For the ninth year in a row, The Commercial Record is recognizing the top loan originators throughout Connecticut. Ranked by dollar volume and number of loans completed, and representing banks, credit unions and mortgage companies, these originators are at the top of their game.
Even as 2022’s mortgage activity fell from the record levels of the pandemic’s first two years, some of Connecticut’s top loan originators still maintained a demanding pace last year as homebuyers faced rising mortgage rates, economic uncertainties and a limited supply of houses for sale.
While low interest rates kept the refinance boom going through the second year of the pandemic, purchase activity boosted the volumes of many of last year’s top loan originators.
In a year when low interest rates drove the most residential refinancing in Connecticut since 2013, loan originators throughout the state saw more purchase activity in 2020 than in any year since before the Great Recession.
Jarret Coleman can thank his childhood fascination with the weather for leading to his career as one of Connecticut’s top mortgage loan originators.
With mortgage interest rates at historic lows, loan originators in 2019 experienced a months-long refinancing boom that has continued amid the coronavirus crisis.
The strength of demand for homes in the Hartford area helped push one local loan originator into the top ranks of his colleagues statewide.
