Retention champions in Kentucky in 2026, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of October 11, 2026, the top 3 include Peiran Sun (Sun Lending USA LLC, NMLS #6853), Jesse Cronen (Northpointe Bank, NMLS #8821), and JONATHAN TINGLE II (Guardian Savings Bank, NMLS #718170).
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 | Retained Volume | Retained Loans | Retention Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Peiran Sun | 6853 | Sun Lending USA LLC | 1889 | Lexington, KY | $13.6M | 41 | 68.3% |
| #2 | Jesse Cronen | 8821 | Northpointe Bank | 447490 | Louisville, KY | $12.2M | 34 | 44.2% |
| #3 | JONATHAN TINGLE II | 718170 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $13.6M | 31 | 79.5% |
| #4 | ROBERT SUETHOLZ | 718136 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Ft Wright, KY | $9.7M | 25 | 56.8% |
| #5 | Jason Lawrence | 52494 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Louisville, KY | $5.6M | 17 | 37.8% |
| #5 | REBECCA ELLIOTT | 3379 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Georgetown, KY | $5.2M | 17 | 89.5% |
| #7 | Arin Wagner | 1277378 | Vizion Mortgage, LLC | 2457732 | Owensboro, KY | $1.9M | 15 | 57.7% |
| #8 | Devin Buckner | 2436722 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Lexington, KY | $4.3M | 14 | 82.4% |
| #9 | Larry Swisher | 4568 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $4.7M | 13 | 31.7% |
| #9 | Donald Benningfield | 10031 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $4.1M | 13 | 81.3% |
| #11 | Charles Jolly | 613378 | First State Bank | 460968 | Irvington, KY | $2.2M | 12 | 57.1% |
| #11 | Marty Gaddie | 1745992 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Elizabethtown, KY | $4.1M | 12 | 41.4% |
| #11 | Kenneth Prost | 63076 | Success Mortgage Partners, Inc. | 130562 | Cold Spring, KY | $2.9M | 12 | 42.9% |
| #14 | Scott Burleigh | 653826 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Cincinnati, OH | $3.0M | 11 | 84.6% |
| #14 | Jonathan Leslie | 66661 | LIBERTY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 518136 | Prospect, KY | $7.9M | 11 | 61.1% |
| #14 | Julie Baker | 444541 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Lexington, KY | $2.7M | 11 | 52.4% |
| #14 | Clayton Thoreson | 1831413 | The Credit Resource, LLC | 1131966 | Burlington, KY | $2.8M | 11 | 73.3% |
| #14 | Erin O'Brien | 975377 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $3.9M | 11 | 61.1% |
| #19 | Joseph Sester | 2132419 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Columbus, OH | $2.7M | 10 | 38.5% |
| #19 | Ryan Wheeler | 8981 | United Residential Mortgage, Inc. | 1326012 | Elizabethtown, KY | $3.2M | 10 | 58.8% |
| #19 | Connie Smith | 62811 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Lakeside Park, KY | $2.8M | 10 | 55.6% |
| #19 | Desmond Robinson | 5876 | Robinson Mortgage Group, LLC | 1971360 | Louisville, KY | $3.6M | 10 | 76.9% |
| #19 | Paul Knopf | 13987 | InterLinc Mortgage Services, LLC | 205696 | Louisville, KY | $3.2M | 10 | 22.7% |
| #19 | Robert Clifton | 7291 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Louisville, KY | $3.2M | 10 | 26.3% |
| #25 | Stephen Gray | 444059 | Statewide Mortgage, LLC | 1304 | Louisville, KY | $2.0M | 9 | 56.3% |
| #25 | Nate Driggers | 1696374 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Louisville, KY | $3.6M | 9 | 40.9% |
| #25 | Lee Witte | 437373 | FT Funding PLC | 2436863 | Fort Thomas, KY | $4.2M | 9 | 37.5% |
| #25 | Megan Wesdorp | 973556 | Victory Mortgage, L.L.C. | 461249 | Erlanger, KY | $2.9M | 9 | 32.1% |
| #25 | Corey Grace | 436478 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lakeside Park, KY | $3.2M | 9 | 29.0% |
| #25 | Keri Jones | 419193 | Republic Bank & Trust Co. | 402606 | Louisville, KY | $2.5M | 9 | 64.3% |
| #25 | Benjamin Montoya | 2014076 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Bellbrook, OH | $3.0M | 9 | 42.9% |
| #25 | KIMBERLY MOORE | 438541 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Hebron, KY | $2.0M | 9 | 29.0% |
| #25 | Susan Hatfield | 58306 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | Richmond, KY | $2.1M | 9 | 33.3% |
| #34 | Harold Babb | 563398 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Ft Mitchell, KY | $2.7M | 8 | 50.0% |
| #34 | Bradley Sutherland | 684107 | Central Bank & Trust Company | 440304 | Lexington, KY | $3.2M | 8 | 80.0% |
| #34 | David Vu | 706247 | Heritage Bank, Inc | 799554 | Florence, KY | $2.9M | 8 | 50.0% |
| #34 | John Cornett | 22018 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $2.8M | 8 | 50.0% |
| #34 | Lucy Hager | 613371 | Meade County Bank, Inc. | 469802 | Flaherty, KY | $1.4M | 8 | 72.7% |
| #34 | David Zuhars | 9541 | Simple Mortgage Solutions, LLC | 1983670 | Louisville, KY | $3.4M | 8 | 53.3% |
| #34 | William Murphy | 688518 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Ft Wright, KY | $2.1M | 8 | 66.7% |
| #34 | Ravi Patel | 328529 | Union Home Mortgage Corp. | 2229 | Cincinnati, OH | $2.6M | 8 | 15.7% |
| #34 | Daniel Guillory | 1520759 | Encore Mortgage LLC | 1919667 | Louisville, KY | $3.1M | 8 | 72.7% |
| #34 | Joseph Henderson | 1780946 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Irving, TX | $1.7M | 8 | 53.3% |
| #44 | Christopher Herrick | 170680 | emm loans llc | 2926 | Louisville, KY | $1.7M | 7 | 29.2% |
| #44 | Statia Parks | 56992 | Multiple Option Mortgage Services, Inc. | 57052 | Louisville, KY | $2.8M | 7 | 50.0% |
| #44 | Joe Hohman | 12973 | United Mortgage, LLC | 4351 | Louisville, KY | $2.0M | 7 | 70.0% |
| #44 | TIMOTHY MORTIMER | 718169 | Guardian Savings Bank | 449474 | Lexington, KY | $2.8M | 7 | 58.3% |
| #44 | Matthew Ansert | 39241 | First Fidelity Mortgage, Inc. | 940549 | Louisville, KY | $3.0M | 7 | 58.3% |
| #44 | Thomas Thomas | 657783 | First Financial Bank | 619717 | Saint Matthews, KY | $4.0M | 7 | 38.9% |
| #44 | Sara White | 1884202 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Lexington, KY | $1.1M | 7 | 58.3% |
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. Retention Champions by Loan Count — Kentucky (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/kentucky/top-retention-by-units/2026
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