Biggest climbers in Alabama in 2026, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of August 27, 2026, the top 3 include James Miller (West Capital Lending, Inc., NMLS #2024710), Alfred Hardman (West Alabama Bank & Trust, NMLS #740827), and Ashley Lightfoot (Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association, NMLS #739174).
Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.
| Rank | Loan officer | LO NMLS | Current Lender / Broker | Lender NMLS | Location | Rank Change | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | James Miller | 2024710 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 8919 (#9654 → #735) | $3.3M | 14 |
| #2 | Alfred Hardman | 740827 | West Alabama Bank & Trust | 486007 | Fairhope, AL | ▲ 8749 (#8983 → #234) | $9.3M | 4 |
| #3 | Ashley Lightfoot | 739174 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 8730 (#9864 → #1134) | $2.1M | 2 |
| #4 | Dominique Sinsay | 1446962 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Scottsdale, AZ | ▲ 8630 (#9375 → #745) | $3.3M | 1 |
| #5 | Kathy Gregory | 2074411 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Birmingham, AL | ▲ 8612 (#9883 → #1271) | $1.9M | 16 |
| #6 | Robert Kirk | 788924 | First Southern State Bank | 761800 | Rainsville, AL | ▲ 8541 (#9846 → #1305) | $1.8M | 5 |
| #7 | Daniel Griffith | 964348 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 8528 (#9938 → #1410) | $1.7M | 6 |
| #8 | Todd Seay | 487817 | Metro Bank | 407722 | Pell City, AL | ▲ 8435 (#9742 → #1307) | $1.8M | 2 |
| #9 | Paul Crosby | 2030277 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | ▲ 8409 (#9796 → #1387) | $1.7M | 8 |
| #10 | Rachel Bruce | 951471 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 8408 (#9754 → #1346) | $1.8M | 5 |
| #11 | Megan Wells | 6423 | Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC | 1598647 | New Bern, NC | ▲ 8401 (#9262 → #861) | $2.8M | 7 |
| #12 | Edward Brady | 184937 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 8320 (#9827 → #1507) | $1.6M | 4 |
| #13 | Nicole Donnelly | 2150720 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 8218 (#9526 → #1308) | $1.8M | 4 |
| #14 | Francis Mezy | 1523862 | LoanVille LLC | 2557256 | Troy, MI | ▲ 8023 (#9077 → #1054) | $2.3M | 7 |
| #15 | Kalen Duncan | 2105246 | PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company | 13649 | Montgomery, AL | ▲ 7917 (#9452 → #1535) | $1.6M | 9 |
| #16 | PHILIP BAZINET | 618185 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Birmingham, AL | ▲ 7908 (#8377 → #469) | $5.5M | 20 |
| #17 | Trent Kuykendall | 594383 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Birmingham, AL | ▲ 7864 (#9742 → #1878) | $1.3M | 5 |
| #18 | Brian Maloney | 1375012 | MTH MORTGAGE, LLC | 167881 | Alpharetta, GA | ▲ 7853 (#8600 → #747) | $3.3M | 12 |
| #19 | Jonathan Richards | 475407 | BankPlus | 431487 | Dothan, AL | ▲ 7841 (#9453 → #1612) | $1.5M | 8 |
| #20 | Sarah Foley | 1979341 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Madison, WI | ▲ 7799 (#9763 → #1964) | $1.2M | 3 |
| #21 | William McLaughlin | 918911 | Friend Bank | 403419 | Dothan, AL | ▲ 7712 (#9436 → #1724) | $1.4M | 3 |
| #22 | Christophre Ford | 592371 | First Horizon Bank | 472329 | Memphis, TN | ▲ 7610 (#9526 → #1916) | $1.2M | 1 |
| #23 | Jeremy Stewart | 2643250 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | ▲ 7546 (#9573 → #2027) | $1.2M | 4 |
| #24 | Jordan Leibowitz | 2135332 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 7533 (#9422 → #1889) | $1.3M | 5 |
| #25 | Todd King | 890383 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Cincinnati, OH | ▲ 7514 (#8258 → #744) | $3.3M | 3 |
| #26 | Kirtis Murphy | 2736574 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 7424 (#8911 → #1487) | $1.6M | 11 |
| #27 | Brian Green | 645838 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 7332 (#8747 → #1415) | $1.7M | 6 |
| #28 | JOSEPH TAUNTON | 953010 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | ▲ 7332 (#9734 → #2402) | $991K | 5 |
| #29 | Nathan Davis | 937215 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | ▲ 7293 (#9348 → #2055) | $1.2M | 2 |
| #30 | Brandon Baker | 2656186 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | ▲ 7250 (#9386 → #2136) | $1.1M | 8 |
| #31 | Kate Luker | 1799964 | AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC | 135776 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 7239 (#9141 → #1902) | $1.3M | 4 |
| #32 | Colleen Higgins | 1917017 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 7234 (#8983 → #1749) | $1.4M | 3 |
| #33 | Matthew Powell | 517124 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Orange Beach, AL | ▲ 7220 (#8584 → #1364) | $1.8M | 5 |
| #34 | Jack Bergman | 2169097 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 7208 (#9189 → #1981) | $1.2M | 5 |
| #35 | Kyle Lambert | 1566745 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 7190 (#9791 → #2601) | $911K | 4 |
| #36 | David Coons | 1127104 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | ▲ 7159 (#9177 → #2018) | $1.2M | 2 |
| #37 | William Collins | 2751180 | Cahaba Hills Mortgage LLC | 2651636 | Birmingham, AL | ▲ 7110 (#7881 → #771) | $3.2M | 11 |
| #38 | Joseph Hanna | 2378031 | eMortgage Funding LLC | 1059364 | Troy, MI | ▲ 7097 (#8418 → #1321) | $1.8M | 9 |
| #39 | Adam Crutchfield | 839679 | Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 8259 | Independence, OH | ▲ 7096 (#9763 → #2667) | $893K | 4 |
| #40 | Joseph Clark | 2611928 | First South Farm Credit ACA | 525521 | Albertville, AL | ▲ 7075 (#8476 → #1401) | $1.7M | 1 |
| #41 | Abraham Jimenez | 1899094 | AdvantageFirst Lending Inc. | 1209177 | Lake Forest, CA | ▲ 7045 (#9906 → #2861) | $817K | 2 |
| #42 | MATTHEW PATTERSON | 655738 | United Community Bank | 421841 | Huntsville, AL | ▲ 7030 (#7973 → #943) | $2.6M | 15 |
| #43 | Jason Fransos | 1024392 | Delmar Financial Company | 30998 | Saint Louis, MO | ▲ 7024 (#9654 → #2630) | $903K | 3 |
| #44 | Elizabeth Feick | 1938265 | SERVISFIRST Bank | 556357 | Huntsville, AL | ▲ 6977 (#9864 → #2887) | $808K | 1 |
| #45 | Sarah Hilmes | 1234943 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Ooltewah, TN | ▲ 6927 (#9298 → #2371) | $1.0M | 3 |
| #46 | Ali Hashem | 1177930 | Lit Financial Corporation | 2553292 | Troy, MI | ▲ 6912 (#7912 → #1000) | $2.4M | 6 |
| #47 | Eric Tonia | 1304353 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 6904 (#7857 → #953) | $2.5M | 7 |
| #48 | Travis Walton | 2083752 | Trident Home Loans, LLC | 65716 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 6881 (#9526 → #2645) | $900K | 2 |
| #49 | Jadolyn Martin | 2666183 | Tyndall Federal Credit Union | 597599 | Panama City, FL | ▲ 6868 (#8433 → #1565) | $1.5M | 6 |
| #50 | Brandon Roberts | 2730140 | Milestone Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1815656 | New Bedford, MA | ▲ 6843 (#9327 → #2484) | $959K | 3 |
These rankings are powered by MMI's nationwide residential mortgage public record dataset. MMI collects mortgage transaction data from recording jurisdictions across the United States, with an average data latency of approximately 22 days from the recording date.
Transactions are matched to NMLS identifiers for loan officers, lenders, and brokers where applicable. MMI then deduplicates, normalizes, and validates this data to create an authoritative mortgage production dataset that powers MMI's analytics, recruiting, marketing, and intelligence products.
Rankings reflect recorded mortgage transactions available to MMI at the time of the last data refresh. Recent activity may continue to update as additional transactions are recorded and processed.
TopMortgageOriginators.com. Biggest Climbers by Volume — Alabama (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/alabama/top-climbers-by-volume/2026
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