by REILEY BONISLAWSKI

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals released their top 250 Latino Mortgage Originators Award for 2016, and 12 Illinois lenders were honored.

Some of the lenders appear within the top 100 Latino Mortgage Originators from non-depository lenders as well.

The nominees were selected for the number of mortgages they closed the previous year.

The 12 lenders awarded as mortgage originators are:

  • Saul Pinela, Neighborhood Loans, Inc., Lombard (216 mortgages closed)
  • Jose Rincon, imortgage, Lisle (206 mortgages closed)
  • Melissa Guerra, imortgage, Lisle (181 mortgages closed)
  • Dwight Marroquin, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Chicago (175 mortgages closed)
  • Joseph C. Berrios, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Chicago (153 mortgages closed)
  • Jorge Flores, Neighborhood Loans, Inc., Lombard (147 mortgages closed)
  • Camilo Rodriguez, The Federal Savings Bank, Chicago (145 mortgages closed)
  • Ernesto Alcaraz, Eagle Home Mortgage, Warrenville (114 mortgages closed)
  • Luis Hernandez, New American Funding, Oak Brook (96 mortgages closed)
  • Alex De La Cerda, Eagle Home Mortgage, Warrenville (95 mortgages closed)
  • Maria Correa, The Federal Savings Bank, Chicago (91 mortgages closed)
  • Miguel Mendoza, Standard Bank And Trust, Chicago (83 mortgages closed)

The seven lenders also awarded as non-depository lenders are:

  • Saul Pinela, Neighborhood Loans, Inc., Lombard (216 mortgages closed)
  • Jose Rincon, imortgage, Lisle (206 mortgages closed)
  • Melissa Guerra, imortgage, Lisle (181 mortgages closed)
  • Jorge Flores, Neighborhood Loans, Inc., Lombard (147 mortgages closed)
  • Ernesto Alcaraz, Eagle Home Mortgage, Warrenville (114 mortgages closed)
  • Luis Hernandez, New American Funding, Oak Brook (96 mortgages closed)
  • Alex De La Cerda, Eagle Home Mortgage, Warrenville (95 mortgages closed)