Rate Leads the Scotsman Guide Top Originators 2018 Rankings
The national retail mortgage lender has 63 mortgage professionals ranked as top originators
Chicago, Ill., April. 1, 2019 --- Rate, one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the nation, congratulates its 63 mortgage professionals named to the Scotsman Guide annual list of “Top Originators.”
For the seventh consecutive year, Rate had more top originators than any other company. Three out of the top five were Rate loan officers, including the number one originator in the country, Shant Banosian of Boston, Mass., who funded more than $536 million in loan volume and closed over 1,200 loans in 2018.
“We love working with the best mortgage professionals in the business,” said Rate Founder and Chief Executive Officer Victor Ciardelli. “Positivity is at the core of our success and our loan officers dream big knowing they have the support to reach their goals. We give them all the tools they need to succeed: intuitive technology, marketing resources and an operations workflow that lets them focus on growing their business, along with a range of loan products and competitive pricing.”
Of the company’s 63 loan originators ranked, 54 were from Rate and nine work for Guaranteed Rate Affinity.
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 2018 Top Producer List, by ranking, are:
1 Shant Banosian (NMLS: 7206)
4 Andrew Marquis (NMLS: 29861)
5 Ben Cohen (NMLS: 217528)
6 Risha Kilaru (NMLS: 249676)
47 Sam Sharp (NMLS: 224518)
51 Joseph Smith (NMLS: 481139)
61 John Noldan (NMLS: 19368)
62 Dan Gjeldum (NMLS: 686529)
78 Ryan Mecum (NMLS: 755885)
82 Bruce Salik (NMLS: 79065)
83 Adam Slack (NMLS: 203603)
93 Roger Brasil (NMLS: 481219)
102 Allyson Kreycik (NMLS: 484108)
106 Dianne Crosby (NMLS: 304682)
113 Jonathan Lamkin (NMLS: 143207)
123 Ron Erdmann (NMLS: 728342)
127 Nicole Santizo (NMLS: 582907)
134 Julee Felsman (NMLS:120831)
145 Michael Murgatroy (NMLS: 60099)
181 Rob Clark (NMLS: 182527)
184 Lance Ray (NMLS: 271157)
188 Drew Boland (NMLS: 222913)
192 Mike Sanchez (NMLS: 860048)
199 Tom Lavallee (NMLS: 132849)
210 Jennifer Martinez (NMLS: 173516)
218 Mike Nielsen (NMLS: 223614)
Drew Stacey* (NMLS: 728175)
227 Paul Zgalich (NMLS: 156843)
230 Dan Rogers (NMLS: 131966)
233 JD Cortese (NMLS: 88862)
238 Hani Ali (NMLS: 971709)
Michele Stanisch* (NMLS: 256367)
240 Robert Wishnick (NMLS: 146422)
241 Christina Trethewey (NMLS: 79510)
242 Amber Arwine (NMLS: 802229)
267 Eric Bryce (NMLS: 945783)
272 Stephen Delagrange (NMLS: 216439)
277 Megan Wells (NMLS: 6423)
279 Michelle Bobart (NMLS: 137164)
280 Jeff Angelucci (NMLS: 134092)
289 Savvas Fetfatsidis (NMLS: 35213)
294 Jerry Wilson (NMLS: 267270)
313 Shimmy Braun (NMLS: 112849)
326 Chris Hutchens (NMLS: 117377)
329 Brian Jessen (NMLS: 205801)
341 Joe Parisi (NMLS: 255572)
345 Howard Hahn (NMLS: 888008)
371 Christin Luckman (NMLS: 224408)
385 Kristian Winters (NMLS: 28270)
388 Frank Burgert (NMLS: 6456)
403 Tim Martin (NMLS: 16273)
405 Debra Chmiel (NMLS: 28210)
406 Jennifer Fairfield (NMLS: 224189)
408 David Polarek (NMLS: 195167)
417 Joel Schaub (NMLS: 224512)
418 Michael Berrodin (NMLS: 33471)
446 Jason Griesser (NMLS: 137179)
449 Jeff Crain (NMLS: 377726)
454 Matt Tierney (NMLS: 223623)
455 Mike Fagan (NMLS: 182530)
463 Jason Harris (NMLS: 573906)
492 Dean Vlamis (NMLS: 194442)
498 Daniel Rock (NMLS: 194424)
*Due to publisher error, this originator was inadvertently omitted from the rankings.
About Rate Companies
Rate is one of the largest retail mortgage lenders in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, the Company has more than 4,000 employees in nearly 330 offices across the U.S. and Washington, D.C., and is licensed in all 50 states. Since its founding in 2000, Rate has helped hundreds of thousands of homeowners with home purchase loans and refinances and funded more than $19 billion in 2018. The Company has cemented itself as the Home Purchase Experts® by introducing innovative technology, such as the world's first Digital Mortgage, offering low rates within an easy-to-understand mortgage process and by delivering unparalleled customer service. 2017 marked the launch of Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC, a mortgage origination joint venture between Rate, Inc. and Realogy Holdings Corp. (NYSE: RLGY), a global leader in residential real estate franchising and brokerage. Honors and awards include: “Top Lender for Online Service” for 2018 by U.S. News & World Report; No. 3 ranking in Scotsman Guide's Top Retail Mortgage Lenders 2017; Top Lender 2016, 2017 and 2018 by Chicago Agent magazine; Chicago Tribune's Top Workplaces list for seven consecutive years; and Best Overall Online Lender and Best Lender for FHA Refinance by NerdWallet in 2018. Visit rate.com for more information. For licensing information go to www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org Rate NMLS: 2611"