The Top Producers of 2023: Most units originated
April 24, 2023 9:33 AM
Another metric to determine who is a Top Producer is to look at their loan count. Some observers have noted that a dollar volume measuring stick rewards those that have high average loan balances.
A loan officer from areas where home prices are below the national average can actually be more productive than their counterparts in metros with higher values.
Shant Banosian of Guaranteed Rate , was also tops by units, the activity of others on this listing bears out the above. For example, Jaclyn Litton of Litton Mortgage, located in Shreveport, Louisiana, ranked 42nd on the dollar listing but 14th in terms of loans originated.
Below, the 50 mortgage loan originators by units produced in 2023:
A loan officer from areas where home prices are below the national average can actually be more productive than their counterparts in metros with higher values.
Last year was a tough year for the mortgage industry, but the best of the best managed to keep their volumes high.
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Below, the 50 mortgage loan originators by units produced in 2023:
Top originators by units 50-41
| Rank | Name | Company | Total units originated | Total dollar volume |
| 50 | Gina Allman | Ent Credit Union | 230 | $86,895,010 |
| 49 | Joseph Cipollo | CMG Home Loans | 231 | $77,115,647 |
| 48 | Jonathan Okun | Prosperity Home Mortgage | 233 | $164,590,386 |
| 47 | Chad Cantrell | Certainty Home Lending/Guaranteed Rate | 235 | $66,102,764 |
| 46 | Joe Dunn | George Mason Mortgage | 240 | $125,872,784 |
| 45 | John Sperling | Visio Financial Services Inc | 248 | $90,815,457 |
| 44 | Angela Kakos | Guaranteed Rate | 249 | $63,786,716 |
| 43 | Billy Winfree | Steadfast Mortgage | 253 | $115,625,554 |
| 42 | Niket Patankar | Predian Mortgage | 253 | $140,574,391 |
| 41 | Shirley Stange | Ent Credit Union | 254 | $85,567,649 |
Top originators by units 40-31
| Rank | Name | Company | Total units originated | Total dollar volume |
| 40 | Andrew Lane | CMG Home Loans | 258 | $96,709,094 |
| 39 | Lorri Hoffman | Highlands Mortgage | 265 | $85,315,697 |
| 38 | Mona Edick | Bay Equity Home Loans | 267 | $84,608,435 |
| 37 | Donald Blaize | CMG Home Loans | 271 | $60,036,576 |
| 36 | Dawn VanNieuwenhuyzen | Plains Commerce Bank | 274 | $78,869,778 |
| 35 | Chris Cox | First Savings Mortgage | 279 | $199,916,041 |
| 34 | Chris Murphy | M2 Lending Solutions | 283 | $138,109,425 |
| 33 | Tony Lupescu | Fifth Third Bank | 285 | $191,416,505 |
| 32 | Belinda Arender | Primis Bank | 286 | $91,503,292 |
| 31 | Daniel Adams | Visio Financial Services | 291 | $129,461,146 |
Top originators by units 30-21
| Rank | Name | Company | Total units originated | Total dollar volume |
| 30 | Karen Chiu | New American Funding | 303 | $167,115,160 |
| 29 | Brandi Schaefer | Safe Credit Union | 304 | $202,130,023 |
| 28 | Phillip Nguyen | Bay Equity Home Loans | 306 | $144,809,614 |
| 27 | Mary Meghan Merrill | CMG Home Loans | 312 | $83,927,516 |
| 26 | Scott Stinson | FBC Mortgage | 318 | $112,600,421 |
| 25 | Sherry Riano | First Heritage Mortgage | 324 | $113,618,033 |
| 24 | Lance Johnson | Regions Bank | 324 | $247,493,358 |
| 23 | Ray Shanahan | TowneBank Mortgage | 328 | $159,687,065 |
| 22 | Stephanie Dombrowski | Ent Credit Union | 328 | $176,892,189 |
| 21 | Chet Mann | CMG Home Loans | 336 | $82,029,916 |
Top originators by units 20-11
| Rank | Name | Company | Total units originated | Total dollar volume |
| 20 | Kyle Wright | American Pacific Mortgage | 336 | $138,257,159 |
| 19 | Michelle Jacinto | Direct Mortgage Loans | 354 | $79,768,475 |
| 18 | Allison Davis | George Mason Mortgage | 360 | $117,288,868 |
| 17 | Josh Moody | Draper and Kramer Mortgage | 369 | $104,806,699 |
| 16 | Dana Meadows | Movement Mortgage | 379 | $123,864,287 |
| 15 | Jimmy Alexander | SWBC Mortgage | 386 | $115,606,655 |
| 14 | Jaclyn Litton | Litton Mortgage | 388 | $98,566,602 |
| 13 | Shashank Shekhar | InstaMortgage | 400 | $187,048,281 |
| 12 | Shelby Weston | HomeTown Lenders | 431 | $107,032,121 |
| 11 | Justin Bonura | NJ Lenders | 441 | $207,472,145 |
Top originators by units 10-1
| Rank | Name | Company | Total units originated | Total dollar volume |
| 10 | Brandon Brotsky | Reach Home Loans | 476 | $179,387,628 |
| 9 | Jackie Wampler | Intercoastal Mortgage | 478 | $137,389,573 |
| 8 | Michael Borodinsky | Caliber Home Loans | 495 | $194,230,000 |
| 7 | Matthew Adler | Lake Michigan Credit Union | 506 | $192,950,829 |
| 6 | Tammy Saul | Federal Hill Mortgage | 541 | $180,172,310 |
| 5 | Mark Cohen | Cohen Financial Group | 552 | $751,412,542 |
| 4 | Paul Volpe | Nova Home Loans | 614 | $193,720,877 |
| 3 | Christopher Keelin | Family First Funding | 855 | $322,846,372 |
| 2 | Michael Rodriguez | Platinum Capital Mortgage | 1157 | $690,549,665 |
| 1 | Shant Banosian | Guaranteed Rate | 1617 | $925,050,587 |
