Biggest Climbers by Volume — Texas (2022)

Biggest climbers in Texas in 2022, 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 Sam Patterson (Credit Union of Texas, NMLS #1977177), Brian Cooke (World Home Loans Inc, NMLS #17866), and Eric Hilstad (Hoot Home Loans LLC, NMLS #286466).

Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.

Biggest Climbers by Volume — Texas (2022) — top 50
Rank Loan officer LO NMLS Current Lender / Broker Lender NMLS Location Rank Change 2022 Volume 2022 Loans
#1 Sam Patterson 1977177 Credit Union of Texas 576560 Allen, TX ▲ 9300 (#9502 → #202) $63.9M 491
#2 Brian Cooke 17866 World Home Loans Inc 2726290 Irvine, CA ▲ 8071 (#9848 → #1777) $21.7M 53
#3 Eric Hilstad 286466 Hoot Home Loans LLC 2532931 Los Angeles, CA ▲ 8060 (#9846 → #1786) $21.7M 61
#4 Ruihan Su 2030963 Loan Factory, Inc. 320841 San Jose, CA ▲ 8043 (#8941 → #898) $34.0M 78
#5 Erin Martin 2030869 Pulte Mortgage LLC 1791 Denver, CO ▲ 8028 (#9081 → #1053) $30.9M 95
#6 Billie Chen 1924294 LGI Mortgage Solutions, LLC 2152984 Houston, TX ▲ 7825 (#9651 → #1826) $21.3M 76
#7 Aimee McCauley 2135750 CLM Mortgage, Inc 215239 ▲ 7760 (#8421 → #661) $40.3M 116
#8 Norma Serrano 685797 Origin Bank 455990 Houston, TX ▲ 7664 (#9726 → #2062) $19.4M 17
#9 Trevor Kelsey 1658255 University Federal Credit Union 441215 ▲ 7663 (#8986 → #1323) $26.4M 147
#10 Patrick Johnson 1127992 DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. 14622 Leander, TX ▲ 7660 (#9088 → #1428) $25.1M 91
#11 Chesarae Garza 1921660 Lennar Mortgage, LLC 1058 Irving, TX ▲ 7624 (#9207 → #1583) $23.5M 88
#12 Jesse Lokken 425953 Fifth Third Bank, National Association 403245 ▲ 7440 (#8501 → #1061) $30.8M 48
#13 Alisha Collins 1910169 Top Flite Financial, Inc. 4181 ▲ 7428 (#9131 → #1703) $22.3M 59
#14 CORTNEY GIL 1202562 KBHS Home Loans, LLC 1542802 Austin, TX ▲ 7398 (#8572 → #1174) $28.7M 93
#15 John Dobrzanski 843445 Onity Mortgage Corporation 2726 Plano, TX ▲ 7313 (#7948 → #635) $41.0M 145
#16 Marcos Hull 146940 SouthState Bank, N.A. 403455 Houston, TX ▲ 7302 (#9626 → #2324) $17.8M 24
#17 Jillian Ruiz 1579968 Highlands Residential Mortgage, Ltd. 134871 Allen, TX ▲ 7059 (#8122 → #1063) $30.8M 117
#18 Kelsie Barnard 1284563 DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. 14622 Richmond, TX ▲ 6953 (#9445 → #2492) $16.8M 63
#19 Shellie King 866682 American Pacific Mortgage Corporation 1850 Fort Worth, TX ▲ 6739 (#9839 → #3100) $14.0M 34
#20 Brian Graham 187663 Eustis Mortgage Corporation 70345 ▲ 6726 (#8883 → #2157) $18.7M 60
#21 Nathan Creeger 741376 NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION 32416 Austin, TX ▲ 6613 (#8726 → #2113) $19.0M 49
#22 Holden Hamilton 1852835 GFS Home Loans, Inc. 35960 San Antonio, TX ▲ 6566 (#7870 → #1304) $26.6M 70
#23 Sandeep Upendra 1399865 SMS MORTGAGE GROUP LLC 2188107 Lewisville, TX ▲ 6554 (#8062 → #1508) $24.4M 58
#24 Paloma Remington 1779210 Longbridge Financial, LLC 957935 Charlotte, NC ▲ 6526 (#9212 → #2686) $15.8M 21
#25 Christopher Fouts 1919114 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 San Antonio, TX ▲ 6507 (#8093 → #1586) $23.5M 61
#26 Lara Dixon 1992645 Velocio Mortgage L.L.C. 1529234 San Antonio, TX ▲ 6503 (#7283 → #780) $36.7M 118
#27 Mack Blankenship 208691 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 Houston, TX ▲ 6495 (#9174 → #2679) $15.8M 46
#28 Curt Burgess 251105 Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC 391521 ▲ 6435 (#7457 → #1022) $31.6M 74
#29 Tory Pietzsch 318608 CMG Mortgage, Inc. 1820 Southlake, TX ▲ 6428 (#8673 → #2245) $18.2M 24
#30 Juana Huerta 493239 First Financial Bank 411371 Bridgeport, TX ▲ 6352 (#9357 → #3005) $14.4M 56
#31 Andrew Ojeisekhoba 204365 Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. 181106 Chandler, AZ ▲ 6322 (#9884 → #3562) $12.3M 38
#32 Thomas Layman 297961 Fifth Third Bank, National Association 403245 Frisco, TX ▲ 6319 (#9598 → #3279) $13.3M 35
#33 Adam Kessler 2067949 Lennar Mortgage, LLC 1058 San Antonio, TX ▲ 6312 (#7378 → #1066) $30.7M 122
#34 Cheryl Reich 451782 Hamilton Mortgage Corporation 46945 Birmingham, AL ▲ 6306 (#8544 → #2238) $18.2M 64
#35 Blanca Choma 217079 Edge Home Finance, LLC 891464 Minnetonka, MN ▲ 6305 (#8647 → #2342) $17.6M 58
#36 Christopher Hibbing 1619423 loanDepot.com, LLC 174457 Katy, TX ▲ 6262 (#7011 → #749) $37.5M 180
#37 Tiffany Martineznunez 1928118 Better Mortgage Corporation 330511 ▲ 6233 (#7971 → #1738) $22.0M 55
#38 Kelly Schneider 1637475 Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC 2143 Houston, TX ▲ 6220 (#7491 → #1271) $27.2M 80
#39 Dustie Gaskins 1548169 EECU 500516 ▲ 6209 (#7960 → #1751) $21.9M 156
#40 Jane Moore 246929 New American Funding, LLC 6606 ▲ 6189 (#7015 → #826) $35.6M 89
#41 Adam Ruggles 1210680 Velocio Mortgage L.L.C. 1529234 San Antonio, TX ▲ 6185 (#7458 → #1273) $27.2M 74
#42 Travis McGuire 1277466 Union Home Mortgage Corp. 2229 Lubbock, TX ▲ 6147 (#8916 → #2769) $15.5M 64
#43 Brent Hughes 2078126 DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. 14622 Richmond, TX ▲ 6133 (#6427 → #294) $56.0M 192
#44 Thomas Gianan 2090639 HomeAmerican Mortgage Corporation 130676 Denver, CO ▲ 6133 (#6695 → #562) $43.8M 133
#45 Linda Rosas 261391 RALLY CREDIT UNION 500822 Corpus Christi, TX ▲ 6110 (#8305 → #2195) $18.5M 102
#46 Emily Burris 1281800 Haymaker Home Loans LLC 2685091 Spring, TX ▲ 6081 (#6898 → #817) $35.8M 135
#47 Debra Driver 664732 TRI Pointe Connect, LLC 1250459 Houston, TX ▲ 6074 (#8174 → #2100) $19.1M 39
#48 Wrey Montgomery 586026 The City National Bank of Colorado City 412604 Colorado City, TX ▲ 6059 (#8943 → #2884) $14.9M 50
#49 Glen Reaves 546537 PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company 13649 Houston, TX ▲ 6053 (#9163 → #3110) $13.9M 49
#50 Katherine Kronebusch 237234 All Reverse Mortgage, Inc. 13999 Weatherford, TX ▲ 6046 (#8521 → #2475) $16.9M 13

Frequently asked

Who is the top mortgage loan officer climber in Texas in 2022?
Sam Patterson (Credit Union of Texas, NMLS #1977177) ranks #1 in Texas in 2022 with $63.9M in funded mortgage volume based on MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.
Who are the top mortgage loan officers in Texas in 2022?
1. Sam Patterson (Credit Union of Texas); 2. Brian Cooke (World Home Loans Inc); 3. Eric Hilstad (Hoot Home Loans LLC). The full ranking continues on this page, sourced from MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.

About this data

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.

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TopMortgageOriginators.com. Biggest Climbers by Volume — Texas (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/texas/top-climbers-by-volume/2022

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