Top loan officers in Kentucky in 2026 so far, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of August 23, 2026, the top 3 include Patrick Ballinger (Whitaker Bank, Inc., NMLS #597478), Jesse Cronen (Northpointe Bank, NMLS #8821), and Peiran Sun (Sun Lending USA LLC, NMLS #6853).
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 | YTD Volume | YTD Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Patrick Ballinger | 597478 | Whitaker Bank, Inc. | 455741 | Berea, KY | $91.8M | 9 | $10.2M |
| #2 | Jesse Cronen | 8821 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Louisville, KY | $68.5M | 217 | $316K |
| #3 | Peiran Sun | 6853 | Sun Lending USA LLC | 1889 | Lexington, KY | $54.2M | 175 | $310K |
| #4 | Jeffrey Sharp | 44462 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $48.1M | 130 | $370K |
| #5 | Jason Lawrence | 52494 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Louisville, KY | $45.5M | 158 | $288K |
| #6 | Thomas Thomas | 657783 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Saint Matthews, KY | $43.3M | 97 | $446K |
| #7 | Daniel Guzman | 2107919 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $41.8M | 336 | $124K |
| #8 | Alexander Milburn | 1680354 | T2 Financial LLC | 1686046 | Richmond, KY | $35.6M | 125 | $285K |
| #9 | ROBERT SUETHOLZ | 718136 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Ft Wright, KY | $34.1M | 92 | $370K |
| #10 | JONATHAN TINGLE II | 718170 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $33.5M | 77 | $435K |
| #11 | Lydia Shina | 12833 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $33.3M | 90 | $370K |
| #12 | Jonathan Leslie | 66661 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Prospect, KY | $32.2M | 55 | $586K |
| #13 | Yeraldine Granado | 1389921 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $31.2M | 258 | $121K |
| #14 | Deborah Cyrus | 1871532 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Louisville, KY | $28.4M | 94 | $302K |
| #15 | Corey Grace | 436478 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lakeside Park, KY | $27.3M | 72 | $379K |
| #16 | Benjamin Montoya | 2014076 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | West Chester, OH | $27.0M | 76 | $356K |
| #17 | Alexis Feria Yserns | 1672503 | Feria Financial, LLC | 2226474 | Louisville, KY | $26.6M | 112 | $237K |
| #18 | Bruce Dittmer | 35300 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $26.5M | 73 | $362K |
| #19 | Robert Clifton | 7291 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Louisville, KY | $25.8M | 79 | $326K |
| #20 | Thomas J. Skope | 652985 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | — | $25.4M | 70 | $363K |
| #21 | David Renick | 95065 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Bowling Green, KY | $25.2M | 93 | $271K |
| #22 | David Paris | 19185 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Lebanon, KY | $24.7M | 81 | $305K |
| #23 | Joanna Garcia | 955876 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cincinnati, OH | $24.4M | 192 | $127K |
| #24 | Peggy Beckett | 756575 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | Ft Mitchell, KY | $24.3M | 61 | $399K |
| #25 | Marcus Hundley | 2169498 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $24.1M | 88 | $274K |
| #26 | Joseph Sester | 2132419 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Columbus, OH | $23.8M | 89 | $267K |
| #27 | Erin O'Brien | 975377 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $23.1M | 69 | $335K |
| #28 | Tyler Jenkins | 1942273 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Louisville, KY | $22.8M | 90 | $253K |
| #29 | Larry Swisher | 4568 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $22.6M | 75 | $301K |
| #30 | Christopher Hardcastle | 1445717 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $22.4M | 63 | $355K |
| #31 | Ryan Wheeler | 8981 | United Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 1326012 | Elizabethtown, KY | $22.3M | 72 | $309K |
| #32 | Nicholas Lonnemann | 2080535 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $22.0M | 68 | $324K |
| #33 | David Osburg | 142308 | Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 8259 | Fort Thomas, KY | $21.9M | 77 | $285K |
| #34 | Bradley Hacker | 22435 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | Lexington, KY | $21.7M | 79 | $275K |
| #35 | Aaron Schaeffer | 1963421 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $21.6M | 51 | $423K |
| #36 | Joseph Browning | 50992 | Farmers Bank & Trust Company | 449868 | Bowling Green, KY | $20.7M | 72 | $288K |
| #37 | Matthew Walters | 41531 | Old National Bank | 459308 | Lexington, KY | $20.7M | 46 | $450K |
| #38 | Nicholas Hunter | 67458 | River City Mortgage LLC | 142954 | Blue Ash, OH | $20.6M | 57 | $362K |
| #39 | Robert Schmuckie | 21303 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $20.3M | 51 | $398K |
| #40 | Ravi Patel | 328529 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Cincinnati, OH | $20.3M | 61 | $332K |
| #41 | Keri Jones | 419193 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Louisville, KY | $20.2M | 72 | $281K |
| #42 | Amy Daniels | 1830015 | Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 72043 | Bowling Green, KY | $19.9M | 81 | $246K |
| #43 | Mike Dunn | 44452 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $19.7M | 50 | $394K |
| #44 | Kelly Gillespie | 427227 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Lexington, KY | $19.5M | 64 | $305K |
| #45 | Patrick Harmeling | 2535053 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $19.3M | 63 | $307K |
| #46 | Devin Buckner | 2436722 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Lexington, KY | $19.2M | 69 | $278K |
| #47 | Bradley Sutherland | 684107 | Central Bank & Trust Company | 440304 | Lexington, KY | $18.7M | 52 | $359K |
| #48 | REBECCA ELLIOTT | 3379 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Georgetown, KY | $18.6M | 65 | $287K |
| #49 | Paul Knopf | 13987 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $18.6M | 64 | $291K |
| #50 | Christopher Herrick | 170680 | emm loans llc | 2926 | Louisville, KY | $17.9M | 81 | $222K |
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. Top Mortgage Loan Officers by Volume — Kentucky. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-overall-by-volume
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