Leading rookies in Illinois in 2026, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 13, 2026, the top 3 include Tetyana Brown (HOME LENDING OF AMERICA, Inc, NMLS #2689503), john hultberg (Stonehaven Mortgage Incorporated, NMLS #408288), and Daniel Denham (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2770436).
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 | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tetyana Brown | 2689503 | HOME LENDING OF AMERICA, Inc | 391523 | Denver, CO | $4.9M | 27 | $180K |
| #2 | john hultberg | 408288 | Stonehaven Mortgage Incorporated | 901574 | Elmhurst, IL | $3.0M | 8 | $372K |
| #3 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $2.7M | 10 | $266K |
| #4 | Benjamin Duran Garcia | 2771584 | NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE INC. | 2090506 | Berwyn, IL | $2.0M | 6 | $331K |
| #5 | Brandon Barney | 2810870 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Bloomington, IL | $1.7M | 2 | $833K |
| #6 | Misael Ramos | 2785399 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $1.4M | 5 | $271K |
| #7 | Tera Barr | 2784823 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $1.3M | 4 | $320K |
| #8 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $1.1M | 5 | $223K |
| #9 | Jorge Delacanal | 2791664 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $1.1M | 3 | $368K |
| #10 | Hailee Ramirez | 2519695 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $1.1M | 2 | $530K |
| #11 | Evvyn Leonard | 2684278 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $1.0M | 4 | $256K |
| #12 | Jordan Wagner | 2817119 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $902K | 2 | $451K |
| #13 | Sean Dibsy | 2236623 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $881K | 2 | $441K |
| #14 | Mackenzie Wienke | 2730359 | Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc. | 224149 | Champaign, IL | $878K | 5 | $176K |
| #15 | Aldrish Jimenez Yanez | 2791185 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $874K | 1 | $874K |
| #16 | IDEEN GHAFFARI | 2711449 | Neighborhood Loans, Inc. | 222982 | Chicago, IL | $870K | 3 | $290K |
| #17 | George Damm | 2802792 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $861K | 3 | $287K |
| #18 | Rachel Pepin | 2784838 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Pensacola, FL | $834K | 4 | $208K |
| #19 | Jake Parker | 2763475 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $812K | 2 | $406K |
| #20 | Ketch Gannon | 2757756 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $811K | 2 | $406K |
| #21 | Austin VanMarter | 2811825 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $804K | 3 | $268K |
| #22 | Nicole Tindall | 2755131 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $755K | 1 | $755K |
| #23 | Trevor Otto | 2790502 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | — | $739K | 2 | $370K |
| #24 | Josue Castillo Guzman | 2762686 | Global Equity Finance, Inc. | 13116 | San Diego, CA | $736K | 2 | $368K |
| #25 | William Ketchum | 2767540 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $722K | 3 | $241K |
| #26 | Eric Grollman | 2786401 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $720K | 3 | $240K |
| #27 | Justin Rodriguez | 2459510 | Consumer Real Estate Finance Co. | 104621 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $710K | 5 | $142K |
| #28 | Jack Bowden | 2804061 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | $683K | 3 | $228K |
| #29 | Jeremy Plofsky | 2801930 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $644K | 3 | $215K |
| #30 | Gustavo Perez | 2821356 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $619K | 2 | $310K |
| #31 | Jessica Dye | 2803052 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $617K | 1 | $617K |
| #32 | Ryan Millinger | 2803894 | Compeer Financial, ACA | 619731 | Edwards, IL | $598K | 3 | $199K |
| #33 | Jacob Naylor | 2786989 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $589K | 2 | $294K |
| #34 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $580K | 2 | $290K |
| #35 | KINGA KARRAS | 2613446 | Polbanc Group, Inc. | 379626 | Des Plaines, IL | $541K | 1 | $541K |
| #36 | Margaryta Bugaienko | 2802818 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $523K | 2 | $262K |
| #37 | Herbert Ramos | 2817468 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $518K | 2 | $259K |
| #38 | Joseph Amegadzie | 2786498 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cincinnati, OH | $514K | 2 | $257K |
| #39 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $504K | 2 | $252K |
| #40 | Molly Jones | 2785816 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Champaign, IL | $469K | 2 | $235K |
| #41 | Cole Williams | 2811828 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $464K | 1 | $464K |
| #42 | Maxwell Eggleston | 2800903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $447K | 2 | $224K |
| #43 | Dylan Esparza-Garcia | 2807603 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Novi, MI | $437K | 1 | $437K |
| #44 | Yeonghyeon Jo | 2821472 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $430K | 2 | $215K |
| #45 | Courtney Carter | 1838726 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $429K | 1 | $429K |
| #46 | Demetrios Theodossakos | 2802831 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | Chicago, IL | $420K | 1 | $420K |
| #46 | Logan O'Keefe | 2781671 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $420K | 1 | $420K |
| #48 | Dustin Putt | 2764844 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $418K | 2 | $209K |
| #49 | Mitchell Feller | 2807996 | American Bank and Trust Company NA | 411457 | Davenport, IA | $373K | 5 | $75K |
| #50 | Cody Hess | 2802793 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $366K | 2 | $183K |
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 Volume — Illinois (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/illinois/top-rookie-by-volume/2026
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