Biggest climbers in Kentucky 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 Juanita Newsome (Rocket Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2735698), Ryan Barrientos-Allen (INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC, NMLS #2176627), and Laura Arroyave (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2722703).
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 | Juanita Newsome | 2735698 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 8948 (#9725 → #777) | $1.9M | 8 |
| #2 | Ryan Barrientos-Allen | 2176627 | INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC | 2524174 | Miami, FL | ▲ 8901 (#9737 → #836) | $1.8M | 8 |
| #3 | Laura Arroyave | 2722703 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 8779 (#9266 → #487) | $2.8M | 11 |
| #4 | Daniel Green | 2708134 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 8445 (#9478 → #1033) | $1.5M | 9 |
| #5 | Daniel Paladino | 1708147 | Green Lending LLC | 2598612 | Independence, OH | ▲ 8219 (#9677 → #1458) | $1.0M | 4 |
| #6 | Michael Salondaka | 310690 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | ▲ 8193 (#8709 → #516) | $2.6M | 8 |
| #7 | Joel Ruditsky | 2039061 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 7784 (#9080 → #1296) | $1.2M | 4 |
| #8 | Matthew Harris | 2023621 | ZOOM HOME LENDING LLC | 2620616 | Livonia, MI | ▲ 7756 (#8625 → #869) | $1.7M | 3 |
| #9 | Christina Matyac | 1509370 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | Denver, CO | ▲ 7751 (#9556 → #1805) | $850K | 2 |
| #10 | John Stanton | 585821 | Union Savings Bank | 446047 | Franklin, OH | ▲ 7699 (#8677 → #978) | $1.5M | 2 |
| #11 | Nila Csapo | 1533027 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 7647 (#9513 → #1866) | $822K | 4 |
| #12 | Louis Conte | 2742659 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 7605 (#8204 → #599) | $2.4M | 10 |
| #13 | Tobenna Mbelu | 1411191 | AmeriHome Mortgage Company, LLC | 135776 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 7599 (#9511 → #1912) | $806K | 3 |
| #14 | Ian Bayley | 2664559 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | ▲ 7586 (#9666 → #2080) | $741K | 2 |
| #15 | Tyler Brooke | 1541622 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | Fulton, MD | ▲ 7577 (#9340 → #1763) | $872K | 2 |
| #16 | Chad Stubblefield | 1096340 | Murray Bank, The | 449611 | Murray, KY | ▲ 7548 (#8294 → #746) | $2.0M | 2 |
| #17 | Lauren Hess | 1717308 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7542 (#9039 → #1497) | $1.0M | 3 |
| #18 | Mackenzie Ziegler | 1654128 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Madison, WI | ▲ 7491 (#9701 → #2210) | $695K | 3 |
| #19 | Emmanuel Reyna | 2329756 | Trident Home Loans, LLC | 65716 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 7460 (#9292 → #1832) | $839K | 2 |
| #20 | Thomas Legotte | 1705347 | United Mortgage Corp. | 1330 | Farmingdale, NY | ▲ 7452 (#9009 → #1557) | $983K | 4 |
| #21 | Sharon Parke | 451185 | USAA Federal Savings Bank | 401058 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 7449 (#9677 → #2228) | $688K | 1 |
| #22 | Keyon Patterson | 1753250 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 7384 (#9449 → #2065) | $745K | 3 |
| #23 | Joyce Kulakowski | 833698 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Dallas, TX | ▲ 7369 (#9112 → #1743) | $881K | 4 |
| #24 | Howard Perlstein | 427502 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 7341 (#8480 → #1139) | $1.3M | 1 |
| #25 | Rodney Ashton | 2739353 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 7336 (#9048 → #1712) | $897K | 5 |
| #26 | Marisol Franco | 2125478 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 7331 (#9880 → #2549) | $595K | 3 |
| #27 | Xaviar Hoggs | 2717632 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7328 (#9701 → #2373) | $644K | 4 |
| #28 | Marcus Smith | 621854 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7322 (#9083 → #1761) | $873K | 3 |
| #29 | Kyle Langham | 2007124 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Springfield, MO | ▲ 7303 (#9318 → #2015) | $766K | 3 |
| #30 | Edith Dunevant | 703849 | The Park National Bank | 539527 | Union City, TN | ▲ 7292 (#9338 → #2046) | $754K | 3 |
| #31 | Jeffrey Keith | 300606 | American Financing Corporation | 182334 | Aurora, CO | ▲ 7281 (#9843 → #2562) | $591K | 3 |
| #32 | Rodriquez Hayes | 1722346 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 7200 (#8581 → #1381) | $1.1M | 5 |
| #33 | Bradley Cailor | 562783 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 7157 (#8637 → #1480) | $1.0M | 1 |
| #34 | Hunter Christian | 2550143 | Top Flite Financial, Inc. | 4181 | Pittsburgh, PA | ▲ 7130 (#9462 → #2332) | $656K | 3 |
| #35 | Brian Dodge | 970358 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Coral Gables, FL | ▲ 7103 (#8905 → #1802) | $853K | 3 |
| #36 | Peyton Strawsburg | 2187106 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 7091 (#9484 → #2393) | $638K | 1 |
| #37 | Amber Bowles | 650303 | Monticello Banking Company | 744526 | Glasgow, KY | ▲ 7077 (#8934 → #1857) | $826K | 2 |
| #38 | Eric Sommers | 1641646 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Remote Indiana, IN | ▲ 6979 (#9675 → #2696) | $557K | 2 |
| #39 | Diana Brittain Lozano | 265124 | Pentagon Federal Credit Union | 401822 | San Antonio, TX | ▲ 6930 (#8759 → #1829) | $839K | 3 |
| #40 | Geoffrey Timpson | 1922317 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Hildale, UT | ▲ 6917 (#8577 → #1660) | $926K | 4 |
| #41 | Haidar Houmani | 1283377 | ZOOM HOME LENDING LLC | 2620616 | Livonia, MI | ▲ 6870 (#8451 → #1581) | $973K | 3 |
| #42 | Jose Alvarez | 1931003 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | — | ▲ 6856 (#7982 → #1126) | $1.3M | 3 |
| #43 | Jose Soto | 2135416 | Texana Bank, N.A. | 407536 | Keller, TX | ▲ 6856 (#8472 → #1616) | $947K | 3 |
| #44 | April Leger | 400823 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Minneapolis, MN | ▲ 6852 (#7745 → #893) | $1.7M | 1 |
| #45 | Jousif Habbo | 1824338 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Troy, MI | ▲ 6817 (#7330 → #513) | $2.6M | 9 |
| #46 | Tia Brown | 182902 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Louisville, KY | ▲ 6813 (#9275 → #2462) | $620K | 3 |
| #47 | Hunter Wells | 2715660 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | ▲ 6749 (#8430 → #1681) | $913K | 2 |
| #48 | John Silano | 134741 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Mount Laurel, NJ | ▲ 6732 (#9042 → #2310) | $661K | 2 |
| #49 | Eugene Najor | 1979766 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | ▲ 6728 (#7882 → #1154) | $1.3M | 4 |
| #50 | Andrew Romaya | 1237800 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6721 (#8453 → #1732) | $887K | 4 |
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 — Kentucky (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-climbers-by-volume/2026
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