Joella Benson is the top-transacting Latino mortgage originator in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to the annual Top 250 ranking from the National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals.
Benson, an agent with Town Square Mortgage & Investments, Inc., handled 337 transactions last year with a volume of over $96.8 million.
All told, NAHREP’s Top 250 represents 40 states and Puerto Rico. Men make up 61% of the ranking, while women make up 39%. Nearly 60% have 11 or more years of experience, followed by six to 10 years at 28% and two to five years at 12%. Eighty-one percent are bilingual.
DHI Mortgage ranked as the top company in the country, with 52 loan officers in the Top 250. DHI was followed by CrossCountry Mortgage with 22, New American Funding with 14, Rate with 14 and Guild Mortgage Company with 13.
Meet all the Metroplex mortgage lenders featured on NAHREP’s ranking:
No. 6 – Joella Benson, Town Square Mortgage & Investments, Inc.
337 transactions, $96,826,590
No. 11 – Alex Varela, Neighborhood Loans
304 transactions, $122,388,478
No. 23 – Fermin Barrera, DHI Mortgage
257 transactions, $72,043,680
No. 30 – Alfredo Lujan, DHI Mortgage
233 transactions, $69,708,334
No. 41 – Julie Capps, DHI Mortgage
213 transactions, $65,722,522
No. 46 – Kenneth Chavarria, Sociable Mortgage
205 transactions, $58,963,617
No. 52 – Jose Mendez, Mortgage Matters
199 transactions, $54,559,530
No. 53 – Gabe Reyes, Texas Bank Mortgage Company
199 transactions, $48,660,640
No. 54 – Gio Ramon, DHI Mortgage
198 transactions, $67,625,026
No. 63 – Todd Nunis, Guild Mortgage Company
191 transactions, $65,463,305
No. 65 – Julio Chavez, Supreme Lending
190 transactions, $30,636,409
No. 74 – Dina Pierson, Supreme Lending
179 transactions, $45,154,624
No. 79 – Diego Giraldo, Texas Bank Mortgage Company
174 transactions, $39,656,461
No. 92 – Christian Ramos, DHI Mortgage
162 transactions, $46,333,496
No. 111 – Katerina Savignano, DHI Mortgage
154 transactions, $49,961,239
No. 140 – Edgar Vazquez, CrossCountry Mortgage
134 transactions, $48,357,907
No. 141 – Yesenia Silva, Town Square Mortgage & Investments, Inc.
134 transactions, $37,004,438
No. 165 – Carolina Moreno, Texas Bank Mortgage Company
125 transactions, $28,769,879
No. 180 – Dina Arrisola, DHI Mortgage
119 transactions, $38,959,794
No. 193 – Chris Brancato, Supreme Lending
116 transactions, $30,311,680
No. 208 – Josue Hernandez, Supreme Lending
112 transactions, $24,711,276
No. 222 – Oscar Dominguez Ramos, CrossCountry Mortgage
107 transactions, $29,063,413
No. 245 – Ana Shaw, U.S. Bank
102 transactions, $43,635,160