HousingWire On Tuesday he announced the launch of HousingWire Mortgage Rankings, a new intelligence product designed to provide a clear, data-driven view of mortgage origination activity across the US.
Ratings of mortgage originators based on observed production, providing a balanced view of performance across locations, loan types and channels.
Historically, the mortgage industry has not had a published and consistent view of originator performance. Many existing standards rely on voluntary submissions, which creates gaps in coverage and reduces comparability across the market.
HousingWire Mortgage Rankings addresses this by using recorded transaction data to measure productivity at scale.
“This is not a submission-based rate – it’s a measure of actual market activity,” said Clayton Collins, CEO of HousingWire. “We believe performance recognizes performance. The best professionals improve through repetition and experience, and steel sharpens steel in competitive markets like real estate. This brings a clear, data-driven view of who’s really producing and growing.”
Standards are powered by emerging data infrastructure Geniusa leading provider of mortgage data and analytics. By analyzing recorded household purchases across the country, the data set captures a broad view of the manufacturing industry – including founders who may not participate in traditional, self-reporting programs.
This approach allows for complete market coverage and consistent, apples-to-apples operations.
Jeff Walton, CEO of InGenius, emphasized the broader impact of the partnership. “We are excited to partner with HousingWire to bring greater transparency to the mortgage market. Publishing independent, objective production data is a logical step forward for the industry,” said Walton.
Although certain transactions, such as loans for sale or those recorded under different entities, may not be fully captured in all cases, the methodology prioritizes consistency, scale and objectivity across the dataset.
Mortgage Rankings is part of HousingWire’s comprehensive performance intelligence platform for all real estate, building on its track record of benchmarking productivity and market activity through programs such as RealTrends is verified and upcoming HousingWire Homebuilder standards.
Beyond benchmarking, the data set provides insight into how product is distributed across the market, originators gaining share, and how performance varies across regions and loan categories.
The result is a more transparent view of the real estate industry – helping real estate professionals make faster and better decisions. The HousingWire Mortgage Rankings officially launched on March 31, 2026. Select data will also be featured alongside RealTrends Verified in a special section in the Wall Street Journal on April 10.
Method overview
The HousingWire Mortgage Rankings provide a comprehensive, data-driven view of mortgage origination performance across the US.
The rates are based on loan activity recorded in official public records for calendar year 2025, including purchase loans, refinance activities and other loan activities.
HousingWire leverages data infrastructure from InGenius to aggregate and measure county-level housing inventory data across thousands of locations, creating a unified dataset for analysis at scale.
In addition to public records, proprietary data sources are compiled to improve completeness, improve attribution accuracy and provide additional context.
Transactions are said to be created by individual loan originators using license records and identity matching processes, resulting in a complete and guaranteed view of production across all locations, loan types and channels.
The performance category categories total volume, number of loans, loan purpose and loan program, which highlights multiple productivity ratios within the loan market.
While every effort is made to ensure accuracy and completeness, standards depend on the availability, accuracy and timeliness of publicly recorded data, which may vary from place to place.
The result is a transparent, standardized benchmark based on verified transaction data.
