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 July 13, 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 | $53.7M | 163 | $330K |
| #3 | Peiran Sun | 6853 | Sun Lending USA LLC | 1889 | Lexington, KY | $45.0M | 144 | $312K |
| #4 | Jeffrey Sharp | 44462 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $40.0M | 106 | $377K |
| #5 | Jason Lawrence | 52494 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Louisville, KY | $37.1M | 129 | $287K |
| #6 | Thomas Thomas | 657783 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Saint Matthews, KY | $34.3M | 83 | $413K |
| #7 | Daniel Guzman | 2107919 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $34.2M | 277 | $124K |
| #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 | $29.3M | 69 | $424K |
| #10 | Lydia Shina | 12833 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $28.1M | 76 | $370K |
| #11 | ROBERT SUETHOLZ | 718136 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Ft Wright, KY | $27.8M | 75 | $371K |
| #12 | Yeraldine Granado | 1389921 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $26.9M | 223 | $121K |
| #13 | Alexander Milburn | 1680354 | T2 Financial LLC | 1686046 | Richmond, KY | $25.5M | 91 | $281K |
| #14 | Corey Grace | 436478 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lakeside Park, KY | $23.8M | 61 | $390K |
| #15 | Alexis Feria Yserns | 1672503 | Feria Financial, LLC | 2226474 | Louisville, KY | $22.5M | 95 | $237K |
| #16 | Joseph Sester | 2132419 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Columbus, OH | $21.5M | 80 | $269K |
| #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 | David Renick | 95065 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Bowling Green, KY | $20.5M | 78 | $263K |
| #20 | Robert Clifton | 7291 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Louisville, KY | $20.3M | 60 | $338K |
| #21 | Bruce Dittmer | 35300 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $20.2M | 57 | $355K |
| #22 | Joanna Garcia | 955876 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cincinnati, OH | $20.0M | 160 | $125K |
| #23 | Ryan Wheeler | 8981 | United Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 1326012 | Elizabethtown, KY | $19.6M | 62 | $316K |
| #24 | Thomas J. Skope | 652985 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | — | $19.5M | 55 | $355K |
| #25 | Christopher Hardcastle | 1445717 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $19.5M | 53 | $368K |
| #26 | Aaron Schaeffer | 1963421 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $19.1M | 44 | $434K |
| #27 | David Paris | 19185 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Lebanon, KY | $18.4M | 58 | $316K |
| #28 | Marcus Hundley | 2169498 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $18.2M | 67 | $271K |
| #29 | David Osburg | 142308 | Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 8259 | Fort Thomas, KY | $18.1M | 59 | $308K |
| #30 | Benjamin Montoya | 2014076 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | West Chester, OH | $18.1M | 59 | $307K |
| #31 | Larry Swisher | 4568 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $18.0M | 61 | $295K |
| #32 | Joseph Browning | 50992 | Farmers Bank & Trust Company | 449868 | Bowling Green, KY | $17.1M | 57 | $300K |
| #33 | Tyler Jenkins | 1942273 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Louisville, KY | $17.1M | 69 | $247K |
| #34 | Erin O'Brien | 975377 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $16.7M | 53 | $316K |
| #35 | Nicholas Lonnemann | 2080535 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $16.7M | 54 | $308K |
| #36 | Robert Schmuckie | 21303 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $16.6M | 43 | $387K |
| #37 | Eric Higdon | 851690 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $16.6M | 29 | $573K |
| #38 | Bradley Sutherland | 684107 | Central Bank & Trust Company | 440304 | Lexington, KY | $16.6M | 47 | $353K |
| #39 | Bradley Hacker | 22435 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | Lexington, KY | $16.2M | 59 | $274K |
| #40 | Keri Jones | 419193 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Louisville, KY | $16.0M | 56 | $286K |
| #41 | Mike Dunn | 44452 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $16.0M | 39 | $410K |
| #42 | Matthew Walters | 41531 | Old National Bank | 459308 | Lexington, KY | $16.0M | 37 | $432K |
| #43 | Amy Daniels | 1830015 | Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 72043 | Bowling Green, KY | $15.8M | 65 | $244K |
| #44 | Nicholas Hunter | 67458 | River City Mortgage LLC | 142954 | Blue Ash, OH | $15.7M | 42 | $373K |
| #45 | Ravi Patel | 328529 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Cincinnati, OH | $15.6M | 49 | $318K |
| #46 | Paul Knopf | 13987 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $15.4M | 53 | $291K |
| #47 | Lee Witte | 437373 | FT Funding PLC | 2436863 | Fort Thomas, KY | $14.7M | 44 | $335K |
| #48 | Erich Redonda | 1867608 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cincinnati, OH | $14.7M | 117 | $126K |
| #49 | Kyle Greene | 1769619 | Republic State Mortgage Co. | 62411 | Winchester, KY | $14.4M | 72 | $201K |
| #50 | Megan Wesdorp | 973556 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $14.4M | 44 | $327K |
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 July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-overall-by-volume/2026
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