Leading Rookies by Volume — Florida (2026)

Leading rookies in Florida in 2026, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.

As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include William Ketchum (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2767540), Robert Thompson (Coastal Haven Lending LLC, NMLS #2747606), and Gabriel De Freitas Medina (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2778392).

Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.

Leading Rookies by Volume — Florida (2026) — top 50
Rank Loan officer LO NMLS Current Lender / Broker Lender NMLS Location 2026 Volume 2026 Loans Avg Loan
#1 William Ketchum 2767540 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Pasadena, CA $2.7M 7 $382K
#2 Robert Thompson 2747606 Coastal Haven Lending LLC 2745211 Panama City Beach, FL $2.2M 4 $541K
#3 Gabriel De Freitas Medina 2778392 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $1.9M 5 $372K
#4 Jordan Goltz 2061206 GRANITE BANK 405434 Champlin, MN $1.8M 1 $1.8M
#5 Jonathan Nguyen 2784835 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Roseville, CA $1.7M 5 $332K
#6 Ketch Gannon 2757756 OPTIMUM FIRST INC. 240415 Huntington Beach, CA $1.7M 4 $414K
#7 Matthew Schubert 2778914 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $1.6M 5 $311K
#8 Leon Roof 289673 San Antonio Citizens Federal Credit Union 409470 San Antonio, FL $1.4M 4 $350K
#9 Lilia Trejo 2701250 Hometown Lending Inc 2712965 Dallas, TX $1.2M 3 $404K
#10 Nelson Arro Diaz 2744379 MORTGAGES NATION LLC 2600334 Miami Lakes, FL $1.1M 2 $561K
#11 Dustin Putt 2764844 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Franklin, TN $1.0M 2 $522K
#12 Carmen Kent 2801080 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $1.0M 2 $521K
#13 Sage Moninger 2785589 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $940K 3 $313K
#14 Jeffrey Douberly 2780704 New American Funding, LLC 6606 West Palm Beach, FL $926K 2 $463K
#15 Jake Parker 2763475 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Roseville, CA $904K 3 $301K
#16 Colby Potter 2217409 Carrollwood Mortgage LLC 2574979 Tampa, FL $879K 2 $440K
#17 Kylie Biazevich 2775468 Better Mortgage Corporation 330511 Irving, TX $821K 1 $821K
#18 Jessica Hall 2768366 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $756K 1 $756K
#19 Matias Canas 2766595 Direct Path Mortgage LLC 2783717 Coral Gables, FL $755K 2 $377K
#20 Caelen Arreola 2784817 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $754K 3 $251K
#21 Bryan McCarthy 2769344 AdvantageFirst Lending Inc. 1209177 Lake Forest, CA $738K 2 $369K
#22 Sterling Payne 2792928 Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. 1025894 Tampa, FL $722K 1 $722K
#23 Genesis Cespedes 2480079 Real Deal Mortgage Solutions, LLC 2114942 Tampa, FL $698K 3 $233K
#24 Dominic Rhodes 2773294 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 Cleveland, OH $694K 2 $347K
#25 OTMARO LARZABAL 2784089 Easy Mortgage LLC 1666459 Cape Coral, FL $677K 2 $339K
#26 Joseph King 2810225 South River Mortgage, LLC 1854524 Annapolis, MD $645K 1 $645K
#27 Juston Hill 2784877 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $643K 2 $322K
#28 Michael Gunderson 2801442 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $642K 2 $321K
#29 James Finley 573501 Freedom Mortgage Corporation 2767 Boca Raton, FL $630K 3 $210K
#30 Jacob Wallace 2800716 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $603K 4 $151K
#31 Derick Benitez 2734285 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $597K 3 $199K
#32 Fadi Tobia 1896085 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI $596K 2 $298K
#33 Jacob Imbriano 2783074 E Mortgage Capital, Inc. 1416824 Santa Ana, CA $578K 1 $578K
#34 Mina Pemenrete Mitri 2800855 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $569K 2 $284K
#35 Randy Nafso 2766736 Texana Bank, N.A. 407536 Keller, TX $560K 1 $560K
#36 Samer Faragalla 2773052 Loan Factory, Inc. 320841 San Jose, CA $551K 1 $551K
#37 Bryce Alexander 2788418 West Capital Lending, Inc. 1566096 Irvine, CA $550K 3 $183K
#38 Samuel Brower 2648853 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 $537K 2 $269K
#39 Thomas Melnyk 2790510 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 $534K 1 $534K
#40 Tyron Tucker 971931 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $521K 3 $174K
#41 Carol Browning Lowe-Chin 850038 Harmony Mortgage Inc. 1057728 Palm Bay, FL $514K 1 $514K
#42 Michael Barreiro 2783221 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $500K 3 $167K
#43 Thomas Golden 2800035 Princeton Mortgage Corporation 113856 Niceville, FL $499K 1 $499K
#44 Christian Harris 2763084 One Real Mortgage Corp. 198414 Detroit, MI $497K 2 $248K
#45 Logan O'Keefe 2781671 Tomo Mortgage, LLC 2059741 New York, NY $488K 1 $488K
#46 Giovanni Venezia 2780725 First Home Mortgage Corporation 71603 Annapolis, MD $462K 1 $462K
#47 Andrew Busic 2790491 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 Cleveland, OH $461K 1 $461K
#48 Phillip Gross 630504 Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. 1025894 Grosse Pointe, MI $460K 2 $230K
#49 Yavuz Gorgulu 2769426 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $459K 2 $229K
#50 Reynold Price 2750414 MiLend, Inc. 148769 Alpharetta, GA $458K 2 $229K

Frequently asked

Who is the top rookie mortgage loan officer in Florida in 2026?
William Ketchum (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2767540) ranks #1 in Florida in 2026 with $2.7M in funded mortgage volume based on MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.
Who are the top mortgage loan officers in Florida in 2026?
1. William Ketchum (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC); 2. Robert Thompson (Coastal Haven Lending LLC); 3. Gabriel De Freitas Medina (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC). The full ranking continues on this page, sourced from MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.

About this data

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.

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TopMortgageOriginators.com. Leading Rookies by Volume — Florida (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/florida/top-rookie-by-volume/2026

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