For the fifth time in the past six years, the National Mortgage News Top Producers Survey results are headed up by a loan originator who produced over $1 billion.

Shant Banosian, president of Rate, did over $1.03 billion during 2025, with Mark Cohen of Cohen Financial just behind at $933 million. Furthermore, 29 of this year's entrants did over $100 billion, up from 27 in 2025 and 22 for 2024.

The Top Producers Survey is open to individual loan officers who work at depository, nonbank (including third party originators) and mortgage brokerage firms in the United States.

This year's survey asked respondents about customer retention efforts as well as marketing to those buying a home.

"Continuing my superior personal and hands-on service has allowed me to retain most of my current customers," said Ralph Tancredi Sr., of Manasquan Bank, the 47th-ranked producer.

"They continue to refer me to their family and friends," he said. Experience matters in his success, noting "I have been in the business so long that I have done many second-generation originations."

Meanwhile, Aimia Mire of GMFS Mortgage, the No. 31 originator, has a slightly different objective for her homebuyer business.

"While the purchase market is competitive on resale, construction lending has a much shorter bench," Mire said. "I plan to stay close to your builder network, and let the rate environment work in my favor as buyer confidence returns."

The survey covers mortgage loans originated during 2025 and probes the submitters' views on issues affecting the industry at large as well as their business.

The Top Producers survey has been in existence for 28 years and is the successor to those conducted by Broker magazine and Origination News (former National Mortgage News sister publications) as well as Mortgage Originator Magazine, which Arizent owns the content rights to.

Submissions were made by the participants or their representatives. The information was verified to the best of our ability but National Mortgage News cannot claim the absolute veracity of the data. Some entries might have been removed due to submission errors or following the check on the data.

Today we reveal the top 50 loan originators. Wednesday disclosed loan originators ranked between 51 and 100. On Tuesday, we listed those between 101 and 175, while on Monday we published the names of those between 176 and 275.

In an upcoming article, National Mortgage News speaks with some Top Producers on what made them successful last year and how they plan to remain prolific in 2026. Additional cuts of data, including top women and by number of units produced, will be published shortly thereafter.