Leading rookies in Washington in 2023, 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 Angela Vandenhaak (Nationwide Loans, Inc, NMLS #2429742), ESPOIR Balezi (Guild Mortgage Company LLC, NMLS #2349944), and Jose Gutierrez (SUNFLOWER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NMLS #2453618).
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 | 2023 Volume | 2023 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Angela Vandenhaak | 2429742 | Nationwide Loans, Inc | 1799965 | Carlsbad, CA | $5.7M | 11 | $516K |
| #2 | ESPOIR Balezi | 2349944 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | Tacoma, WA | $4.3M | 9 | $477K |
| #3 | Jose Gutierrez | 2453618 | SUNFLOWER BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | 709491 | — | $4.3M | 12 | $355K |
| #4 | Nestor Diaz | 2171748 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Bothell, WA | $4.1M | 11 | $368K |
| #5 | Jamie Lindsey | 2436054 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Gig Harbor, WA | $2.9M | 8 | $366K |
| #6 | LOC NGUYEN | 2276870 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $2.7M | 6 | $447K |
| #7 | Yili Huang | 2461520 | Plenti Mortgage LLC | 2443107 | Redmond, WA | $2.6M | 1 | $2.6M |
| #8 | Kevin Moore | 2441251 | Residential Mortgage, LLC | 167729 | Vancouver, WA | $2.6M | 5 | $524K |
| #9 | Garrett Morice | 2412391 | INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC | 2524174 | Scottsdale, AZ | $2.3M | 7 | $323K |
| #10 | Dennis Ju | 2481970 | Servbank, National Association | 203463 | — | $2.1M | 1 | $2.1M |
| #11 | Sheila Ottosen | 1470906 | Mortgage One Northwest Inc | 82426 | Olympia, WA | $2.0M | 5 | $402K |
| #12 | Taylor Webb | 2036496 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | $1.9M | 2 | $935K |
| #13 | DeNeca Morrison | 2433095 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $1.8M | 4 | $455K |
| #14 | Madison Hellickson | 2336375 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Sumner, WA | $1.8M | 4 | $453K |
| #15 | Azad Marfazelian | 909612 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | $1.8M | 4 | $444K |
| #16 | Claire Shepherd | 2463667 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | $1.8M | 3 | $586K |
| #17 | JIHONG ZHENG | 2438890 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $1.7M | 8 | $216K |
| #18 | Cory Wantaja | 2453458 | Elev8 Mortgage, LLC | 1819034 | Woodland, WA | $1.7M | 5 | $343K |
| #19 | Jaylen Shelton | 2462825 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $1.7M | 13 | $128K |
| #20 | KESHAV SHARMA | 2468293 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Kirkland, WA | $1.7M | 3 | $551K |
| #21 | Andy Bergmann | 2453455 | Elev8 Mortgage, LLC | 1819034 | Woodland, WA | $1.6M | 4 | $402K |
| #22 | Harold Ciccia | 2443361 | Cornerstone First Mortgage, LLC | 173855 | Fife, WA | $1.4M | 3 | $476K |
| #23 | James Madden | 2463051 | Luminate Home Loans, Inc. | 150953 | — | $1.3M | 3 | $431K |
| #24 | Jason Miller | 2455319 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Kent, WA | $1.3M | 5 | $257K |
| #25 | Natalie Helmuth | 2507002 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Irvine, CA | $1.2M | 2 | $619K |
| #26 | Jeffrey Gilkerson | 2407793 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Dallas, TX | $1.2M | 2 | $594K |
| #27 | Frank Moreno | 2427532 | Clear Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1935005 | Irvine, CA | $1.2M | 1 | $1.2M |
| #28 | Jarrod Hall | 2407686 | Cornerstone First Mortgage, LLC | 173855 | — | $1.2M | 4 | $288K |
| #29 | Qing Wei | 2102910 | Hometown Financial Group, LLC | 1028232 | Spokane, WA | $1.1M | 1 | $1.1M |
| #30 | Justina Stoddert | 2054973 | Mortgage One Northwest Inc | 82426 | Olympia, WA | $1.1M | 3 | $363K |
| #31 | Zeinab Chami | 2453778 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $1.1M | 2 | $543K |
| #32 | Shannon Grant | 1112417 | Envoy Mortgage Ltd | 6666 | Oak Harbor, WA | $1.0M | 2 | $501K |
| #33 | Yanling Ou | 2543296 | Cathay Bank | 464182 | Seattle, WA | $1.0M | 1 | $1.0M |
| #34 | Levi Orem | 2414160 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | — | $967K | 2 | $483K |
| #35 | Michelle Bader | 2138106 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $962K | 2 | $481K |
| #36 | Noel Chapman | 8953 | HomeBridge Financial Services, Inc. | 6521 | Iselin, NJ | $957K | 2 | $478K |
| #37 | Ying Chen | 2418556 | SPECIALTY CORPORATION | 2154241 | Kirkland, WA | $934K | 2 | $467K |
| #38 | Andrey Grushevskiy | 2422106 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | $900K | 2 | $450K |
| #39 | Victor Malyshev | 2471432 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $851K | 2 | $425K |
| #40 | Robert Lane | 2482781 | First Technology Federal Credit Union | 466914 | — | $843K | 1 | $843K |
| #41 | Casey Wills | 2510772 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Santa Ana, CA | $841K | 2 | $420K |
| #42 | Zarinah Muhammad | 2007781 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $820K | 1 | $820K |
| #43 | Tony Ellis | 2484540 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | — | $804K | 1 | $804K |
| #44 | Marijose Perez | 1933531 | Clear Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1935005 | Irvine, CA | $789K | 1 | $789K |
| #45 | Stacy Barton | 2407580 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | $776K | 1 | $776K |
| #46 | Donovan Hazelton | 2515389 | South River Mortgage, LLC | 1854524 | — | $758K | 1 | $758K |
| #47 | Avery Dykstra | 2500131 | Evergreen Moneysource Mortgage Company | 3182 | Bellingham, WA | $744K | 3 | $248K |
| #48 | Jason Little | 2453725 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | $723K | 1 | $723K |
| #49 | Brianna Kelley | 2453745 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $709K | 1 | $709K |
| #50 | Toni Maloney | 2472289 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $700K | 1 | $700K |
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. Leading Rookies by Volume — Washington (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/washington/top-rookie-by-volume/2023
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