Leading rookies in Hawaii in 2025, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Nicholas Starkel (Mortgage Research Center, LLC, NMLS #2662792), Alexis De La Paz (Empire Home Loans, Inc., NMLS #2678281), and Shawn Hanson (Empire Home Loans, Inc., NMLS #1526871).
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 | 2025 Volume | 2025 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nicholas Starkel | 2662792 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Honolulu, HI | $6.0M | 7 | $851K |
| #2 | Alexis De La Paz | 2678281 | Empire Home Loans, Inc. | 1839243 | Fair Oaks, CA | $2.6M | 3 | $864K |
| #2 | Shawn Hanson | 1526871 | Empire Home Loans, Inc. | 1839243 | Fair Oaks, CA | $1.4M | 3 | $464K |
| #4 | Devon Mitchell | 2703022 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | Scottsdale, AZ | $1.3M | 2 | $664K |
| #4 | Tiffany Honda | 2343817 | Xpert Home Lending Inc. | 2179191 | Braselton, GA | $1.1M | 2 | $570K |
| #4 | Daniel Sepulveda | 2449504 | Broker LLC | 2450802 | Ewa Beach, HI | $1.8M | 2 | $904K |
| #4 | Engjell Semsedini | 2643176 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Livonia, MI | $1.6M | 2 | $795K |
| #8 | Ezekiel Silva | 2697454 | Bank of Hawaii | 473824 | — | $250K | 1 | $250K |
| #8 | Ziad Karana | 2748958 | PBT BANCORP | 257781 | — | $534K | 1 | $534K |
| #8 | Devon Frank | 2717437 | Servbank, National Association | 203463 | Oswego, IL | $563K | 1 | $563K |
| #8 | Cherokee Apodaca-Anaya | 2730812 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | — | $873K | 1 | $873K |
| #8 | Katherine Alatorre | 2686665 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $50K | 1 | $50K |
| #8 | Arthur Damper | 2722720 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | Scottsdale, AZ | $357K | 1 | $357K |
| #8 | Keoni Medeiros | 2667070 | HomeLight Home Loans, Inc. | 1529229 | — | $336K | 1 | $336K |
| #8 | Olivia Austin | 2732198 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $690K | 1 | $690K |
| #8 | David Mahoney | 2685840 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | $1.1M | 1 | $1.1M |
| #8 | Veronica Needham | 2742813 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | — | $813K | 1 | $813K |
| #8 | Weston Parrish | 2667221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $762K | 1 | $762K |
| #8 | Nathalia Castro Chavez | 2651065 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $312K | 1 | $312K |
| #8 | Herbert Lork | 2647726 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | $5.0M | 1 | $5.0M |
| #8 | Maximus Johnston | 2631385 | Hawaii Mortgage Experts LLC | 968243 | Honolulu, HI | $1.5M | 1 | $1.5M |
| #8 | Ryan Vest | 2651380 | V.I.P. Mortgage, Inc. | 145502 | Kailua Kona, HI | $400K | 1 | $400K |
| #8 | Max Rodriguez | 2690865 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | Miami, FL | $1.0M | 1 | $1.0M |
| #8 | Hlib Heraskin | 2698348 | EAST WEST BANK | 469761 | Beverly Hills, CA | $1.3M | 1 | $1.3M |
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. Leading Rookies by Loan Count — Hawaii (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/hawaii/top-rookie-by-units/2025
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