Biggest climbers in Iowa 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 Douglas Laity (Apple River State Bank, NMLS #1116301), Jacob Sturm (BELLEVUE STATE BANK, NMLS #2691228), and Andrew Martin (Rolling Hills Bank & Trust, NMLS #1439114).
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 | Douglas Laity | 1116301 | Apple River State Bank | 449794 | Galena, IL | ▲ 7568 (#8416 → #848) | $1.0M | 1 |
| #2 | Jacob Sturm | 2691228 | BELLEVUE STATE BANK | 440171 | Bellevue, IA | ▲ 7516 (#8578 → #1062) | $769K | 6 |
| #3 | Andrew Martin | 1439114 | Rolling Hills Bank & Trust | 451311 | Atlantic, IA | ▲ 7408 (#8486 → #1078) | $748K | 1 |
| #4 | Robert Friesenhahn | 554728 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | ▲ 7154 (#8091 → #937) | $884K | 4 |
| #5 | Sharon Granneman | 440198 | Des Moines Metro Credit Union | 414693 | Des Moines, IA | ▲ 6979 (#8592 → #1613) | $464K | 2 |
| #6 | Alec Tirtha | 1825694 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 6960 (#8324 → #1364) | $559K | 4 |
| #7 | William Kohls | 1941060 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 6950 (#8224 → #1274) | $618K | 3 |
| #8 | Kaleigh Kinser | 2654458 | UNION STATE BANK | 405265 | Corning, IA | ▲ 6949 (#7523 → #574) | $1.6M | 4 |
| #9 | Cody Martin | 2768768 | CENT Credit Union | 409396 | Mason City, IA | ▲ 6895 (#8294 → #1399) | $540K | 4 |
| #10 | Lisa Hedrick | 1057298 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Omaha, NE | ▲ 6781 (#8224 → #1443) | $522K | 2 |
| #11 | Landry Walker | 2057348 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6671 (#8224 → #1553) | $485K | 2 |
| #12 | Steven Wisner | 1813387 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6615 (#7890 → #1275) | $617K | 3 |
| #13 | Kevin Cesear | 198531 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6508 (#7814 → #1306) | $596K | 3 |
| #14 | Dean Stephan | 1892933 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 6473 (#8189 → #1716) | $435K | 1 |
| #15 | Ashley Porras | 2300765 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6463 (#7655 → #1192) | $661K | 3 |
| #16 | Heath Simonis | 432316 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 6443 (#7523 → #1080) | $746K | 3 |
| #17 | Brian Nickel | 1432500 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | ▲ 6361 (#8201 → #1840) | $400K | 1 |
| #18 | Maxwell Cowger | 1506672 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Minneapolis, MN | ▲ 6315 (#7084 → #769) | $1.1M | 2 |
| #19 | Mohamad Faraj | 2022867 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6306 (#8324 → #2018) | $361K | 1 |
| #20 | Greggory Bonilla | 1994879 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | ▲ 6304 (#8206 → #1902) | $388K | 1 |
| #21 | David Henry | 649302 | State Savings Bank | 619040 | Bedford, IA | ▲ 6300 (#8409 → #2109) | $346K | 2 |
| #22 | Brandon Nafso | 1856555 | Mortgage Express, Inc. | 1916307 | Bingham Farms, MI | ▲ 6286 (#8155 → #1869) | $395K | 2 |
| #23 | Jennifer Rumsey-Myers | 1676163 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | West Des Moines, IA | ▲ 6265 (#7695 → #1430) | $525K | 1 |
| #24 | Sarah Castle | 2730690 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | ▲ 6260 (#8087 → #1827) | $402K | 4 |
| #25 | Austin Howe | 2584925 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | Chesterfield, MO | ▲ 6255 (#6941 → #686) | $1.3M | 6 |
| #26 | Owen Donahue | 12563 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Owensboro, KY | ▲ 6228 (#7370 → #1142) | $698K | 2 |
| #27 | Ashlie Mason | 2311385 | IOWA STATE BANK | 671365 | West Des Moines, IA | ▲ 6213 (#7512 → #1299) | $600K | 1 |
| #28 | Kyle Gdowski | 1078142 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Tempe, AZ | ▲ 6210 (#7890 → #1680) | $445K | 1 |
| #29 | Megan Leas | 1068465 | Dupaco Community Credit Union | 409682 | Coralville, IA | ▲ 6152 (#6528 → #376) | $2.7M | 14 |
| #30 | Jonathan Binko | 1638485 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6146 (#8220 → #2074) | $352K | 3 |
| #31 | Nathan Mertz | 2740241 | Commercial Savings Bank | 408107 | Carroll, IA | ▲ 6126 (#8069 → #1943) | $375K | 3 |
| #32 | Taylor White | 2005534 | Hills Bank and Trust Company | 402178 | Marion, IA | ▲ 6103 (#8091 → #1988) | $369K | 6 |
| #33 | Sara Warren - Booker | 1584310 | Geo-Corp, Inc. | 139318 | Monterey Park, CA | ▲ 6085 (#6870 → #785) | $1.1M | 4 |
| #34 | Andrew Garson | 2007886 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6046 (#8058 → #2012) | $362K | 1 |
| #35 | Joel Hansen | 1365271 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Owensboro, KY | ▲ 6037 (#7417 → #1380) | $550K | 3 |
| #36 | Todd Sadler | 2394885 | Pioneer Bank | 471705 | Sergeant Bluff, IA | ▲ 6033 (#8517 → #2484) | $284K | 3 |
| #37 | Patrick Vidal | 1444549 | Barrington Bank & Trust Company N.A. | 449042 | San Diego, CA | ▲ 6016 (#8551 → #2535) | $276K | 1 |
| #38 | Dena Ivancic-Jones | 1578507 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6000 (#7406 → #1406) | $538K | 1 |
| #39 | Brittany Short | 887937 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 5957 (#8055 → #2098) | $348K | 1 |
| #40 | Stacie Tomasello | 109542 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 5902 (#7523 → #1621) | $463K | 1 |
| #41 | Thomas Tholl | 166220 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Moline, IL | ▲ 5879 (#7356 → #1477) | $507K | 2 |
| #42 | Benjamin Hart | 878373 | Rolling Hills Bank & Trust | 451311 | Atlantic, IA | ▲ 5864 (#7615 → #1751) | $426K | 3 |
| #43 | Devin Meyer | 1916352 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 5840 (#6794 → #954) | $857K | 6 |
| #44 | Sally Sasser | 797439 | Farm Credit Mid-America, ACA | 407249 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 5777 (#7807 → #2030) | $359K | 1 |
| #45 | Mark Hoover | 28157 | Lit Financial Corporation | 2553292 | Troy, MI | ▲ 5730 (#7890 → #2160) | $339K | 1 |
| #46 | Trever Olsen | 1314367 | FIRST CITIZENS BANK | 401453 | Osage, IA | ▲ 5721 (#8069 → #2348) | $305K | 1 |
| #47 | Daniel Rosenblatt | 1993020 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | ▲ 5635 (#7680 → #2045) | $356K | 2 |
| #48 | Adam Gusich | 184554 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 5630 (#7787 → #2157) | $339K | 1 |
| #49 | Chase Bellon | 2656318 | Leighton State Bank | 453979 | Pella, IA | ▲ 5630 (#8523 → #2893) | $228K | 3 |
| #50 | Matthew Givens | 1212650 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 5616 (#7391 → #1775) | $415K | 1 |
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 — Iowa (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/iowa/top-climbers-by-volume/2026
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