Top loan officers in Texas in 2026, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Biju paul (Prime Choice Lending Inc., NMLS #337511), Joel Mathew (Champions Processing Solutions LLC, NMLS #1542142), and Kelly Malatesta (The Huntington National Bank, NMLS #614071).
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 | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Biju paul | 337511 | Prime Choice Lending Inc. | 1441287 | Plano, TX | $163.9M | 347 | $472K |
| #2 | Joel Mathew | 1542142 | Champions Processing Solutions LLC | 2622219 | Houston, TX | $129.1M | 304 | $425K |
| #3 | Kelly Malatesta | 614071 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | The Woodlands, TX | $90.6M | 104 | $871K |
| #4 | Kristin Vaughan-Dail | 488313 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Dallas, TX | $66.4M | 65 | $1.0M |
| #5 | Christopher minjarez | 273165 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Austin, TX | $63.3M | 188 | $337K |
| #6 | Renju Raj | 1536747 | Texas First Mortgage LLC | 2419924 | Richmond, TX | $61.1M | 140 | $436K |
| #7 | Brian McCauley | 208803 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Dallas, TX | $60.8M | 88 | $691K |
| #8 | Walid Elibiary | 452849 | Aspire Mortgage Advisors LLC | 2617555 | Plano, TX | $60.2M | 145 | $415K |
| #9 | Yojana Sangu | 950536 | ENSURE HOME LOANS LLC | 1666674 | Lewisville, TX | $56.7M | 109 | $520K |
| #10 | Ami Padhiar | 1023994 | Jatayu Loans LLC | 2055341 | Irving, TX | $54.9M | 114 | $482K |
| #11 | Joan Ferris | 227287 | Jet HomeLoans, LP | 1660135 | Austin, TX | $51.1M | 104 | $492K |
| #12 | Jason Dickson | 190052 | Nuwave Lending LLC | 1722624 | Grapevine, TX | $48.8M | 104 | $469K |
| #13 | David Morriss | 754271 | Grand Lending, L.L.C. | 2456432 | Dallas, TX | $48.7M | 68 | $716K |
| #14 | John Hager | 1416273 | First Horizon Bank | 472329 | Dallas, TX | $48.6M | 72 | $675K |
| #15 | Max Leaman | 151263 | LoanPeople, LLC | 1886352 | Austin, TX | $48.5M | 93 | $522K |
| #16 | spiro petritsis | 409892 | Prosperity Bank | 466414 | Houston, TX | $47.6M | 53 | $899K |
| #17 | Andrew Butler | 803225 | First Bank | 583439 | Aledo, TX | $47.5M | 64 | $742K |
| #18 | Yinan Sun | 322282 | AAXY L.L.C. | 275971 | Austin, TX | $46.8M | 108 | $433K |
| #19 | Jackson Thomas | 1190420 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Dallas, TX | $45.4M | 89 | $510K |
| #20 | Erin Lefler | 1735068 | Velocio Mortgage L.L.C. | 1529234 | San Antonio, TX | $44.3M | 128 | $346K |
| #21 | Wesley Ket | 824984 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Temple, TX | $44.3M | 147 | $301K |
| #22 | Ellen Schuler | 409880 | Cornerstone Capital Bank, SSB | 2258 | San Antonio, TX | $43.8M | 72 | $608K |
| #23 | Mark Goodwin | 543312 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | Southlake, TX | $43.1M | 36 | $1.2M |
| #24 | Stephanie Johnston | 621637 | SFMC, LP | 166487 | Plano, TX | $42.8M | 108 | $396K |
| #25 | Shannon Handcox | 979447 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $42.5M | 24 | $1.8M |
| #26 | Chad Standish | 843765 | Credit Karma Mortgage, Inc. | 1588622 | Oakland, CA | $42.4M | 133 | $319K |
| #27 | Chadan Salem | 142430 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Plano, TX | $42.3M | 65 | $651K |
| #28 | Venkata Rajaneesh Jandhyam | 2142434 | ENSURE HOME LOANS LLC | 1666674 | Lewisville, TX | $42.3M | 73 | $579K |
| #29 | Justin Belle-Isle | 48853 | GRBK Mortgage, LLC | 2618876 | Plano, TX | $41.5M | 84 | $494K |
| #30 | Rachel Newsom | 1223453 | SFMC, LP | 166487 | Fort Worth, TX | $41.2M | 91 | $452K |
| #31 | Angela Brad | 427581 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Frisco, TX | $40.4M | 55 | $734K |
| #32 | Jessica Eaves | 225161 | Grace Home Lending, LLC | 2357263 | Katy, TX | $40.4M | 106 | $381K |
| #33 | Blake Joyner | 1926442 | Jet HomeLoans, LP | 1660135 | Jacksonville, FL | $39.3M | 89 | $442K |
| #34 | Michael Wolfe | 135261 | Shaddock Homes Mortgage, LLC | 2571600 | Plano, TX | $39.2M | 56 | $701K |
| #35 | Timothy Minter | 2166655 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Rowlett, TX | $39.1M | 119 | $328K |
| #36 | Kristy Cormier | 316461 | Cornerstone Mortgage Providers, LLC | 1970163 | Houston, TX | $38.6M | 78 | $494K |
| #37 | Joseph Colarusso | 1664386 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $38.3M | 22 | $1.7M |
| #38 | Tony Nguyen | 621869 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Plano, TX | $38.2M | 72 | $530K |
| #39 | Jordan Wilhelmy | 1727517 | Jet HomeLoans, LP | 1660135 | Jacksonville, FL | $37.7M | 72 | $524K |
| #40 | Ryan Lentz | 621038 | GRBK Mortgage, LLC | 2618876 | Plano, TX | $37.4M | 103 | $363K |
| #41 | Laura Brinck | 1818741 | GRBK Mortgage, LLC | 2618876 | Plano, TX | $37.2M | 89 | $418K |
| #42 | Dominic Hense | 2245977 | Imperium Lending, LLC | 2237880 | Troy, MI | $37.2M | 94 | $396K |
| #43 | Krishna chaitanya kadaru | 1168294 | Kadlogic, Inc. | 1456732 | Southlake, TX | $36.9M | 68 | $543K |
| #44 | Wesley Cohen | 258325 | Network Funding, L.P. | 2297 | Dallas, TX | $36.9M | 159 | $232K |
| #45 | William Dinkins | 1482784 | Cornerstone Capital Bank, SSB | 2258 | Dallas, TX | $36.8M | 46 | $800K |
| #46 | MEGAN CLOUD | 774331 | V.I.P. Mortgage, Inc. | 145502 | San Antonio, TX | $36.6M | 116 | $315K |
| #47 | John Johnson | 530137 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $36.5M | 10 | $3.6M |
| #48 | Shane Smith | 1535512 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | O Fallon, MO | $36.4M | 18 | $2.0M |
| #49 | nan ZHOU | 1474713 | Lending Dream LLC | 2272387 | Austin, TX | $36.1M | 85 | $424K |
| #50 | Kalev Saarna | 1264062 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $36.0M | 99 | $364K |
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. Top Mortgage Loan Officers by Volume — Texas (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/texas/top-overall-by-volume/2026
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