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2021 Top Dollar Volume

Rankings are based on the previous year production numbers.
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wdt_ID Rank First Name Last Name Company State Total Volume Closed Loans % Purchases % Refis Banker or Broker Yrs. in Biz
1 1 Thuan Nguyen Loan Factory Inc. CA 2,007,439,435 5,216 4% 96% Broker 15
2 2 Shant Banosian Guaranteed Rate MA 1,701,002,198 3,551 43% 57% Banker 17
3 3 Ben Cohen Guaranteed Rate IL 1,096,420,132 2,325 36% 64% Banker 17
4 4 Chris Gallo NJ Lenders Corp. NJ 1,019,405,954 2,532 29% 71% Banker 18
5 5 Indy Johar Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. MA 1,008,842,069 2,659 12% 88% Banker 23
6 6 Mike Roberts City Creek Mortgage UT 1,003,142,317 3,472 12% 88% Broker 23
7 7 Mark Howard Cohen Cohen Financial Group Inc. CA 905,242,425 1,050 44% 56% Broker 38
8 8 Andrew Marquis Guaranteed Rate MA 835,963,475 1,741 44% 56% Banker 18
9 9 Baret Kechian loanDepot NJ 824,756,630 1,645 38% 62% Banker 9
10 10 Michael McClare Residential First Mortgage CA 778,085,700 174 0% 100% Banker 30
11 11 Brian Minkow Homebridge Financial Services Inc. CA 645,572,686 1,443 36% 64% Banker 1
12 12 Scott Evans CrossCountry Mortgage LLC CA 645,180,656 1,437 46% 54% Banker 15
13 13 Paul Volpe NOVA Home Loans AZ 612,304,129 2,372 33% 67% Banker 20
14 14 Yinan Sun Austin First Mortgage TX 580,628,507 1,866 11% 89% Banker 19
15 15 Max Leaman LoanPeople TX 577,668,091 1,742 59% 41% Banker 20
16 16 Ryan Scholer LenderFI CA 572,685,795 1,577 1% 99% Banker 21
17 17 Anthony Assi LenderFI CA 568,818,840 1,492 0% 100% Banker 12
18 18 Jason Gosser Guild Mortgage Co. WA 544,390,779 1,546 31% 69% Banker 27
19 19 Risha Kilaru Guaranteed Rate CA 539,625,911 780 25% 75% Banker 16
20 20 Sean Ritter Better Mortgage Corp. NY 524,957,318 1,581 4% 96% Banker 2
21 21 Kory Kavanewsky CMG Financial CA 520,804,988 901 36% 64% Banker 15
22 22 Reginald D. Maddox McLean Mortgage Corp. VA 507,192,421 1,153 48% 52% Banker 20
23 23 Michael Urnecli LenderFI CA 494,579,319 1,233 0% 100% Banker 16
24 24 Thomas Vaughan Better Mortgage Corp. CA 491,861,989 1,493 0% 100% Banker 6
25 25 Ed Currie Associated Bank IL 486,986,073 659 38% 62% Banker 26
26 26 Zachary Deal Better Mortgage Corp. NY 482,908,254 1,447 3% 97% Banker 2
27 27 Landon Keeter Better Mortgage Corp. CA 474,459,311 1,312 0% 100% Banker 2
28 28 Andrew Post Better Mortgage Corp. NY 472,554,481 1,501 0% 100% Banker 1
29 29 Robert Oakes Corporate Investors Mortgage Group Inc. NC 466,677,916 1,474 48% 52% Banker 17
30 30 Mike Meena Augusta Financial CA 451,041,326 1,037 40% 60% Banker 29
31 31 Tom Lavallee Guaranteed Rate MI 448,662,544 1,570 12% 88% Banker 32
32 32 Timothy Potempa Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. AZ 448,147,157 1,213 90% 10% Banker 18
33 33 Martin Medve Trident Home Loans FL 436,750,454 1,045 22% 78% Broker 18
34 34 Craig Stelzer CrossCountry Mortgage LLC FL 436,558,144 1,289 63% 37% Banker 17
35 35 Sam Sharp Guaranteed Rate IL 420,952,893 1,222 40% 60% Banker 19
36 36 Wai Ping Tsang Better Mortgage Corp. CA 420,066,919 1,200 0% 100% Banker 4
37 37 Zoey Cigar-Hodge Better Mortgage Corp. NY 414,035,148 1,296 0% 100% Banker 2
38 38 Christopher Butts Leader Bank, N.A. MA 412,090,899 974 42% 58% Banker 16
39 39 Matt Weaver CrossCountry Mortgage LLC FL 408,603,809 1,398 82% 18% Banker 1
40 40 Nathan Kowarsky Clear Mortgage Capital Inc. CA 408,562,025 992 2% 98% Broker 14
41 41 Keith Hapenney Leader Bank, N.A. MA 398,060,970 877 39% 61% Banker 14
42 42 Nicolas Ponza Better Mortgage Corp. CA 397,980,241 1,233 0% 100% Banker 1
43 43 Christopher Keelin Family First Funding LLC NJ 397,885,784 1,220 51% 49% Banker 15
44 44 Michael DaCruz Better Mortgage Corp. NY 396,912,198 1,256 3% 97% Banker 2
45 45 Jarret Coleman U.S. Bank CT 395,256,622 623 58% 42% Banker 1
46 46 Aaron Tyler U.S. Bank WA 394,084,733 393 64% 36% Banker 16
47 47 Suren Sampat Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. IL 387,934,908 1,296 10% 90% Banker 30
48 48 Dianne Crosby Guaranteed Rate CA 384,858,907 565 33% 67% Banker 19
49 49 Umar Gebril Academy Mortgage Corp. WA 384,681,891 706 45% 55% Banker 12
50 50 Josephine Cardenia Better Mortgage Corp. NY 382,155,631 1,200 0% 100% Banker 1
51 51 Hank Metzger American Financing CO 379,076,257 1,345 0% 100% Banker 18
52 52 Conor O'Riley Better Mortgage Corp. NY 377,723,965 1,192 0% 100% Banker 1
53 53 Gerald Sundt V.I.P Mortgage Inc. AZ 375,863,449 1,380 28% 72% Banker 19
54 54 Kelly Malatesta First United Bank & Trust TX 371,817,496 672 64% 36% Banker 28
55 55 Joanna Yu U.S. Bank CA 371,240,047 369 46% 54% Banker 33
56 56 Lance Johnson Regions Bank NC 367,660,928 555 46% 54% Banker 18
57 57 Anthony Musante PNC Bank CA 366,996,336 359 5% 95% Banker 30
58 58 Greg Kingsbury Vellum Mortgage MD 366,061,570 724 55% 45% Banker 18
59 59 Lance Ray Guaranteed Rate CA 365,993,472 772 30% 70% Banker 17
60 60 Julie Long New Fed Mortgage Corp. MA 365,701,085 926 4% 96% Banker 10
61 61 Shashank Shekhar Arcus Lending Inc. CA 364,491,571 873 20% 80% Broker 12
62 62 Matthew Vargochik Better Mortgage Corp. NC 364,296,367 829 8% 92% Banker 9
63 63 Marcus Sohn Leader Bank, N.A. MA 359,653,449 799 53% 47% Banker 24
64 64 Elijah James Hu Better Mortgage Corp. CA 355,003,606 811 9% 91% Banker 4
65 65 Brian Cooke SunnyHill Financial CA 352,622,325 1,032 8% 92% Broker 18
66 66 Brenden Arias Better Mortgage Corp. CA 352,432,645 1,038 0% 100% Banker 1
67 67 Neil Kantor Homespire Mortgage MD 351,893,626 806 53% 47% Banker 17
68 68 Ja'ala Goodman-Robinson Better Mortgage Corp. CA 351,170,332 1,065 0% 100% Banker 2
69 69 Mathieu Lewis Better Mortgage Corp. NY 350,430,410 1,114 5% 95% Banker 2
70 70 Michael Borodinsky Caliber Home Loans Inc. NJ 349,075,568 946 60% 40% Banker 36
71 71 Dan Gjeldum Guaranteed Rate IL 346,725,283 739 38% 62% Banker 24
72 72 Sam Rosenblatt Academy Mortgage Corp. MD 345,251,478 1,063 29% 71% Banker 26
73 73 Joseph Smith Guaranteed Rate MA 340,099,987 718 39% 61% Banker 27
74 74 Mahkameh Bonakdar Better Mortgage Corp. CA 339,246,120 1,034 3% 97% Banker 4
75 75 Allyson Kreycik Guaranteed Rate NH 337,466,399 715 33% 67% Banker 17
76 76 Kobie Dudley Better Mortgage Corp. NC 336,097,108 695 8% 92% Banker 11
77 77 Phil Nguyen Atlantic Coast Mortgage LLC VA 335,079,363 741 59% 41% Banker 19
78 78 Alyssa Crittenden Better Mortgage Corp. CA 335,047,331 992 3% 97% Banker 1
79 79 Alexander Kim Home Approvals Direct, Inc. dba HomeFirst Mortgage Bankers CA 332,526,960 849 24% 76% Banker 16
80 80 Jon Weisman Blue Door Mortgage MA 331,610,302 777 22% 78% Broker 14
81 81 Jackie Lessard Better Mortgage Corp. CA 330,592,226 787 68% 32% Banker 24
82 82 Joe Polizzi LendUS PR 330,299,413 707 29% 71% Banker 29
83 83 Lysa Catlin Caliber Home Loans Inc. WA 330,187,871 599 68% 32% Banker 26
84 84 Rachael McGurr Better Mortgage Corp. NY 329,231,792 827 88% 12% Banker 4
85 85 Chris Cox First Savings Mortgage DC 327,992,138 518 56% 44% Banker 31
86 86 Lizy Hoeffer CrossCountry Mortgage LLC AZ 325,272,642 1,167 71% 29% Banker 16
87 87 Kevin Zhu MLD Mortgage Inc. dba The Money Store NJ 323,604,686 844 12% 88% Banker 21
88 88 Justin Woo Better Mortgage Corp. NC 322,707,771 688 8% 92% Banker 8
89 89 David Edmondson TD Bank N.A. SC 322,696,530 491 93% 7% Banker 7
90 90 Chelsea Houston Better Mortgage Corp. NY 321,774,624 1,021 0% 100% Banker 1
91 91 Casey Oiness Guild Mortgage Co. WA 319,200,382 689 42% 58% Banker 11
92 92 Jonathan Lamkin Guaranteed Rate NJ 317,911,580 636 48% 52% Banker 19
93 93 Patricia Lopez Better Mortgage Corp. CA 317,772,934 782 72% 28% Banker 30
94 94 Carl Colello AmRes PA 314,558,498 919 14% 86% Banker 14
95 95 David Jaffe Guaranteed Rate CA 314,080,217 661 24% 76% Banker 30
96 96 Chris Furie Insignia Mortgage Inc. CA 311,926,040 139 64% 36% Broker 29
97 97 Elliott Reiss Better Mortgage Corp. NC 311,746,360 691 7% 93% Banker 6
98 98 Damon Germanides Insignia Mortgage Inc. CA 311,082,150 140 37% 63% Broker 16
99 99 Becca Green Guild Mortgage Co. NV 306,935,929 1,244 52% 48% Banker 23
100 100 Deborah Foley CF Bank OH 306,638,323 856 6% 94% Banker 15
Rank First Name Last Name Company State Total Volume Closed Loans % Purchases % Refis Banker or Broker Yrs. in Biz

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