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 May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Austin Horton (DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD., NMLS #1532031), Amy Bott (Priority Home Mortgage, L.P., NMLS #211494), and Linzi Bailey (City Bank, NMLS #1591005).
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 | ▲ 8659 (#9673 → #1014) | $23.8M | 75 |
| #2 | Amy Bott | 211494 | Priority Home Mortgage, L.P. | 311939 | Carrollton, TX | ▲ 8631 (#9090 → #459) | $45.5M | 123 |
| #3 | Linzi Bailey | 1591005 | City Bank | 439822 | Lubbock, TX | ▲ 8594 (#9673 → #1079) | $27.4M | 72 |
| #4 | Anna Salazar | 1099836 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Lenexa, KS | ▲ 8499 (#9673 → #1174) | $25.3M | 68 |
| #5 | Laura Strachan | 2244019 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | ▲ 8209 (#9090 → #881) | $28.1M | 83 |
| #6 | PATRICK IGLINSKY | 294077 | Cinch Funding, LLC | 2480920 | Plano, TX | ▲ 8011 (#9090 → #1079) | $41.8M | 72 |
| #7 | Nickolas Russo | 2104877 | Parkstone Mortgage, LLC | 2065952 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7981 (#8563 → #582) | $53.2M | 108 |
| #8 | Griselda Lopez | 1837096 | American National Bank & Trust | 493901 | Wichita Falls, TX | ▲ 7980 (#9090 → #1110) | $10.7M | 71 |
| #9 | Jerome Wilson | 1922745 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | North Richland Hills, TX | ▲ 7840 (#9090 → #1250) | $23.7M | 65 |
| #10 | Kathryn McKissick | 1180373 | Ridgeland Mortgage, LLC | 2245922 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 7681 (#9090 → #1409) | $18.6M | 60 |
| #11 | Kristi Steinagel | 2333803 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | — | ▲ 7635 (#8118 → #483) | $39.9M | 119 |
| #12 | Anuj Shah | 1556584 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7622 (#9090 → #1468) | $25.3M | 58 |
| #13 | Richard Morgan | 1461941 | KBHS Home Loans, LLC | 1542802 | Irving, TX | ▲ 7549 (#8563 → #1014) | $21.4M | 75 |
| #14 | Isliana Norwood | 1183936 | Neighborhood Loans, Inc. | 222982 | Hollywood Park, TX | ▲ 7464 (#9090 → #1626) | $15.5M | 54 |
| #14 | Keith Sawyer | 1958538 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | — | ▲ 7464 (#9090 → #1626) | $18.9M | 54 |
| #16 | Matthew Royal | 430390 | SFMC, LP | 166487 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7441 (#9673 → #2232) | $16.2M | 42 |
| #17 | Adrian Miller | 1701694 | MG Financial LLC | 2649404 | McLean, VA | ▲ 7194 (#8118 → #924) | $28.7M | 80 |
| #18 | Ryan Dang | 1508720 | Wealthfront Home Lending, LLC | 2358115 | San Francisco, CA | ▲ 7107 (#9673 → #2566) | $13.8M | 37 |
| #19 | Jessica Garcia | 2145127 | AMOCO Federal Credit Union | 408167 | Texas City, TX | ▲ 6954 (#7659 → #705) | $18.1M | 97 |
| #20 | Lashunda Grady | 1753850 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | ▲ 6944 (#8118 → #1174) | $24.3M | 68 |
| #21 | Aryan Jafarzadeh | 1989264 | Hometown Lending Inc | 2712965 | Dallas, TX | ▲ 6924 (#7659 → #735) | $36.9M | 94 |
| #22 | Sapna Patel | 1314728 | KBHS Home Loans, LLC | 1542802 | Houston, TX | ▲ 6895 (#7659 → #764) | $26.2M | 92 |
| #23 | Gary Jones | 513985 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6869 (#9673 → #2804) | $9.7M | 34 |
| #24 | Abraham Acevedo | 2227507 | RALLY CREDIT UNION | 500822 | Corpus Christi, TX | ▲ 6852 (#7659 → #807) | $12.5M | 88 |
| #25 | Joseph Braden | 1283114 | J. Charles Lending LLC | 2409480 | Austin, TX | ▲ 6781 (#9673 → #2892) | $12.9M | 33 |
| #26 | Laura Ground | 1533413 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | North Richland Hills, TX | ▲ 6769 (#8118 → #1349) | $23.7M | 62 |
| #27 | Roxana Martinez | 2353072 | Border Federal Credit Union | 509503 | Del Rio, TX | ▲ 6766 (#7659 → #893) | $7.4M | 82 |
| #28 | Trever Sears | 983003 | United Lending Team, INC | 2273319 | Troy, MI | ▲ 6751 (#7659 → #908) | $15.9M | 81 |
| #29 | Bryan Duque | 2317470 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | — | ▲ 6738 (#6929 → #191) | $41.0M | 179 |
| #30 | Patricia Rodriguez | 1411042 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | North Richland Hills, TX | ▲ 6616 (#8118 → #1502) | $25.5M | 57 |
| #31 | Ericka Phillips | 539140 | Frost Bank | 431208 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6616 (#9090 → #2474) | $4.3M | 38 |
| #32 | Mark Hossler | 1400446 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | ▲ 6541 (#9673 → #3132) | $12.5M | 31 |
| #33 | Katherine Porter | 32610 | Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group, Corporation | 3446 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6527 (#8563 → #2036) | $16.7M | 45 |
| #34 | Ashley Richardson | 930466 | Frost Bank | 431208 | Duncanville, TX | ▲ 6519 (#6929 → #410) | $13.8M | 130 |
| #35 | Hector Gomez | 493992 | Laredo Federal Credit Union | 477589 | Laredo, TX | ▲ 6438 (#9090 → #2652) | $3.7M | 36 |
| #36 | Michael Torres | 1536158 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | McAllen, TX | ▲ 6434 (#9673 → #3239) | $7.2M | 30 |
| #37 | Cara Latham | 502538 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 6410 (#7279 → #869) | $54.9M | 84 |
| #38 | Jaquline Borrego | 2333608 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | Denver, CO | ▲ 6398 (#6632 → #234) | $57.9M | 170 |
| #39 | Hope Collett | 2354623 | Frost Bank | 431208 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6343 (#7659 → #1316) | $6.7M | 63 |
| #40 | Mariano Lopez | 2187489 | SecurityNational Mortgage Company | 3116 | Dallas, TX | ▲ 6331 (#8563 → #2232) | $9.9M | 42 |
| #41 | Gregory Flynn | 1908179 | Park Lending Services, Inc. | 303719 | Allen, TX | ▲ 6284 (#8563 → #2279) | $15.2M | 41 |
| #42 | Vanessa Blackshear | 1869677 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Brookhaven, GA | ▲ 6250 (#7659 → #1409) | $21.4M | 60 |
| #43 | Robert Hoffman | 1043977 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6218 (#7659 → #1441) | $30.1M | 59 |
| #44 | Richard Shelhorse | 324870 | 132Mortgage LLC | 2495875 | Frisco, TX | ▲ 6191 (#7659 → #1468) | $18.6M | 58 |
| #44 | Ashley Gould-Martinez | 1943523 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | Kihei, HI | ▲ 6191 (#7659 → #1468) | $23.3M | 58 |
| #46 | Hunter Bolling | 1920274 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | ▲ 6082 (#8118 → #2036) | $15.6M | 45 |
| #47 | FAITH KIUNGA | 2012160 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6079 (#9090 → #3011) | $11.4M | 32 |
| #47 | Alejandra Martinez | 2385926 | A+ Federal Credit Union | 405608 | — | ▲ 6079 (#9090 → #3011) | $3.4M | 32 |
| #49 | Michael Pilgrim | 220525 | Pilgrim Mortgage LLC | 225091 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6045 (#9673 → #3628) | $6.6M | 27 |
| #49 | Julian Kavukcu | 1149667 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | ▲ 6045 (#9673 → #3628) | $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 May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/texas/top-climbers-by-units/2023
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