The 2018 countdown of the National Mortgage News Top Producers list continues by featuring the loan officers ranked 26 to 75.

The results of this year's rankings reflect a market in transition. Mortgage interest rates began to rise after the 2016 elections and as that trend continued into 2017, refinance volume fell precipitously. In response, lenders began to put more emphasis on the purchase mortgage market. Unfortunately, while consumer demand for homes showed marked improvement, a severe dearth in available inventory for sale stifled the housing market.
A new component of this year's Top Producers program is an in-depth survey that explores how professionals are pursuing new market opportunities and contend with industry challenges.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Top Producers program. The rankings are open to mortgage loan officers and mortgage brokers who work at depository, nonbank and mortgage brokerage firms in the United States.
Information submitted about 2017 loan production was used to compile this year's Top Producer Rankings. Loan officers who submitted data for the survey represent the entire spectrum of the origination business, from banks and credit unions to mortgage bankers and mortgage brokerages, and their titles range from loan officer all the way to company president.
The 2018 Top Producer rankings countdown will continue until the top 25 loan officers are revealed on April 12 and the entire list is published in a special section of the print edition of National Mortgage News.
Rank | Name | Company | Dollar Volume | Number of Loans |
26 | Shashank Shekhar | Arcus Lending | $150,938,095 | 293 |
27 | Ryan Grant | Fairway Independent Mortgage | $148,516,043 | 294 |
28 | John Noldan | Guaranteed Rate | $143,505,220 | 518 |
29 | Tim Smith | Chemical Bank | $140,208,824 | 322 |
30 | Quoc Do | EverBank | $139,098,550 | 209 |
31 | Ryan Shane | Sammamish Mortgage | $136,640,497 | 405 |
32 | Umar Gebril | Academy Mortgage | $136,076,246 | 271 |
33 | Steven Grossman | NJ Lenders | $127,780,800 | 251 |
34 | Sean Fritts | McLean Mortgage | $126,010,080 | 295 |
35 | Thuan Nguyen | Loan Factory | $124,600,678 | 345 |
36 | Shimmy Braun | Guaranteed Rate | $124,358,341 | 359 |
37 | Stephanie Dombrowski | Ent Credit Union | $122,700,949 | 435 |
38 | Joseph Smith | Guaranteed Rate | $121,889,144 | 259 |
39 | Sam Rosenblatt | Academy Mortgage | $120,723,584 | 394 |
40 | David Jaffe | On Q Financial | $119,054,069 | 257 |
41 | Dianne Crosby | Guaranteed Rate | $117,020,887 | 190 |
42 | Allyson Kreycik | Guaranteed Rate | $116,701,869 | 257 |
43 | Matthew Adler | Lake Michigan Credit Union | $115,159,683 | 491 |
44 | Timothy Taylor | HomeBridge Financial Services | $114,226,999 | 205 |
45 | Austin Lampson | On Q Financial | $113,606,093 | 244 |
46 | Michael Deery | Citywide Financial | $112,808,450 | 257 |
47 | Mark Johnson | HomeBridge Financial Services | $110,043,820 | 220 |
48 | Lillian Tang | First American International Bank | $109,228,223 | 304 |
49 | Dan Gjeldum | Guaranteed Rate | $106,104,384 | 217 |
50 | Beth Lewis | Perl Mortgage | $105,715,466 | 351 |
51 | Christopher Keelin | Family First Funding | $105,220,851 | 383 |
52 | Hani Ali | Guaranteed Rate | $104,019,140 | 307 |
53 | James Pope | Wintrust Mortgage | $103,016,367 | 327 |
54 | Matt Weaver | CrossCountry Mortgage | $101,278,741 | 401 |
55 | Brian Jessen | Guaranteed Rate | $100,611,686 | 234 |
56 | Shawn Huss | Chemical Bank | $99,403,660 | 888 |
57 | Eric Kulbe | Guild Mortgage | $98,700,500 | 309 |
58 | Jason Evans | loanDepot | $97,916,720 | 281 |
59 | Reginald Maddox | McLean Mortgage | $96,335,856 | 222 |
60 | Michele Stanisch | Guaranteed Rate | $96,056,022 | 166 |
61 | Angela Kakos | First Securities Mortgage | $95,141,103 | 489 |
62 | Jerry Sundt | V.I.P. Mortgage | $94,875,356 | 435 |
63 | Justin Bonura | NJ Lenders | $93,154,531 | 245 |
64 | Chad Trease | PrimeLending | $92,829,687 | 424 |
65 | Eric Glick | Certainty Home Loans | $92,165,081 | 431 |
66 | Mike Ward | U of I Community Credit Union | $91,805,877 | 479 |
67 | Jon Lamkin | Guaranteed Rate | $91,397,000 | 194 |
68 | Drew Boland | Guaranteed Rate | $89,526,400 | 236 |
69 | Melissa Bell | McLean Mortgage | $89,525,497 | 224 |
70 | Adam Slack | Guaranteed Rate | $88,936,732 | 371 |
71 | J Alex Islas | Cathay Bank | $87,913,000 | 285 |
72 | Joseph Parisi | Guaranteed Rate | $85,880,232 | 148 |
73 | Amanda Sessa | SWBC Mortgage | $85,791,458 | 238 |
74 | Silverio Garcia | Golden Empire Mortgage | $85,524,109 | 226 |
75 | Rick Elmendorf | Caliber Home Loans | $85,482,536 | 183 |