Biggest climbers in Washington in 2026, 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 Theodore Priester (Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #1654960), Lindsay Duncan (KeyBank National Association, NMLS #1645472), and Ryan Nelson (Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C., NMLS #211828).
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 | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Theodore Priester | 1654960 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Lake Worth Beach, FL | ▲ 8302 (#9024 → #722) | $11.1M | 2 |
| #2 | Lindsay Duncan | 1645472 | KeyBank National Association | 399797 | Estes Park, CO | ▲ 8265 (#9918 → #1653) | $5.6M | 13 |
| #3 | Ryan Nelson | 211828 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 8127 (#9360 → #1233) | $7.4M | 8 |
| #4 | Ala Besharat | 897231 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Kirkland, WA | ▲ 7977 (#8944 → #967) | $9.0M | 12 |
| #5 | Bradley Blake | 420589 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 7860 (#9900 → #2040) | $4.5M | 3 |
| #6 | Brandon Hansen | 283559 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | Toquerville, UT | ▲ 7714 (#9091 → #1377) | $6.7M | 5 |
| #7 | Alex Palermo | 964665 | HighTechLending Inc | 7147 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 7695 (#9825 → #2130) | $4.3M | 4 |
| #8 | Michael Remer | 259965 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 7588 (#9931 → #2343) | $3.8M | 11 |
| #9 | Craig Lewis | 2483164 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | ▲ 7582 (#9754 → #2172) | $4.1M | 9 |
| #10 | Melissa Tofighi | 1212839 | Longbridge Financial, LLC | 957935 | Houston, TX | ▲ 7576 (#9195 → #1619) | $5.7M | 4 |
| #11 | Greggory Bonilla | 1994879 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | ▲ 7353 (#8186 → #833) | $10.0M | 27 |
| #12 | Brett Johnson | 694289 | Spokane Teachers Credit Union | 616947 | Walla Walla, WA | ▲ 7241 (#9862 → #2621) | $3.4M | 9 |
| #13 | Patrick VonKaenel | 1543717 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | ▲ 7172 (#9522 → #2350) | $3.8M | 7 |
| #14 | Trevor Laraia | 2686281 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | ▲ 7169 (#9322 → #2153) | $4.2M | 9 |
| #15 | James Pham | 2463678 | Banner Bank | 439266 | Vancouver, WA | ▲ 7126 (#9704 → #2578) | $3.4M | 8 |
| #16 | Seth Jensen | 1166072 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | Bellevue, WA | ▲ 7000 (#9525 → #2525) | $3.5M | 7 |
| #17 | Jesse Brewer | 473359 | All Western Mortgage, Inc. | 14210 | Las Vegas, NV | ▲ 6903 (#7631 → #728) | $11.1M | 10 |
| #18 | Tyler Carnahan | 1504740 | SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 696891 | Cottonwood Heights, UT | ▲ 6864 (#9038 → #2174) | $4.1M | 7 |
| #19 | Todd Twardowski | 624014 | Columbia Community Credit Union | 401934 | Vancouver, WA | ▲ 6861 (#8124 → #1263) | $7.2M | 19 |
| #20 | Jennifer Anderson | 121179 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | ▲ 6858 (#8993 → #2135) | $4.2M | 5 |
| #21 | Jayden Knudson | 2216728 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Hildale, UT | ▲ 6809 (#9141 → #2332) | $3.8M | 8 |
| #22 | Viral Vora | 1656903 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | ▲ 6762 (#9560 → #2798) | $3.1M | 2 |
| #23 | Akram Hosseinzadeh | 2604392 | Adcom Group Inc | 1761573 | Kirkland, WA | ▲ 6737 (#9671 → #2934) | $2.9M | 4 |
| #24 | Trevor Waterman | 125412 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Kirkland, WA | ▲ 6710 (#9013 → #2303) | $3.9M | 7 |
| #25 | Tarek Ghossein | 1970259 | Federal First Lending LLC | 2381991 | Scottsdale, AZ | ▲ 6703 (#8923 → #2220) | $4.0M | 10 |
| #26 | Andrew Fisher | 44061 | Pure Rate Mortgage LLC | 2578474 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 6684 (#8697 → #2013) | $4.5M | 7 |
| #27 | Simon Berkey | 1941452 | Northwest Funding Group, Inc. | 101770 | Bozeman, MT | ▲ 6656 (#9400 → #2744) | $3.2M | 7 |
| #28 | Ross Zimmerman | 532177 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | New York, NY | ▲ 6615 (#9744 → #3129) | $2.7M | 3 |
| #29 | Christina Bumpus | 2132406 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 6572 (#9932 → #3360) | $2.5M | 6 |
| #30 | Jacob Daugherty | 995089 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6551 (#9784 → #3233) | $2.6M | 5 |
| #31 | John Homsombath | 2733797 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 6533 (#9251 → #2718) | $3.2M | 10 |
| #32 | Miranda Daniel | 1936324 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Las Vegas, NV | ▲ 6526 (#9057 → #2531) | $3.5M | 5 |
| #33 | daniel peterson | 290798 | United Pacific Realty and Investment, Inc. | 118004 | Ladera Ranch, CA | ▲ 6522 (#9476 → #2954) | $2.9M | 1 |
| #34 | Andrea Witt | 177236 | SOFI BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 696891 | Cottonwood Heights, UT | ▲ 6512 (#8483 → #1971) | $4.6M | 7 |
| #35 | Alan Johnson | 2710593 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | ▲ 6505 (#7886 → #1381) | $6.7M | 14 |
| #36 | David Hunsaker | 66352 | Archstone Home Mortgage, LLC | 389424 | Mesa, AZ | ▲ 6501 (#9783 → #3282) | $2.5M | 3 |
| #37 | Christopher Linn | 1086121 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Lake Oswego, OR | ▲ 6487 (#9766 → #3279) | $2.5M | 9 |
| #38 | Bridgett McGinnis | 2279388 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 6440 (#8630 → #2190) | $4.1M | 9 |
| #39 | Madelyne Cook | 2623250 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 6426 (#9897 → #3471) | $2.4M | 8 |
| #40 | Filipp Laptev | 2663855 | Canopy Mortgage, LLC | 1359687 | Spokane Valley, WA | ▲ 6397 (#9804 → #3407) | $2.4M | 8 |
| #41 | Merribeth Quigley | 23332 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6371 (#9274 → #2903) | $3.0M | 3 |
| #42 | Brian Flanigan | 1068745 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 6342 (#9838 → #3496) | $2.3M | 4 |
| #43 | Laura Wilson | 27530 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6249 (#9457 → #3208) | $2.6M | 4 |
| #44 | James Thamann | 114716 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6238 (#8327 → #2089) | $4.3M | 8 |
| #45 | Justin Smith | 1720712 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6188 (#8492 → #2304) | $3.9M | 10 |
| #46 | Anthony Guaraldi | 293894 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Cupertino, CA | ▲ 6179 (#8944 → #2765) | $3.2M | 3 |
| #47 | Nilesh Makhija | 2085698 | Uptiq Premier Mortgage, LLC | 2362651 | Sterling, VA | ▲ 6159 (#9287 → #3128) | $2.7M | 3 |
| #48 | Anthony Nitecki | 1698478 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6119 (#6679 → #560) | $13.2M | 14 |
| #49 | Nadia Raknai-Brighton | 484350 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Seattle, WA | ▲ 6112 (#9062 → #2950) | $2.9M | 3 |
| #50 | Jad Khachab | 1887925 | Lumin Lending Inc. | 2716106 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6081 (#8885 → #2804) | $3.1M | 7 |
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 Volume — Washington (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/washington/top-climbers-by-volume/2026
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