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 July 7, 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 | $52.9M | 160 | $331K |
| #3 | Peiran Sun | 6853 | Sun Lending USA LLC | 1889 | Lexington, KY | $43.4M | 138 | $314K |
| #4 | Jeffrey Sharp | 44462 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $39.0M | 103 | $379K |
| #5 | Jason Lawrence | 52494 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Louisville, KY | $35.4M | 123 | $288K |
| #6 | Daniel Guzman | 2107919 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $33.5M | 271 | $124K |
| #7 | Thomas Thomas | 657783 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Saint Matthews, KY | $32.4M | 78 | $415K |
| #8 | Jonathan Leslie | 66661 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Prospect, KY | $30.0M | 48 | $625K |
| #9 | JONATHAN TINGLE II | 718170 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $27.9M | 66 | $423K |
| #10 | Lydia Shina | 12833 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $27.9M | 75 | $372K |
| #11 | ROBERT SUETHOLZ | 718136 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Ft Wright, KY | $27.1M | 72 | $377K |
| #12 | Yeraldine Granado | 1389921 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $26.3M | 217 | $121K |
| #13 | Alexander Milburn | 1680354 | T2 Financial LLC | 1686046 | Richmond, KY | $24.7M | 88 | $280K |
| #14 | Corey Grace | 436478 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lakeside Park, KY | $23.3M | 59 | $395K |
| #15 | Alexis Feria Yserns | 1672503 | Feria Financial, LLC | 2226474 | Louisville, KY | $21.7M | 91 | $239K |
| #16 | Joseph Sester | 2132419 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Columbus, OH | $21.2M | 78 | $272K |
| #17 | Peggy Beckett | 756575 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | Ft Mitchell, KY | $20.9M | 51 | $410K |
| #18 | Deborah Cyrus | 1871532 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Louisville, KY | $20.6M | 69 | $299K |
| #19 | Bruce Dittmer | 35300 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $20.0M | 56 | $357K |
| #20 | Thomas J. Skope | 652985 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | — | $19.8M | 56 | $353K |
| #21 | Joanna Garcia | 955876 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cincinnati, OH | $19.7M | 158 | $125K |
| #22 | Robert Clifton | 7291 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Louisville, KY | $19.6M | 58 | $339K |
| #23 | Christopher Hardcastle | 1445717 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $19.2M | 52 | $368K |
| #24 | David Renick | 95065 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Bowling Green, KY | $19.0M | 72 | $265K |
| #25 | Ryan Wheeler | 8981 | United Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 1326012 | Elizabethtown, KY | $19.0M | 59 | $322K |
| #26 | David Paris | 19185 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Lebanon, KY | $18.2M | 57 | $320K |
| #27 | David Osburg | 142308 | Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 8259 | Fort Thomas, KY | $18.1M | 59 | $308K |
| #28 | Benjamin Montoya | 2014076 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | West Chester, OH | $18.1M | 59 | $307K |
| #29 | Aaron Schaeffer | 1963421 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $18.0M | 41 | $438K |
| #30 | Larry Swisher | 4568 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $17.8M | 60 | $296K |
| #31 | Marcus Hundley | 2169498 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $17.7M | 66 | $268K |
| #32 | Tyler Jenkins | 1942273 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Louisville, KY | $17.1M | 69 | $247K |
| #33 | Nicholas Lonnemann | 2080535 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $16.9M | 55 | $308K |
| #34 | Robert Schmuckie | 21303 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $16.6M | 43 | $387K |
| #35 | Eric Higdon | 851690 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $16.3M | 28 | $581K |
| #36 | Mike Dunn | 44452 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $16.0M | 39 | $410K |
| #37 | Matthew Walters | 41531 | Old National Bank | 459308 | Lexington, KY | $16.0M | 37 | $432K |
| #38 | Bradley Hacker | 22435 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | Lexington, KY | $15.7M | 57 | $276K |
| #39 | Nicholas Hunter | 67458 | River City Mortgage LLC | 142954 | Blue Ash, OH | $15.7M | 42 | $373K |
| #40 | Joseph Browning | 50992 | Farmers Bank & Trust Company | 449868 | Bowling Green, KY | $15.6M | 54 | $289K |
| #41 | Ravi Patel | 328529 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Cincinnati, OH | $15.6M | 49 | $318K |
| #42 | Paul Knopf | 13987 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $15.2M | 52 | $293K |
| #43 | Bradley Sutherland | 684107 | Central Bank & Trust Company | 440304 | Lexington, KY | $15.1M | 44 | $344K |
| #44 | Amy Daniels | 1830015 | Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 72043 | Bowling Green, KY | $14.9M | 60 | $248K |
| #45 | Keri Jones | 419193 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Louisville, KY | $14.8M | 54 | $274K |
| #46 | Jason Deller | 861531 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Cincinnati, OH | $14.2M | 33 | $431K |
| #47 | Erin O'Brien | 975377 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $14.2M | 48 | $296K |
| #48 | Christopher Thomason | 533087 | Central Bank & Trust Company | 440304 | Lexington, KY | $14.2M | 23 | $616K |
| #49 | Kyle Greene | 1769619 | Republic State Mortgage Co. | 62411 | Winchester, KY | $14.2M | 71 | $200K |
| #50 | Megan Wesdorp | 973556 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $14.2M | 43 | $329K |
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 July 7, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-overall-by-volume
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