Top loan officers 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 October 11, 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 | 2026 Volume | 2026 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 | $79.0M | 257 | $307K |
| #3 | Peiran Sun | 6853 | Sun Lending USA LLC | 1889 | Lexington, KY | $61.6M | 201 | $306K |
| #4 | Jason Lawrence | 52494 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Louisville, KY | $56.6M | 191 | $296K |
| #5 | Thomas Thomas | 657783 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Saint Matthews, KY | $55.8M | 124 | $450K |
| #6 | Jeffrey Sharp | 44462 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $54.6M | 147 | $372K |
| #7 | Daniel Guzman | 2107919 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $54.1M | 441 | $123K |
| #8 | Alexander Milburn | 1680354 | T2 Financial LLC | 1686046 | Richmond, KY | $43.6M | 150 | $291K |
| #9 | ROBERT SUETHOLZ | 718136 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Ft Wright, KY | $42.9M | 115 | $373K |
| #10 | Yeraldine Granado | 1389921 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $39.7M | 324 | $122K |
| #11 | JONATHAN TINGLE II | 718170 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $39.4M | 90 | $438K |
| #12 | Lydia Shina | 12833 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $38.6M | 101 | $382K |
| #13 | Deborah Cyrus | 1871532 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Louisville, KY | $38.0M | 126 | $301K |
| #14 | Jonathan Leslie | 66661 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Prospect, KY | $36.1M | 67 | $540K |
| #15 | Corey Grace | 436478 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lakeside Park, KY | $34.0M | 90 | $377K |
| #16 | Thomas J. Skope | 652985 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | — | $32.9M | 88 | $373K |
| #17 | Bruce Dittmer | 35300 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $32.8M | 91 | $360K |
| #18 | Alexis Feria Yserns | 1672503 | Feria Financial, LLC | 2226474 | Louisville, KY | $31.7M | 130 | $244K |
| #19 | Robert Clifton | 7291 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Louisville, KY | $30.7M | 93 | $330K |
| #20 | Paul Knopf | 13987 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $30.2M | 82 | $369K |
| #21 | Benjamin Montoya | 2014076 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Bellbrook, OH | $28.7M | 85 | $338K |
| #22 | Erin O'Brien | 975377 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $28.6M | 84 | $340K |
| #23 | Marcus Hundley | 2169498 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $28.2M | 102 | $277K |
| #24 | Tyler Jenkins | 1942273 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Louisville, KY | $28.1M | 118 | $238K |
| #25 | Joseph Sester | 2132419 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Columbus, OH | $28.0M | 105 | $267K |
| #26 | David Osburg | 142308 | Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 8259 | Fort Thomas, KY | $27.9M | 100 | $279K |
| #27 | Peggy Beckett | 756575 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | Ft Mitchell, KY | $27.5M | 71 | $387K |
| #28 | David Renick | 95065 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Bowling Green, KY | $27.4M | 102 | $269K |
| #29 | Joanna Garcia | 955876 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cincinnati, OH | $27.4M | 214 | $128K |
| #30 | David Paris | 19185 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Lebanon, KY | $27.2M | 92 | $295K |
| #31 | Christopher Hardcastle | 1445717 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $26.4M | 76 | $347K |
| #32 | Ravi Patel | 328529 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Cincinnati, OH | $26.0M | 83 | $313K |
| #33 | Bradley Hacker | 22435 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | Lexington, KY | $25.8M | 89 | $290K |
| #34 | Devin Buckner | 2436722 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Lexington, KY | $25.2M | 91 | $277K |
| #35 | Amy Daniels | 1830015 | Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 72043 | Bowling Green, KY | $24.9M | 99 | $251K |
| #36 | Larry Swisher | 4568 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $24.8M | 82 | $303K |
| #37 | Ryan Wheeler | 8981 | United Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 1326012 | Elizabethtown, KY | $24.8M | 82 | $302K |
| #38 | Keri Jones | 419193 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Louisville, KY | $24.7M | 93 | $265K |
| #39 | Aaron Schaeffer | 1963421 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $24.3M | 58 | $418K |
| #40 | Robert Schmuckie | 21303 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $24.1M | 58 | $415K |
| #41 | Joseph Browning | 50992 | Farmers Bank & Trust Company | 449868 | Bowling Green, KY | $24.0M | 86 | $279K |
| #42 | Mike Dunn | 44452 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $24.0M | 62 | $387K |
| #43 | Nicholas Lonnemann | 2080535 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $23.7M | 73 | $325K |
| #44 | Patrick Harmeling | 2535053 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $23.6M | 76 | $311K |
| #45 | Nicholas Hunter | 67458 | River City Mortgage LLC | 142954 | Blue Ash, OH | $23.5M | 64 | $367K |
| #46 | Vincent Smith | 17499 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jeffersontown, KY | $23.0M | 61 | $377K |
| #47 | Matthew Walters | 41531 | Old National Bank | 459308 | Lexington, KY | $22.4M | 52 | $431K |
| #48 | John Eversole | 435976 | University of Kentucky Federal Credit Union | 491194 | Lexington, KY | $22.3M | 78 | $286K |
| #49 | Bradley Sutherland | 684107 | Central Bank & Trust Company | 440304 | Lexington, KY | $22.2M | 58 | $382K |
| #50 | Kelly Gillespie | 427227 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Lexington, KY | $21.7M | 71 | $305K |
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 (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-overall-by-volume/2026
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