Biggest climbers in Texas in 2023, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 13, 2026, the top 3 include Austin Horton (DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD., NMLS #1532031), Linzi Bailey (City Bank, NMLS #1591005), and Anna Salazar (Mortgage Research Center, LLC, NMLS #1099836).
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 | Austin Horton | 1532031 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Fort Worth, TX | ▲ 8771 (#9719 → #948) | $24.9M | 79 |
| #2 | Linzi Bailey | 1591005 | City Bank | 439822 | Lubbock, TX | ▲ 8644 (#9719 → #1075) | $27.6M | 73 |
| #3 | Anna Salazar | 1099836 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Lenexa, KS | ▲ 8535 (#9719 → #1184) | $25.3M | 68 |
| #4 | Laura Strachan | 2244019 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | ▲ 8251 (#9141 → #890) | $28.1M | 83 |
| #5 | Amy Bott | 211494 | Priority Home Mortgage, L.P. | 311939 | Carrollton, TX | ▲ 8152 (#8611 → #459) | $45.9M | 124 |
| #6 | Evelyn Huete | 1603090 | Texas Dow Employees Credit Union | 469357 | Houston, TX | ▲ 8052 (#9719 → #1667) | $9.6M | 53 |
| #7 | PATRICK IGLINSKY | 294077 | Cinch Funding, LLC | 2480920 | Plano, TX | ▲ 8050 (#9141 → #1091) | $41.8M | 72 |
| #8 | Nickolas Russo | 2104877 | Parkstone Mortgage, LLC | 2065952 | Plano, TX | ▲ 8024 (#8611 → #587) | $53.2M | 108 |
| #9 | Kathryn McKissick | 1180373 | Ridgeland Mortgage, LLC | 2245922 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 7715 (#9141 → #1426) | $18.6M | 60 |
| #10 | Kristi Steinagel | 2333803 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | — | ▲ 7672 (#8160 → #488) | $39.9M | 119 |
| #11 | Anuj Shah | 1556584 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7659 (#9141 → #1482) | $25.3M | 58 |
| #12 | Richard Morgan | 1461941 | KBHS Home Loans, LLC | 1542802 | Irving, TX | ▲ 7583 (#8611 → #1028) | $21.4M | 75 |
| #13 | Keith Sawyer | 1958538 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | — | ▲ 7540 (#9141 → #1601) | $19.0M | 55 |
| #14 | Griselda Lopez | 1837096 | American National Bank & Trust | 493901 | Wichita Falls, TX | ▲ 7520 (#8611 → #1091) | $10.9M | 72 |
| #15 | Matthew Royal | 430390 | SFMC, LP | 166487 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7470 (#9719 → #2249) | $16.2M | 42 |
| #16 | Jerome Wilson | 1922745 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | North Richland Hills, TX | ▲ 7348 (#8611 → #1263) | $23.7M | 65 |
| #17 | Ryan Dang | 1508720 | Wealthfront Home Lending, LLC | 2358115 | San Francisco, CA | ▲ 7222 (#9719 → #2497) | $14.1M | 38 |
| #18 | Jessica Garcia | 2145127 | AMOCO Federal Credit Union | 408167 | Texas City, TX | ▲ 6999 (#7715 → #716) | $18.1M | 97 |
| #19 | Lashunda Grady | 1753850 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | ▲ 6976 (#8160 → #1184) | $24.3M | 68 |
| #20 | Isliana Norwood | 1183936 | Neighborhood Loans, Inc. | 222982 | Hollywood Park, TX | ▲ 6974 (#8611 → #1637) | $15.5M | 54 |
| #21 | Aryan Jafarzadeh | 1989264 | Hometown Lending Inc | 2712965 | Dallas, TX | ▲ 6971 (#7715 → #744) | $36.9M | 94 |
| #22 | Sapna Patel | 1314728 | KBHS Home Loans, LLC | 1542802 | Houston, TX | ▲ 6944 (#7715 → #771) | $26.2M | 92 |
| #23 | Abraham Acevedo | 2227507 | RALLY CREDIT UNION | 500822 | Corpus Christi, TX | ▲ 6925 (#7715 → #790) | $12.6M | 90 |
| #24 | Gary Jones | 513985 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6891 (#9719 → #2828) | $9.7M | 34 |
| #25 | Roxana Martinez | 2353072 | Border Federal Credit Union | 509503 | Del Rio, TX | ▲ 6814 (#7715 → #901) | $7.4M | 82 |
| #25 | Adrian Miller | 1701694 | MG Financial LLC | 2649404 | McLean, VA | ▲ 6814 (#7715 → #901) | $29.2M | 82 |
| #27 | Trever Sears | 983003 | United Lending Team, INC | 2273319 | — | ▲ 6799 (#7715 → #916) | $15.9M | 81 |
| #28 | Laura Ground | 1533413 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | North Richland Hills, TX | ▲ 6795 (#8160 → #1365) | $23.7M | 62 |
| #29 | Joseph Braden | 1283114 | J. Charles Lending LLC | 2409480 | Austin, TX | ▲ 6794 (#9719 → #2925) | $12.9M | 33 |
| #30 | Bryan Duque | 2317470 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | — | ▲ 6770 (#6969 → #199) | $41.0M | 179 |
| #31 | Ericka Phillips | 539140 | Frost Bank | 431208 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6644 (#9141 → #2497) | $4.3M | 38 |
| #32 | Patricia Rodriguez | 1411042 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | North Richland Hills, TX | ▲ 6632 (#8160 → #1528) | $25.5M | 57 |
| #33 | Mark Hossler | 1400446 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | ▲ 6565 (#9719 → #3154) | $12.5M | 31 |
| #34 | Ashley Richardson | 930466 | Frost Bank | 431208 | Duncanville, TX | ▲ 6564 (#6969 → #405) | $14.3M | 132 |
| #35 | Katherine Porter | 32610 | Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group, Corporation | 3446 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6551 (#8611 → #2060) | $16.7M | 45 |
| #36 | Cara Latham | 502538 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 6481 (#7326 → #845) | $56.0M | 86 |
| #37 | Hector Gomez | 493992 | Laredo Federal Credit Union | 477589 | Laredo, TX | ▲ 6469 (#9141 → #2672) | $3.7M | 36 |
| #38 | Michael Torres | 1536158 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | McAllen, TX | ▲ 6459 (#9719 → #3260) | $7.2M | 30 |
| #39 | Jaquline Borrego | 2333608 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | Denver, CO | ▲ 6432 (#6666 → #234) | $58.7M | 172 |
| #40 | Hope Collett | 2354623 | Frost Bank | 431208 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6417 (#7715 → #1298) | $6.8M | 64 |
| #41 | Mariano Lopez | 2187489 | SecurityNational Mortgage Company | 3116 | Dallas, TX | ▲ 6362 (#8611 → #2249) | $9.9M | 42 |
| #42 | Vanessa Blackshear | 1869677 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Brookhaven, GA | ▲ 6289 (#7715 → #1426) | $21.4M | 60 |
| #43 | Robert Hoffman | 1043977 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6258 (#7715 → #1457) | $30.1M | 59 |
| #43 | Ashley Gould-Martinez | 1943523 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | Kihei, HI | ▲ 6258 (#7715 → #1457) | $23.5M | 59 |
| #45 | Richard Shelhorse | 324870 | 132Mortgage LLC | 2495875 | Frisco, TX | ▲ 6233 (#7715 → #1482) | $18.6M | 58 |
| #46 | FAITH KIUNGA | 2012160 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6106 (#9141 → #3035) | $11.4M | 32 |
| #46 | Alejandra Martinez | 2385926 | A+ Federal Credit Union | 405608 | — | ▲ 6106 (#9141 → #3035) | $3.4M | 32 |
| #48 | Hunter Bolling | 1920274 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | ▲ 6100 (#8160 → #2060) | $15.6M | 45 |
| #49 | ROSALIE ZAMORA | 828735 | Regions Bank | 174490 | Lufkin, TX | ▲ 6058 (#9719 → #3661) | $4.9M | 27 |
| #49 | Julian Kavukcu | 1149667 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | ▲ 6058 (#9719 → #3661) | $6.5M | 27 |
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 — Texas (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/texas/top-climbers-by-units/2023
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