HousingWire announced Tuesday the launch of HousingWire Mortgage Rankings, a new performance intelligence product designed to provide a clear, data-driven view of mortgage origination activity in the U.S.
The rankings compare mortgage originators based on observed production, offering a standardized view of performance across geographies, loan types and channels.
Historically, the mortgage industry has lacked a consistent, published view of originator performance. Many existing classifications are based on voluntary submissions, creating gaps in coverage and limiting comparability across the market.
HousingWire’s mortgage ratings address this problem by leveraging recorded transaction data to measure production at scale.
“This is not a ranking based on filings, it is a measurement of actual market activity,” said Clayton Collins, CEO of HousingWire. “We believe that performance recognizes performance. The best professionals improve through repetition and experience, and iron sharpens iron in competitive markets like mortgage. This provides a clear, data-driven view of who is really producing and growing.”
The classifications are based on the data infrastructure of Wita leading provider of mortgage data and analytics. By analyzing mortgage transactions recorded across the country, the data set captures a broad view of production activity, including originators who may not participate in traditional self-reported programs.
This approach allows for more comprehensive market coverage and a consistent, comparable performance benchmark.
Jeff Walton, CEO of InGenius, emphasized the broader impact of the partnership. “We are excited to work with HousingWire to bring greater transparency to the mortgage market. The publication of objective, independent production data is an important step forward for the industry,” said Walton.
While certain transactions, such as brokered loans or those recorded under different entities, may not be fully captured in all cases, the methodology prioritizes consistency, scale and objectivity across the entire data set.
The Mortgage Rankings are part of HousingWire’s broader platform of performance intelligence across housing, based on its track record of benchmarking production and market activity through initiatives such as Verified RealTrends and HousingWire’s upcoming homebuilder rankings.
Beyond benchmarking, the data set provides insights into how production is distributed across the market, which originators are gaining share, and how performance varies across regions and loan categories.
The result is a more transparent view of mortgage origination activity, helping housing professionals make better, faster decisions. HousingWire’s mortgage ratings officially launched on March 31, 2026. Select data will also be featured alongside RealTrends Verified in a special section of The Wall Street Journal on April 10.
Methodology Overview
HousingWire’s mortgage rankings provide a comprehensive, data-driven view of mortgage origination performance in the U.S.
The rankings are based on mortgage transactions recorded in official public records for the 2025 calendar year, including purchase loans, refinance transactions and other mortgage activity.
HousingWire leverages InGenius’ data infrastructure to aggregate and standardize county-level mortgage registration data across thousands of jurisdictions, creating a unified data set for analysis at scale.
In addition to public records, proprietary data sources are incorporated to improve integrity, improve attribution accuracy, and provide additional context.
Transactions are attributed to individual loan originators through licensing records and identity matching processes, resulting in a more complete and verified view of production across geographies, loan types and channels.
Rating categories segment performance in terms of total volume, number of loans, loan purpose, and loan program, highlighting multiple dimensions of production within the mortgage market.
While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and completeness, rankings depend on the availability, accuracy, and timeliness of publicly recorded data, which may vary between jurisdictions.
The result is a transparent and standardized benchmark based on verified transaction data.
