Top Originators

Since 2010, Scotsman Guide has ranked thousands of the nation’s top-producing residential mortgage originators. The longevity, verification process and comprehensive scope of this list have positioned it as a benchmark for the mortgage industry.

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2023 Top Emerging Stars

Rankings are based on the previous year’s production numbers.
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wdt_ID Rank Name Company State Total Dollar Volume Total Loans Closed Banker or Broker Age
1 1 Tim Potempa CalCon Mutual Mortgage dba OneTrust Home Loans CA 438,876,760.00 977 Banker 37
2 2 Danny Meier Academy Mortgage Corp. WA 408,093,944.00 581 Broker 37
3 3 David J Edmondson TD Bank SC 302,839,142.00 424 Banker 35
4 4 Amit Sakhrani Trans United Financial Services Inc CA 260,869,810.00 402 Broker 38
5 5 Hanh Dao Loan Factory/Next Door Lending LLC MI 257,969,747.00 1,004 Broker 37
6 6 David Medrano First United Bank TX 243,569,133.00 340 Banker 37
7 7 Dustin Rosenberg Convoy Home Loans CA 216,763,580.00 262 Broker 33
8 8 Brent Nardecchia High Place Mortgage, Inc AZ 203,976,806.00 199 Banker 37
9 9 Oleg Tkach NFM Lending WA 199,147,063.00 434 Banker 36
10 10 Adam Slack Guaranteed Rate NC 177,462,520.00 493 Banker 38
11 11 Denise Donoghue Thrive Mortgage, LLC TX 175,199,118.00 464 Banker 39
12 12 Gabe Whitmer FirstBank Mortgage TN 168,005,826.00 617 Banker 35
13 13 Artin Babayan PrimeLending CA 167,203,458.00 233 Banker 36
14 14 Christian Groomes Lima One Capital SC 162,855,063.00 464 Banker 27
15 15 Dane Pavlik First Foundation Bank CA 160,948,553.00 142 Banker 31
16 16 Ameer Katifi E Mortgage Capital CA 160,786,999.00 436 Broker 31
17 17 Valentina Wilber Homespire Mortgage DC 160,529,391.00 264 Banker 36
18 18 Brian Coutu Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. FL 155,707,570.00 476 Banker 32
19 19 Joel Mathew Champions Mortgage TX 150,772,813.00 410 Broker 29
20 20 Amy Harvell New American Funding FL 147,750,620.00 474 Broker 35
21 21 Gaurav Mahajan Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. MD 146,971,013.00 305 Banker 39
22 22 Ryan Mallory CrossCountry Mortgage/Caliber Home Loans WA 145,453,936.00 268 Banker 33
23 23 Timothy O'brien Zipfel Capital OH 142,447,233.00 288 Broker 39
24 24 Alexander Iglesias Miracle Lender Inc. CA 139,968,752.00 239 Broker 29
25 25 Casey Oiness Guild Mortgage Co. WA 139,647,713.00 230 Banker 39
26 26 Kyle Wright American Pacific Mortgage AZ 138,257,159.00 336 Banker 32
27 27 Pierce Rankin Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. WA 130,618,973.00 212 Banker 33
28 28 Aaron Staufer Elevations Credit Union CO 127,644,996.00 245 Banker 36
29 29 Leslie Black Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. CA 125,351,469.00 139 Banker 31
30 30 Neil Patel Insignia Mortgage CA 124,198,750.00 69 Broker 33
31 31 Kyle Johnson CrossCountry Mortgage WA 120,107,563.00 283 Banker 30
32 32 Josh Burruss Intercoastal Mortgage LLC VA 119,993,064.00 185 Broker 38
33 33 Luisa Bedoya MSA Mortgage, LLC MI 118,836,314.00 229 Broker 39
34 34 Mark Fisher UNMB Home Loans Inc. NY 116,058,807.00 264 Banker 35
35 35 Austin Smith Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. IN 114,771,253.00 476 Banker 36
36 36 Kevin O'Laughlin Movement Mortgage PA 113,981,284.00 447 Broker 31
37 37 Chris Franquemont Guaranteed Rate CO 112,589,245.00 317 Banker 32
38 38 Carlos Martinez Homespire Mortgage MD 112,573,879.00 315 Banker 39
39 39 Jonathan Kulak Trident Home Loans, LLC FL 112,493,493.00 239 Broker 39
40 40 Jason Evans Guaranteed Rate MA 110,504,634.00 245 Banker 39
41 41 Kris Steele American Security Mortgage Corp NC 108,906,931.00 253 Banker 37
42 42 Derrick Polder CrossCountry Mortgage AZ 107,356,623.00 385 Banker 39
43 43 Chao Lin BANK OF BARTLETT/BARTLETT MORTGAGE TN 105,831,086.00 373 Banker 35
44 44 John Antonelli Vantage Point Financial Group, Inc. PA 105,071,080.00 300 Broker 39
45 45 Reynaldo Reyes Sharp Loan, Inc. CA 104,491,824.00 212 Broker 37
46 46 Matt Nader First Home Mortgage Corp. MD 103,790,679.00 192 Banker 38
47 47 Becky Staples Sun American Mortgage UT 103,505,296.00 271 Banker 39
48 48 Megan Cloud V.I.P. Independent Mortgage, Inc. TX 102,766,368.00 361 Banker 37
49 49 Mike Tavani Guaranteed Rate PA 101,698,358.00 245 Banker 37
50 50 Adam Dellemonico Movement Mortgage RI 98,052,932.00 289 Broker 28
Rank Name Company State Total Dollar Volume Total Loans Closed Banker or Broker Age