2021's Top Producers, Nos. 1-50

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Since the mortgage industry had its best year ever in 2020, individual loan officer production naturally followed suit.

For the first time in the 23-year history of National Mortgage News' survey, there is a billion dollar producer at the top of the list.

Christopher Gallo, a senior loan officer at NJ Lenders Corp. in Ho-Ho-Kus, N.J., logged slightly under $1.02 billion in loan volume for 2020. In the prior year, Gallo was our No. 2 originator with $346.6 million in volume.

Overall there were 204 originators that produced over $100 million, compared with 85 one year ago.

This year's No. 400 producer did over $53 million in production, compared with last year, when that person originated nearly $36 million.
As an industry, the latest data from Fannie Mae has mortgage lenders total volume in 2020 at $4.5 trillion, while the Mortgage Bankers Association has $3.8 trillion. In either case that beats 2003's $3.7 trillion as the best year ever.

The rankings are open to mortgage loan officers and mortgage brokers who work at depository, nonbank and mortgage brokerage firms in the United States. Below are the top 50 producers of 2021.

RELATED: The complete list of 2021's Top Producers

No. 50: Peter Accolla

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Company: George Mason Mortgage
Title: Branch Manager
Location: Fairfax, Va.
Loan volume: $189,193,648
Number of loans originated: 406

No. 49: James Bell Jr.

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Company: Capital Bank N.A.
Title: Senior Mortgage Banker
Location: Rockville, Md.
Loan volume: $190,692,589
Number of loans originated: 448

No. 48: Derek Wetzel

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Company: On Q Financial
Title: Senior Mortgage Consultant
Location: Bellevue, Wash.
Loan volume: $191,700,017
Number of loans originated: 353

No. 47: Chris Murphy

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Company: M2 Lending Solutions
Title: President
Location: Denver, Colo.
Loan volume: $196,987,411
Number of loans originated: 568

No. 46: Brian Morley

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Company: Fulton Mortgage Company
Title: Senior Vice President
Location: Colombia, Md.
Loan volume: $200,894,965
Number of loans originated: 435

No. 45: Jennifer Beeston

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Company: Guaranteed Rate
Title: Senior Vice President
Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.
Loan volume: $205,447,973
Number of loans originated: 542

No. 44: Tammy Saul

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Company: Federal Hill Mortgage
Title: Owner
Location: Baltimore, Md.
Loan volume: $208,223,807
Number of loans originated: 608

No. 43: James Nesbit

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Company: Academy Mortgage
Title: Loan officer
Location: Olympia, Wash.
Loan volume: $209,165,413
Number of loans originated: 736

No. 42: Amit Kaim

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Company: George Mason Mortgage
Title: Loan officer
Location: McLean, Va.
Loan volume: $209,834,280
Number of loans originated: 431

No. 41: Jason Smith

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Company: Nova Home Loans
Title: Branch Manager, Vice President
Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Loan volume: $211,018,143
Number of loans originated: 432

No. 40: Matthew Adler

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Company: Lake Michigan Credit Union
Title: Loan officer
Location: Troy, Mich.
Loan volume: $220,018,953
Number of loans originated: 805


No. 39: Brenda Dintino

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Company: Total Quality Lending
Title:
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Loan volume: $240,754,602
Number of loans originated: 577

No. 38: Amanda Sessa

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Company: SWBC Mortgage
Title: Senior Loan Officer
Location: Boulder, Colo.
Loan volume: $241,535,783
Number of loans originated: 573

No. 37: Michael Brown

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Company: Churchill Mortgage
Title: Loan Specialist
Location: Brentwood, Tenn.
Loan volume: $248,249,956
Number of loans originated: 840

No. 36: Jennifer Guidry

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Company: First United Bank
Title: Loan Advisor
Location: Schertz, Texas
Loan volume: $250,682,901
Number of loans originated: 619

No. 35: Brandon Brostsky

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Company: Reach Home Loans
Title: Producing Branch Manager
Location: Boca Raton, Fla.
Loan volume: $255,865,350
Number of loans originated: 846

No. 34: Lauren Maxwell

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Company: CrossCountry Mortgage
Title: Executive Vice President
Location: Naples, Fla.
Loan volume: $256,116,241
Number of loans originated: 908

No. 33: James Pulsipher

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Company: Bay Equity Home Loans
Title: Senior Vice President
Location: Grand Junction, Colo.
Loan volume: $261,688,768
Number of loans originated: 944

No. 32: Karen Nielson

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Company: Guild Mortgage
Title: Branch Manager
Location: Logan, Utah
Loan volume: $267,496,304
Number of loans originated: 1,157

No. 31: Michael DeRaspe

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Company: KeyBank Mortgage
Title: Senior Loan Officer
Location: Portland, Me.
Loan volume: $273,590,000
Number of loans originated: 363

No. 30: Carey Cyr

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Company: CMG Financial
Title: Branch Manager
Location: Franklin, Tenn.
Loan volume: $274,555,095
Number of loans originated: 1,048

No. 29: Stephanie Dombrowski

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Company: Ent Credit Union
Title: Loan officer
Location: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Loan volume: $274,586,109
Number of loans originated: 699

No. 28: Ryan Grant

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Company: Neo Home Loans
Title: Division President
Location: Irvine, Calif.
Loan volume: $276,797,803
Number of loans originated: 532

No. 27: Matt Andre

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Company: FBC Mortgage
Title: Branch Manager
Location: Lake Mary, Fla.
Loan volume: $277,345,164
Number of loans originated: 951

No. 26: Justin Bonura

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Company: NJ Lenders
Title: Loan Officer
Location: Little Falls, N.J.
Loan volume: $280,641,207
Number of loans originated: 689

No. 25: Lizy Hoeffer

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Company: CrossCountry Mortgage
Title: Chief Experience Officer / Senior Loan Officer
Location: Phoenix, Ariz.
Loan volume: $325,272,642
Number of loans originated: 1,167

No. 24: Alexander Kim

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Company: HomeFirst Mortgage Bankers
Title: CEO
Location: Irvine, Calif.
Loan volume: $332,526,960
Number of loans originated: 849

No. 23: Jeremy Durkin

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Company: Trident Mortgage
Title: Branch Manager
Location: Wayne, Pa.
Loan volume: $337,290,669
Number of loans originated: 1,065

No. 22: Neil Kantor

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Company: Homespire Mortgage
Title: Vice President of Builder Division
Location: Gaithersburg, Md.
Loan volume: $342,145,222
Number of loans originated: 809

No. 21: Samuel Rosenblatt

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Company: Academy Mortgage
Title: Mortgage Planner
Location: Hunt Valley, Md.
Loan volume: $345,504,401
Number of loans originated: 1,066

No. 20: Michael Borodinsky

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Company: Caliber Home Loans
Title:
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Loan volume: $349,075m568
Number of loans originated: 946

No. 19: Lance Johnson

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Company: Regions Mortgage
Title: Loan officer
Location: Charlotte, N.C.
Loan volume: $367,660,928
Number of loans originated: 555

No. 18: Josephine Cardenia

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Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan officer
Location: New York, N.Y.
Loan volume: $382,155,631
Number of loans originated: 1,200

No. 17: Michael DaCruz

Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan Consultant
Location: New York, N.Y.
Loan volume: $396,912,198
Number of loans originated: 1,256

No. 16: Nicolas Ponza

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Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan consultant
Location: Oakland, Calif.
Loan volume: $397,980,241
Number of loans originated: 1,233

No. 15: Christopher Keelin

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Company: Family First Funding
Title: Northeast Senior Vice President
Location: Rockaway, N.J.
Loan volume: $399,548,937
Number of loans originated: 1,220

No. 14: Zoey Cigar-Hodge

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Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan Consultant
Location: New York, N.Y.
Loan volume: $414,035,148
Number of loans originated: 1,296

No. 13: Wai Ping Tsang

Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan Consultant
Location: Oakland, Calif.
Loan volume: $420,066,919
Number of loans originated: 1,200

No. 12: Craig Stelzer

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Company: CrossCountry Mortgage
Title: Branch Manager
Location: Delray Beach
Loan volume: $436,558,144
Number of loans originated: 1,289

No. 11: Robby Oakes

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Company: CIMG Residential Mortgage
Title: Managing Director
Location: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Loan volume: $466,677,916
Number of loans originated: 1,474

No. 10: Andrew Post

Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan Consultant
Location: New York, N.Y.
Loan volume: $472,554,481
Number of loans originated: 1,501

No. 9: Landon Keeter

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Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan Consultant
Location: Oakland, Calif.
Loan volume: $474,459,311
Number of loans originated: 1,312

No. 8: Zachary Deal

Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan Consultant
Location: Oakland, Calif.
Loan volume: $482,908,254
Number of loans originated: 1,447

No. 7: Thomas Vaughan

Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan Consultant
Location: New York, N.Y.
Loan volume: $491,861,989
Number of loans originated: 1,493

No. 6: Kory Kavanewsky

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Company: CMG Mortgage
Title: Senior Loan Officer
Location: Coronado, Calif.
Loan volume: $520,804,988
Number of loans originated: 901

No. 5: Sean Ritter

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Company: Better Mortgage
Title: Loan Consultant
Location: New York, N.Y.
Loan volume: $524,957,318
Number of loans originated: 1,581

No. 4: Max Leaman

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Company: LoanPeople
Title: CEO
Location: Austin, Texas
Loan volume: $577,668,091
Number of loans originated: 1,742

No. 3: Paul Volpe

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Company: Nova Home Loans
Title: Senior Vice President
Location: Tuscon, Ariz.
Loan volume: $611,155,206
Number of loans originated: 2,374

No. 2: Michael Rodriguez

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Company: Platinum Capital Mortgage
Title: Broker and Owner
Location: Great Neck, N.Y.
Loan volume: $676,243,368
Number of loans originated: 1,264

No. 1: Chris Gallo

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Company: NJ Lenders
Title: Senior Loan Officer
Location: Ho Ho Kus, N.J.
Loan volume: $1,019,405,954
Number of loans originated: 2,532
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