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 August 27, 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 | $71.4M | 225 | $317K |
| #3 | Peiran Sun | 6853 | Sun Lending USA LLC | 1889 | Lexington, KY | $56.8M | 183 | $310K |
| #4 | Jeffrey Sharp | 44462 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $48.8M | 132 | $370K |
| #5 | Jason Lawrence | 52494 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Louisville, KY | $46.9M | 164 | $286K |
| #6 | Thomas Thomas | 657783 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Saint Matthews, KY | $44.5M | 98 | $454K |
| #7 | Daniel Guzman | 2107919 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $43.7M | 352 | $124K |
| #8 | Alexander Milburn | 1680354 | T2 Financial LLC | 1686046 | Richmond, KY | $37.4M | 131 | $286K |
| #9 | ROBERT SUETHOLZ | 718136 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Ft Wright, KY | $36.7M | 96 | $382K |
| #10 | JONATHAN TINGLE II | 718170 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $34.0M | 79 | $431K |
| #11 | Lydia Shina | 12833 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $33.9M | 91 | $372K |
| #12 | Yeraldine Granado | 1389921 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Louisville, KY | $33.3M | 274 | $122K |
| #13 | Jonathan Leslie | 66661 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Prospect, KY | $32.2M | 55 | $586K |
| #14 | Deborah Cyrus | 1871532 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Louisville, KY | $29.4M | 97 | $303K |
| #15 | Alexis Feria Yserns | 1672503 | Feria Financial, LLC | 2226474 | Louisville, KY | $28.3M | 118 | $240K |
| #16 | Corey Grace | 436478 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lakeside Park, KY | $27.9M | 74 | $377K |
| #17 | Bruce Dittmer | 35300 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $27.7M | 76 | $365K |
| #18 | Benjamin Montoya | 2014076 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | West Chester, OH | $27.1M | 77 | $353K |
| #19 | Robert Clifton | 7291 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Louisville, KY | $26.7M | 82 | $326K |
| #20 | Thomas J. Skope | 652985 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | — | $26.6M | 73 | $365K |
| #21 | David Renick | 95065 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Bowling Green, KY | $25.5M | 94 | $272K |
| #22 | Erin O'Brien | 975377 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $25.4M | 74 | $344K |
| #23 | Joanna Garcia | 955876 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cincinnati, OH | $25.0M | 196 | $128K |
| #24 | David Paris | 19185 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Lebanon, KY | $24.7M | 81 | $305K |
| #25 | Peggy Beckett | 756575 | First Equity Mortgage Incorporated | 21157 | Ft Mitchell, KY | $24.7M | 62 | $399K |
| #26 | Joseph Sester | 2132419 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Columbus, OH | $24.6M | 93 | $264K |
| #27 | Marcus Hundley | 2169498 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $24.1M | 88 | $274K |
| #28 | Aaron Schaeffer | 1963421 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Louisville, KY | $23.9M | 57 | $419K |
| #29 | Tyler Jenkins | 1942273 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Louisville, KY | $23.4M | 93 | $252K |
| #30 | Christopher Hardcastle | 1445717 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Louisville, KY | $23.4M | 66 | $354K |
| #31 | David Osburg | 142308 | Stockton Mortgage Corporation | 8259 | Fort Thomas, KY | $23.4M | 83 | $281K |
| #32 | Larry Swisher | 4568 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $22.6M | 75 | $301K |
| #33 | Ryan Wheeler | 8981 | United Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 1326012 | Elizabethtown, KY | $22.4M | 73 | $306K |
| #34 | Bradley Hacker | 22435 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | Lexington, KY | $22.1M | 80 | $276K |
| #35 | Nicholas Hunter | 67458 | River City Mortgage LLC | 142954 | Blue Ash, OH | $22.0M | 60 | $367K |
| #36 | Nicholas Lonnemann | 2080535 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $21.8M | 67 | $325K |
| #37 | Bradley Sutherland | 684107 | Central Bank & Trust Company | 440304 | Lexington, KY | $21.4M | 55 | $390K |
| #38 | Joseph Browning | 50992 | Farmers Bank & Trust Company | 449868 | Bowling Green, KY | $21.1M | 74 | $286K |
| #39 | Robert Schmuckie | 21303 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $20.9M | 53 | $394K |
| #40 | Keri Jones | 419193 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Louisville, KY | $20.9M | 76 | $275K |
| #41 | Matthew Walters | 41531 | Old National Bank | 459308 | Lexington, KY | $20.7M | 46 | $450K |
| #42 | Amy Daniels | 1830015 | Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 72043 | Bowling Green, KY | $20.5M | 83 | $247K |
| #43 | Kelly Gillespie | 427227 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Lexington, KY | $20.3M | 66 | $308K |
| #44 | Ravi Patel | 328529 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Cincinnati, OH | $20.3M | 61 | $332K |
| #45 | Paul Knopf | 13987 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $20.1M | 70 | $287K |
| #46 | Devin Buckner | 2436722 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Lexington, KY | $19.9M | 71 | $280K |
| #47 | Mike Dunn | 44452 | Walden Mortgage Group, LLC | 140166 | Louisville, KY | $19.9M | 51 | $390K |
| #48 | Patrick Harmeling | 2535053 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $19.8M | 65 | $305K |
| #49 | Harold Babb | 563398 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Ft Mitchell, KY | $19.2M | 65 | $295K |
| #50 | John Cornett | 22018 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $19.1M | 39 | $489K |
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 August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-overall-by-volume/2026
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