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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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2025 Top Non-QM Volume

Rankings are based on the previous year’s production numbers.
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wdt_ID Rank First Name Last Name Company State Non-QM Volume Total Volume Non-QM Closed Loans Total Closed Loans Banker or Broker Yrs. in Biz
1 89 Hunter Strong Firsttrust Home Loans AR 9,560,460.00 87,133,958.00 122 606 Banker 4
2 88 Wesley Cohen TexasLending.com, a division of Network Funding, LP TX 11,991,676.00 67,720,992.00 115 383 Banker 22
3 87 Kelly Atchison Nexa Mortgage LLC AZ 13,594,755.00 13,594,755.00 154 154 Broker 2
4 86 Tasha Faiella Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership FL 14,342,066.00 111,185,968.00 82 350 Banker 7
5 85 Tammy Saul Federal Hill Mortgage MD 17,294,827.00 200,543,143.00 95 576 Broker 19
6 84 Holly Niemeier Nexa Mortgage LLC AZ 19,649,295.00 22,708,795.00 269 275 Broker 20
7 83 Jesse Cronen Northpointe Bank MI 23,653,491.00 173,773,761.00 90 499 Banker 19
8 82 David Ketterer Swiss Avenue Funding TX 25,095,790.00 25,095,790.00 28 28 Broker 5
9 81 Jeff Bochsler Rate CA 25,113,520.00 63,805,820.00 24 78 Both 21
10 80 Chris Eskandarian C2 Financial Corp. CA 25,605,950.00 69,010,000.00 23 83 Broker 0
11 79 Mike Hoyt OriginPoint CA 26,216,211.00 79,319,218.00 18 71 Both 23
12 78 Yvette Marquez Ranch And Coast Financial CA 26,560,470.00 28,480,000.00 14 19 Broker 1
13 77 Dean Franzese Hartford Funding, Ltd. NY 26,588,702.00 34,910,982.00 37 54 Banker 8
14 76 Michelle Mccue Nexa Mortgage LLC IL 27,178,133.00 41,606,172.00 34 80 Broker 5
15 75 Zach Starnes Revolution Mortgage WI 27,210,000.00 33,080,999.00 166 191 Banker 4
16 74 Robert Sargent Homeowners Mortgage SC 27,245,577.00 27,245,577.00 106 106 Broker 2
17 73 Ubaldo Leon CrossCountry Mortgage LLC TX 27,452,911.00 87,568,347.00 24 100 Banker 22
18 72 Nilu Askari Guaranteed Rate Affinity CA 27,772,395.00 35,868,210.00 21 33 Both 30
19 71 Joseph Lagiglia Oak Leaf Community Mortgage Powered By North Shore Trust And Savings IL 27,986,187.00 49,141,448.00 72 161 Banker 27
20 70 Edwin Davidian HouseAmerica Financial CA 28,607,150.00 81,065,460.00 26 109 Banker 22
21 69 Jeffrey M Weller Coast2Coast Mortgage LLC FL 28,995,285.00 38,767,107.00 115 145 Broker 24
22 68 Lauren Maxwell CrossCountry Mortgage LLC FL 29,753,263.00 195,220,317.00 72 533 Banker 37
23 67 Chris Keelin CrossCountry Mortgage LLC NJ 29,775,155.00 240,547,114.00 62 569 Banker 17
24 66 Risha Kilaru OriginPoint CA 29,862,370.00 241,431,916.00 23 239 Both 16
25 65 Mark Maimon NJ Lenders Corp. CA 29,940,588.00 67,532,372.00 31 92 Banker 22
26 64 Vera(Xiying) Chang General Mortgage Capital Corp. VA 29,974,610.00 63,344,861.00 87 180 Banker 4
27 63 Luke Hasrouni Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation CA 30,558,699.00 30,558,699.00 53 53 Banker 12
28 62 Nathan Howry The Mortgage Maniac LLC Dba Mortgageinc. TX 30,646,989.00 44,143,221.00 151 205 Broker 8
29 61 Rodrigo Ballon CrossCountry Mortgage LLC UT 31,207,428.00 135,098,466.00 25 189 Banker 20
30 60 Bradley Jones Homeowners Mortgage SC 31,477,577.00 31,477,577.00 104 104 Broker 2
31 59 Matt Weaver CrossCountry Mortgage LLC FL 32,131,570.00 367,966,975.00 75 1,057 Banker 25
32 58 Samuel Cohodas RLS Mortgage Inc. AZ 32,731,650.00 32,731,650.00 47 47 Banker 2
33 57 Zev Spitzer CrossCountry Mortgage LLC NY 33,243,260.00 100,345,565.00 49 171 Banker 9
34 56 Sean Perkins TD Bank MA 33,679,214.00 124,972,569.00 35 126 Banker 11
35 55 Elaine Wang Accufunds Financial LLC FL 34,840,629.00 34,840,629.00 60 82 Broker 8
36 54 Ali Ghassemi First National Bank Of Pennsylvania MD 36,000,000.00 75,072,261.00 53 114 Banker 22
37 53 Barbara Leon First Choice Lending & Real Estate CA 36,291,519.00 60,019,979.00 53 107 Broker 20
38 52 Gregory Peyser CrossCountry Mortgage LLC CA 36,675,419.00 36,675,419.00 20 20 Banker 1
39 51 Corey Ward MHC Mortgage GA 36,837,835.00 36,837,835.00 103 103 Broker 3
40 50 Khaled Al Tizani Loan Titan Inc. CA 37,665,198.00 80,408,055.00 34 108 Broker 10
41 49 Dawn Nettle Homeowners Mortgage SC 38,813,927.00 38,813,927.00 147 147 Broker 26
42 48 Nate Vogel CrossCountry Mortgage LLC NY 38,859,773.00 49,175,247.00 34 52 Banker 11
43 47 Dan Bardenhagen Northpointe Bank MI 39,098,950.00 73,671,328.00 54 101 Banker 19
44 46 Kerwin Morns Homeowners Mortgage GA 39,426,328.00 39,426,328.00 143 143 Broker 6
45 45 Eric Wallberg CrossCountry Mortgage LLC FL 39,859,750.00 52,405,350.00 34 51 Banker 6
46 44 Mohamed Tawy Rate CA 39,926,184.00 114,407,373.00 29 108 Both 15
47 43 Khai Nguyen AML Funding LLC Dba Absolute Mortgage & Lending TX 39,959,685.00 117,539,010.00 144 393 Banker 14
48 42 Mike Pandazos Golden Coast Finance CA 39,988,010.00 95,707,434.00 55 145 Broker 21
49 41 Stefany Pina Prysma Lending Group LLC CT 40,602,847.00 43,639,300.00 128 136 Banker 4
50 40 Julio Silva CrossCountry Mortgage LLC FL 41,203,415.00 128,852,776.00 80 225 Banker 23
51 39 Shant Banosian Rate MA 44,336,207.00 1,000,162,647.00 55 1,594 Both 16
52 38 Artin Fallahi Option One Lending Inc. CA 44,474,640.00 114,241,072.00 48 127 Broker 8
53 37 Niket Patankar Predian Financial Services LLC NJ 47,332,450.00 141,911,486.00 118 291 Broker 5
54 36 Mal Mclean Homeowners Mortgage SC 48,125,744.00 48,125,744.00 159 159 Broker 12
55 35 Chad Baker CrossCountry Mortgage LLC CA 48,973,693.00 131,380,981.00 48 154 Banker 18
56 34 Irfan Nazir Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation CA 50,117,340.00 50,117,340.00 96 96 Banker 15
57 33 Parker Borofsky Movement Mortgage TN 50,272,025.00 159,920,951.00 84 320 Banker 0
58 32 David Edmondson TD Bank SC 51,083,323.00 179,586,191.00 60 208 Banker 11
59 31 Neil Surgenor TD Bank NJ 51,315,556.00 195,687,995.00 56 211 Banker 25
60 30 Lysa Griffith OriginPoint WA 53,203,835.00 242,610,575.00 51 297 Both 26
61 29 Pat Villano Anniemac Home Mortgage NJ 53,303,521.00 56,996,513.00 85 93 Banker 0
62 28 Thuan Nguyen Loan Factory Inc. CA 53,777,096.00 339,040,833.00 184 864 Broker 19
63 27 Yonghoon Kim Giving Tree Lending CA 54,127,847.00 65,127,847.00 110 110 Banker 8
64 26 Steven Sar Nationwide Loans Inc. CA 54,438,543.00 62,042,826.00 86 99 Broker 3
65 25 Rishi Parikh Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation CA 61,599,060.00 61,599,060.00 73 73 Banker 10
66 24 Tano Kapedani EZFUNDINGS Inc. CA 63,264,376.00 155,691,926.00 70 252 Banker 22
67 23 Ben Cohen Rate IL 64,712,228.00 553,964,894.00 67 920 Both 20
68 22 Neil Patel Insignia Mortgage Inc. CA 64,979,976.00 64,979,976.00 40 40 Broker 10
69 21 Kush Parikh Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation CA 69,818,404.00 69,818,404.00 91 91 Banker 4
70 20 Nathaniel Coons Swiss Avenue Funding TX 70,920,434.00 70,920,434.00 54 54 Broker 5
71 19 Ian Milefchik CalCon Mutual Mortgage dba OneTrust Home Loans TX 74,843,955.00 106,058,569.00 141 231 Banker 21
72 18 Gurp Bhandal Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation CA 74,999,569.00 74,999,559.00 95 95 Banker 20
73 17 Emil Izrailov Lake Michigan Credit Union MI 75,216,822.00 108,178,963.00 105 185 Banker 28
74 16 Aubrey Kozer Housemax Funding TX 80,713,775.00 80,713,774.00 255 255 Banker 1
75 15 Fif Ghobadian OriginPoint CA 81,092,908.00 158,116,266.00 63 155 Both 24
76 14 Duc Pham Wonder Rates CA 91,852,149.00 230,182,392.00 148 397 Broker 8
77 13 Brian Minkow CMG Home Loans CA 93,440,650.00 345,508,006.00 81 355 Banker 28
78 12 Wesley Harper Ameritrust Mortgage Corporation CA 93,672,362.00 93,672,352.00 174 174 Banker 5
79 11 Tomer Yeyni Option One Lending Inc. CA 98,333,899.00 189,178,102.00 88 205 Broker 8
80 10 Israel Lopez Vontive Inc CA 108,128,496.00 108,128,496.00 166 166 Banker 5
81 9 David Eghbali Change Home Mortgage CA 114,145,104.00 135,712,832.00 81 101 Banker 18
82 8 Brent Nardecchia High Place Mortgage Inc. AZ 134,602,951.00 277,515,109.00 100 259 Banker 20
83 7 Jose Magallanes Movement Mortgage CA 134,982,408.00 217,603,122.00 84 158 Banker 0
84 6 Andrew Bang Boomerang Capital AZ 187,877,698.00 187,877,698.00 672 672 Banker 6
85 5 Damon Germanides Insignia Mortgage Inc. CA 202,735,640.00 202,735,640.00 88 88 Broker 21
86 4 Chris Furie Insignia Mortgage Inc. CA 204,780,032.00 201,207,032.00 54 54 Broker 35
87 3 Dustin Rosenberg Convoy Home Loans CA 248,451,398.00 248,451,398.00 357 357 Broker 11
88 2 Jeffrey Miller Truss Financial Group LLC CA 285,935,437.00 320,720,432.00 471 682 Broker 24
89 1 Mark Cohen Cohen Financial Group CA 345,649,769.00 790,947,361.00 220 609 Broker 38
Rank First Name Last Name Company State Non-QM Volume Total Volume Non-QM Closed Loans Total Closed Loans Banker or Broker Yrs. in Biz

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