Rate Dominates Scotsman Guide's Top Producer Rankings for Fifth Year in a Row

Rate, the eighth largest retail mortgage lender in the nation, congratulates its 50 loan originators named to Scotsman Guide's. This is the fifth year that Rate leads the list with more top mortgage professionals than any other company. Thirty-one Rate loan originators have also appeared on the magazine's Most Closed Loans list.

"Each of these dedicated loan originators has worked extremely hard to become a leader in the mortgage industry," said Victor Ciardelli, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Rate. "They all put the customer first, demand excellence and deliver results. We started Rate with the mission of simplifying the mortgage process and making it more transparent for our customers, and I'm proud to work with these originators who do that every day."

The Scotsman Guide rankings celebrate loan originators who excel in customer service, utilize mortgage technology and exponentially grow their business. Rate loan originators named to the Scotsman Guide 2016 Top Producer List, by ranking, are:

4. Shant Banosian70. Allyson Kreycik192. Michael Murgatroy397. Matt Tierney
7. Ben Cohen73. Dianne Crosby199. Joe McBreen405. Bryan Brown
12. Joe Caltabiano91. Joseph Smith204. Rusty O'Dowd407. Larry Steinway
18. Indy Johar104. Dan Gjeldum221. Michelle Bobart413. Chris Hutchens
20. Andrew Marquis109. Ryan Mecum232. Jonathan Lamkin423. Steven Maizes
22. Ben Anderson127. Christin Luckman249. Roger Brasil428. Amber Arwine
24. Shimmy Braun134. Brian R. Jessen256. Michele Stanisch435. Maddox Rees
31. Brian Decker135. Drew Boland258. Rick Scherer443. Jeffrey Angelucci
37. Tom Lavallee138. Dean Vlamis271. Rich Clayton451. Lance Ray
40. Sam Sharp141. Mike Nielsen273. Adam Slack456. Jon Altizer
45. Patrick Ruffner149. JD Cortese281. Ron Erdmann457. Stephen Delagrange
55. John Noldan158. Christina Trethewey375. Daniel J Rock
68. Craig Stelzer185. Sam Batayneh394. Michael Bischof