Leading rookies 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 Sage Moninger (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2785589), Michael Barreiro (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2783221), and Charlie Poppema (Peoples Bank, NMLS #2813450).
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 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $481K | 2 | $241K |
| #2 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $414K | 3 | $138K |
| #3 | Charlie Poppema | 2813450 | Peoples Bank | 433180 | Rock Valley, IA | $408K | 3 | $136K |
| #4 | Cara Kearney | 2803203 | Cornerstone First Mortgage, LLC | 173855 | San Diego, CA | $402K | 1 | $402K |
| #5 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $323K | 2 | $162K |
| #6 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $302K | 1 | $302K |
| #7 | Jake Parker | 2763475 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $257K | 1 | $257K |
| #8 | Tucker Dickherber | 2799819 | Atlantic Coast Mortgage, LLC | 643114 | Urbandale, IA | $236K | 1 | $236K |
| #9 | Ruba Zawaideh | 2774543 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Chandler, AZ | $188K | 2 | $94K |
| #10 | Anthony Jarvis | 2741928 | American Heritage Lending, LLC | 93735 | Irvine, CA | $180K | 2 | $90K |
| #11 | Caelen Arreola | 2784817 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $172K | 2 | $86K |
| #12 | Alyssa Whaley | 2794654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $170K | 1 | $170K |
| #13 | Carmen Kent | 2801080 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $165K | 1 | $165K |
| #14 | Eric Schaub | 1292018 | Iowa State Bank | 493742 | Orange City, IA | $150K | 1 | $150K |
| #15 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $148K | 1 | $148K |
| #16 | Joshua Rodriguez | 2791892 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $135K | 1 | $135K |
| #17 | Trey Sweeney | 1375941 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $104K | 1 | $104K |
| #18 | Daniel Rea | 2387126 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $104K | 2 | $52K |
| #19 | Phillip Gross | 630504 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Grosse Pointe, MI | $75K | 1 | $75K |
| #20 | Khalifah Muhammad | 1994415 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $71K | 1 | $71K |
| #21 | Elijah Benson | 2796928 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $70K | 1 | $70K |
| #22 | Jackson Walters | 2764349 | Consumer Real Estate Finance Co. | 104621 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $66K | 1 | $66K |
| #23 | Alexis Sady | 2806885 | GreenState Credit Union | 401238 | Cedar Falls, IA | $40K | 1 | $40K |
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 — Iowa (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/iowa/top-rookie-by-volume/2026
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