Mortgage Market Intel #34 - Wishing You a Happy End-of-Summer 2026!
Market Movers
Last week, 301 originators switched companies and 1,407 individuals obtained their NMLS license. Notable originator movements last week include:
- Austin Reed ($134.1M, 166 units) joined OriginPoint LLC
- Amiteshwar Bhatia ($133.1M, 238 units) joined Watermelon Mortgage Inc
- Srikanth Rentachintala ($130.9M, 139 units) joined Golden 1 Credit Union
- Michelle Oddo ($79.1M, 133 units) joined OriginPoint LLC
- Robert Edner ($63.9M, 136 units) joined Siwell, Inc.
- Edgar Vazquez ($57.5M, 161 units) joined Rate
- Jenny Verducci ($54.6M, 70 units) joined Golden 1 Credit Union
- Kristen Smith ($53.3M, 118 units) joined CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC
- Dakotah Kutz ($48.3M, 111 units) joined Rate
- Eric Newman ($45.8M, 86 units) joined Planet Home Lending, LLC
- Todd French ($43.4M, 56 units) joined Kama'aina Mortgage Group Inc.
- Anthony Eriksson ($41.2M, 86 units) joined Rate
Figures are based on last 14 months’ production.
Market Movers (Gainers by Producer Volume)
Top Gainers (non-Bank/CU):
- Kama'aina Mortgage Group Inc. +10.38%
- The Broker - Mortgage Experts +7.99%
- ClickStart Mortgage LLC +7.09%
- Active Link, Inc. +6.07%
- Integrity First Lending LLC +5.86%
- Panorama Mortgage Group, LLC +5.65%
- Rosegate +4.89%
- Select Lending Services LLC +4.49%
- Green Lending LLC +4.44%
- Reliant Mortgage LLC +4.28%
- OriginPoint LLC +3.46%
- Loan Pronto, Inc. +3.46%
- Rize Mortgage +3.4%
- Madison Mortgage Services Inc. +3.33%
- Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC +2.94%
Calculations based on last aggregate production of individual LO’s 14 months’ production. Excludes companies below $100M in 14mo LO production value after gains factored in.

Wishing You a Happy End-of-Summer 2026!
I hope you’re able to spend these last weeks of summer recharging with the people that bring joy and meaning to your life. I’m currently traveling with my family. My kids are 11 and 12. I hear that we may be at the tail end of this kind of togetherness, and so I’m taking a break from data analysis this week to savor these moments and not add any data distraction to you either😊 We will be back next week with more analysis though! We’re seeing a lot of interesting things when it comes to Agent Loyalty and we want to dig into it. Let us know if there’s anything else on your mind that you’d like us to look into. Thanks!
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