Biggest climbers in North Dakota in 2026 so far, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of October 9, 2026, the top 3 include Jared Blankenship (Valley Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #181362), Sheena Bateson (First Community Credit Union, NMLS #2355225), and Cole Christensen (Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C., NMLS #2172573).
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 | YTD Volume | YTD Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Jared Blankenship | 181362 | Valley Mortgage, Inc. | 175746 | Fargo, ND | ▲ 471 (#678 → #207) | $2.8M | 10 |
| #2 | Sheena Bateson | 2355225 | First Community Credit Union | 302649 | Kindred, ND | ▲ 439 (#678 → #239) | $288K | 7 |
| #3 | Cole Christensen | 2172573 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 421 (#678 → #257) | $1.5M | 6 |
| #3 | Amber Leach | 1708040 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 421 (#678 → #257) | $1.9M | 6 |
| #5 | Joshua Hughes | 2633802 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 404 (#678 → #274) | $2.4M | 5 |
| #5 | Carly Baetens | 2573222 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 404 (#678 → #274) | $622K | 5 |
| #5 | Jody Overacre | 388815 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 404 (#678 → #274) | $1.5M | 5 |
| #5 | Moriah McDannald | 525842 | North Star Community Credit Union | 401160 | Maddock, ND | ▲ 404 (#678 → #274) | $512K | 5 |
| #5 | Johnathan Denha | 1622391 | Rapid Home Lending Inc. | 1798321 | Bingham Farms, MI | ▲ 404 (#678 → #274) | $1.5M | 5 |
| #5 | Connor Weikum | 2136548 | Premier Mortgage Corporation | 2076 | Bismarck, ND | ▲ 404 (#678 → #274) | $1.5M | 5 |
| #5 | Joseph Ertler | 1905930 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 404 (#678 → #274) | $1.3M | 5 |
| #5 | Kory Clark | 2008062 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 404 (#678 → #274) | $557K | 5 |
| #5 | Donovan Schumacher | 704235 | My Kind of Bank, National Association | 504772 | Detroit Lakes, MN | ▲ 404 (#678 → #274) | $2.2M | 5 |
| #14 | Paul Rosado | 2050188 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 364 (#678 → #314) | $932K | 4 |
| #14 | Dawn Rauser | 178349 | First Class Mortgage II, Inc. | 2520 | Fargo, ND | ▲ 364 (#678 → #314) | $1.0M | 4 |
| #14 | Kathleen Roberts | 2529509 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 364 (#678 → #314) | $701K | 4 |
| #14 | Angie Heiden | 1405851 | Bell Bank | 419538 | Fargo, ND | ▲ 364 (#678 → #314) | $201K | 4 |
| #14 | Linda Nano | 1971341 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 364 (#678 → #314) | $945K | 4 |
| #14 | Forrest McArthur | 1771418 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 364 (#678 → #314) | $997K | 4 |
| #14 | Dalton Trottier | 2061010 | First Community Credit Union | 302649 | Fargo, ND | ▲ 364 (#678 → #314) | $330K | 4 |
| #14 | Shazain Pervez | 1097351 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 364 (#678 → #314) | $1.1M | 4 |
| #14 | Caylee Morgan | 2691419 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 364 (#678 → #314) | $1.5M | 4 |
| #23 | Jaclyn Aker | 769550 | Frandsen Bank & Trust | 718070 | East Grand Forks, MN | ▲ 332 (#460 → #128) | $4.6M | 19 |
| #24 | Susan Cahoon | 1082515 | UNION BANK, THE | 458636 | Hazen, ND | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $365K | 3 |
| #24 | ROBBIE BOLL | 812502 | KODABANK | 643716 | Drayton, ND | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $222K | 3 |
| #24 | Jacob Dawson | 400489 | EMPEOPLE CREDIT UNION | 458514 | Moline, IL | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $1.2M | 3 |
| #24 | Marcus Stepp | 2182033 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $1.0M | 3 |
| #24 | Victoria Schafer | 537117 | Bell Bank | 419538 | — | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $135K | 3 |
| #24 | Alyssa Dimeck | 998850 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $678K | 3 |
| #24 | David Coons | 1127104 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $766K | 3 |
| #24 | Justin Kingsbury | 32362 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Mission Viejo, CA | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $712K | 3 |
| #24 | Timothy Tomaric | 198047 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $190K | 3 |
| #24 | Bryan Coy | 1876267 | Wings Credit Union | 405466 | Colorado Springs, CO | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $1.5M | 3 |
| #24 | George Rasmus | 1639092 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $696K | 3 |
| #24 | Julian Kavukcu | 1149667 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $820K | 3 |
| #24 | Peter Munguia | 1011485 | United Lending Team, INC | 2273319 | Franklin, TN | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $552K | 3 |
| #24 | Mohamed Cherri | 1994367 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $580K | 3 |
| #24 | Anas Shakir | 1889882 | Afex Mortgage LLC | 2791163 | Troy, MI | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $1.0M | 3 |
| #24 | Lore Boczar | 8748 | Premia Mortgage, LLC | 458540 | Troy, MI | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $981K | 3 |
| #24 | Zachary Rababeh | 2087481 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $889K | 3 |
| #24 | Wael Dimachk | 1436662 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $286K | 3 |
| #24 | Michael Smith | 2026784 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $1.1M | 3 |
| #24 | Kenton Barker | 1214618 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $971K | 3 |
| #24 | Taryn Walkerly | 2057455 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $322K | 3 |
| #24 | Micheal Sexton | 2135759 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $687K | 3 |
| #24 | Ameer Katifi | 1671470 | Trusted Mortgage Capital Inc | 2411952 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 302 (#678 → #376) | $1.2M | 3 |
| #47 | Alex Steffen | 2525035 | BRAVERA BANK | 466701 | West Fargo, ND | ▲ 239 (#460 → #221) | $787K | 9 |
| #48 | Amanda Engler | 1024707 | Bell Bank | 419538 | Fargo, ND | ▲ 221 (#460 → #239) | $449K | 7 |
| #49 | Parker Seelig | 2624835 | BRAVERA BANK | 466701 | West Fargo, ND | ▲ 210 (#371 → #161) | $3.0M | 15 |
| #50 | Omar Said | 1957254 | New Era Lending LLC | 2424293 | Houston, TX | ▲ 203 (#460 → #257) | $2.1M | 6 |
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 Loan Count — North Dakota. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 9, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/north-dakota/top-climbers-by-units
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