Best Mortgage Professionals

Every year, D Magazine’s editorial research division surveys more than 20,000 D Magazine subscribers and recent homebuyers, along with members of the real estate, mortgage, and insurance communities, to identify outstanding agents and professionals for public recognition. Winners are selected for excellence in customer service, integrity, market knowledge, and overall satisfaction. We will vet nominees for licensing and disciplinary status and announce the winners in the September 2025 issue of D Magazine.

STEP 1

+ NOMINATIONS

D Magazine emails nomination ballots to all real estate agents, mortgage professionals, and insurance agents in our database; and emails and mails ballots to more than 20,000 D Magazine subscribers and recent homebuyers in the area.

Best Mortgage Professionals:

• We ask recent homebuyers and subscribers to nominate one mortgage professional with whom they have worked who has demonstrated excellence.
• We ask fellow mortgage professionals and insurance agents to nominate up to three mortgage professionals in each category (one inside their companies and two outside their companies).
• And we ask real estate agents to nominate up to three mortgage professionals with whom they have worked closely.

STEP 2

+ VETTING PROCESS

Votes are tallied and sorted by D Magazine’s editorial staff. We put the data into an algorithm that places emphasis on feedback we received from our subscribers and recent homebuyers. We then screen each nominee with the Texas Department of Savings and Mortgage Lending database to make sure that licenses are up to date and that there has been no disciplinary action.

Ballots are not counted if they are:

• Self-nominations
• Duplicate ballots
• Nominees outside of our geographic boundaries (view here)

STEP 3

+ TOP MORTGAGE PRODUCERS

Brokers/Owners and/or top level Executives are invited to submit production numbers for an agent’s previous year to determine eligibility for Top Producers. Individual mortgage producers may not submit production reports on behalf of themselves. Production minimum requirements are listed below. Please contact Sarah Masquelier Risi for more information about submitting for Top Producer.

Mortgage Top Producer minimum production requirement:

Mortgage Platinum level minimum production requirement:

• Individual Agents, minimum to be determined by D Magazine’s Editorial Director based on submissions.

STEP 4

+ NOTIFICATION

We send congratulatory emails to the Best Mortgage Professionals and Top Mortgage Producers.

After notification, our sales team is allowed to view the list and offer advertising opportunities to winners.

We play fair:

• Advertising dollars have zero impact on the creation of this list.
• Best Mortgage Professionals are featured in our September issue and marked as a Best in our online directory whether they advertise or not. Top Producers are also designated in our online directory, regardless of their choice to advertise.