NY | $1.5M | 3 | $509K |
| #14 | Shant Tavitian | 2581231 | Madison Mortgage Services Inc. | 1862796 | Garden City, NY | $1.5M | 4 | $369K |
| #15 | Foster Marshall | 2607681 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $1.4M | 6 | $236K |
| #16 | Joel Gort | 2598635 | Trustco Bank | 474376 | Latham, NY | $1.3M | 8 | $169K |
| #17 | Kelvin Santos Mejia | 2570664 | Hartford Funding, Ltd. | 58160 | Woodbury, NY | $1.3M | 4 | $322K |
| #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 | Garden City, 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 | Sierra Dawson | 2647018 | Trustco Bank | 474376 | Rensselaer, NY | $964K | 5 | $193K |
| #25 | Frank Kim | 2571827 | Clear Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1935005 | Irvine, CA | $949K | 5 | $190K |
| #26 | Jasmine Edmison | 2573119 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $940K | 9 | $104K |
| #27 | Jessica Marmol | 883153 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Denville, NJ | $896K | 1 | $896K |
| #28 | Zhuangzhuang Ma | 1864639 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | $856K | 2 | $428K |
| #29 | Kellie Pelland | 2573120 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $818K | 6 | $136K |
| #30 | Cassandra Bianchi | 2627100 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Williamsville, NY | $806K | 1 | $806K |
| #31 | Jonathan Lysyy | 2581235 | Reliance First Capital, LLC | 58775 | — | $800K | 3 | $267K |
| #32 | Evelyn Bermeo Durand | 2572433 | Neighborhood Trust Federal Credit Union | 1256971 | New York, NY | $780K | 1 | $780K |
| #33 | Stephanie Echeverry | 2578864 | Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union | 411955 | Kingston, NY | $775K | 8 | $97K |
| #34 | Riley Lake | 2472343 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $764K | 2 | $382K |
| #35 | Mathew Warren | 2536664 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | — | $742K | 4 | $186K |
| #36 | Tyler Revan | 2597922 | Madison Mortgage Services Inc. | 1862796 | Garden City, NY | $728K | 4 | $182K |
| #37 | Ryan Hayward | 2570935 | AdvantageFirst Lending Inc. | 1209177 | Lake Forest, CA | $717K | 3 | $239K |
| #38 | NOOR HASSAN | 2551867 | Nationwide Mortgage Bankers, Inc. | 819382 | Melville, NY | $682K | 1 | $682K |
| #39 | Norbin Cruz | 2434526 | Homestead Funding Corp. | 3232 | Hopewell Junction, NY | $679K | 1 | $679K |
| #40 | DaVita Talbert | 2573706 | Fulton Bank, National Association | 485401 | — | $678K | 6 | $113K |
| #41 | Peter Wolke | 2581233 | Money Capital Corp | 36661 | Farmingdale, NY | $670K | 3 | $223K |
| #42 | Carlyle Dimanche | 2530311 | Lightning Funding Inc. | 156342 | Hewlett, NY | $621K | 1 | $621K |
| #43 | NA LU | 462134 | General Mortgage Capital Corporation | 254895 | Flushing, NY | $608K | 1 | $608K |
| #44 | MEHNAZ BHUYAN | 2515879 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | $600K | 1 | $600K |
| #45 | David Dion | 2573705 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $599K | 6 | $100K |
| #46 | JING RAO | 1880934 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | $591K | 1 | $591K |
| #47 | Hellen Guedez Padilla | 2596181 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | — | $571K | 1 | $571K |
| #48 | Alene Flanders | 2573115 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $562K | 6 | $94K |
| #49 | Joel Robare | 2606506 | CARTHAGE SAVINGS AND LOAN, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 485268 | Watertown, NY | $554K | 9 | $62K |
| #50 | Cindy Bengtson | 2573118 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $548K | 5 | $110K |
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 July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/new-york/top-rookie-by-volume/2024
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