Biggest climbers in Louisiana in 2023, 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 Tara Flugence (Red River Bank, NMLS #1991656), Ross Louviere (HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK, NMLS #1969073), and Desiree Neal (B1BANK, NMLS #1733984).
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 | Rank Change | 2023 Volume | 2023 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tara Flugence | 1991656 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Baton Rouge, LA | ▲ 8705 (#9815 → #1110) | $1.8M | 9 |
| #2 | Ross Louviere | 1969073 | HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK | 454781 | St Martinvlle, LA | ▲ 8282 (#8852 → #570) | $4.4M | 14 |
| #3 | Desiree Neal | 1733984 | B1BANK | 721655 | Houma, LA | ▲ 8267 (#9915 → #1648) | $1.1M | 2 |
| #4 | Naomi Aceves | 1719166 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Dallas, TX | ▲ 8249 (#9976 → #1727) | $998K | 2 |
| #5 | Kevin Bell | 1139922 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 8192 (#9522 → #1330) | $1.4M | 5 |
| #6 | Zachary Blythe | 2392351 | City Bank & Trust Co. | 730114 | Shreveport, LA | ▲ 8179 (#9272 → #1093) | $1.9M | 5 |
| #7 | Aril Allahverdi | 1927391 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 8175 (#9697 → #1522) | $1.2M | 4 |
| #8 | Brian Nguyen | 2345762 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 8159 (#9946 → #1787) | $951K | 5 |
| #9 | Ally Jessup | 2002654 | HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK | 454781 | — | ▲ 8118 (#9341 → #1223) | $1.6M | 10 |
| #10 | Mercades Horne | 2142714 | APPROVED MORTGAGE, LLC | 1603378 | Lafayette, LA | ▲ 8112 (#9073 → #961) | $2.3M | 10 |
| #11 | Conner Routen | 2297820 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | — | ▲ 7946 (#9572 → #1626) | $1.1M | 4 |
| #12 | Ashleigh Davis | 2027317 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 7879 (#9075 → #1196) | $1.6M | 4 |
| #13 | Rebekah Shelton | 1609088 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | ▲ 7835 (#8019 → #184) | $10.7M | 39 |
| #14 | Veronica Broussard | 483420 | The First National Bank of Jeanerette | 413279 | Jeanerette, LA | ▲ 7810 (#9772 → #1962) | $848K | 5 |
| #15 | Amy Stokes | 1387213 | Elements Financial Federal Credit Union | 410639 | Indianapolis, IN | ▲ 7805 (#9523 → #1718) | $1.0M | 1 |
| #16 | Dane McClarren | 1399423 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7770 (#9455 → #1685) | $1.0M | 4 |
| #17 | Matthew Torres | 1094594 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 7743 (#9135 → #1392) | $1.3M | 4 |
| #18 | Remona Dupre | 1936279 | Stephens Mortgage & Co | 2830201 | Saint Martinville, LA | ▲ 7633 (#8537 → #904) | $2.5M | 10 |
| #19 | Sean Evans | 1795393 | Southwest Stage Funding, LLC | 89599 | Knoxville, TN | ▲ 7595 (#9159 → #1564) | $1.1M | 8 |
| #20 | Ryan Pichardo | 178691 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Overland Park, KS | ▲ 7590 (#8968 → #1378) | $1.3M | 2 |
| #21 | Michelle McDow | 1049016 | B1BANK | 721655 | Bossier City, LA | ▲ 7482 (#9012 → #1530) | $1.2M | 4 |
| #22 | Allison Joiner | 2333121 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | — | ▲ 7466 (#7877 → #411) | $6.1M | 22 |
| #23 | Ryan Cousino | 258148 | NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION | 32416 | Independence, OH | ▲ 7464 (#9205 → #1741) | $984K | 4 |
| #24 | Sierra Norris | 1616924 | Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company | 450086 | Gretna, LA | ▲ 7452 (#8910 → #1458) | $1.2M | 5 |
| #25 | James Masters | 2086904 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Fairfax, VA | ▲ 7448 (#7970 → #522) | $4.8M | 15 |
| #26 | CANDACE PAPILLION | 1996754 | CATALYST BANK | 709347 | Opelousas, LA | ▲ 7439 (#9429 → #1990) | $832K | 4 |
| #27 | Ahmed Gocemen | 186151 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 7425 (#9976 → #2551) | $590K | 4 |
| #28 | William Richeson | 926707 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7416 (#9738 → #2322) | $669K | 4 |
| #29 | Bronwyn Barron | 2140278 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Charleston, SC | ▲ 7412 (#9292 → #1880) | $894K | 1 |
| #30 | Kyle Marvin | 1212057 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 7393 (#9239 → #1846) | $909K | 4 |
| #31 | William Walker | 124493 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Madisonville, LA | ▲ 7379 (#8796 → #1417) | $1.3M | 5 |
| #32 | Marcus Gorman | 2217468 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 7355 (#9562 → #2207) | $720K | 3 |
| #33 | Richard Schiller | 1688902 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Austin, TX | ▲ 7349 (#9773 → #2424) | $626K | 7 |
| #34 | Matthew Bollitier | 255876 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7341 (#9752 → #2411) | $631K | 3 |
| #35 | Jeffrey Hartley | 522458 | BOM BANK | 401531 | Shreveport, LA | ▲ 7324 (#9691 → #2367) | $649K | 4 |
| #36 | Mark Cajuste | 1875219 | Regions Bank | 174490 | Hoover, AL | ▲ 7238 (#9365 → #2127) | $750K | 4 |
| #37 | Mahmood Nasir | 1472844 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7221 (#9209 → #1988) | $833K | 4 |
| #38 | Deborah Kennedy | 826598 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7197 (#8820 → #1623) | $1.1M | 5 |
| #39 | JOEL BIANCA | 716541 | BONVENU BANK, N.A. | 412577 | Shreveport, LA | ▲ 7163 (#8796 → #1633) | $1.1M | 2 |
| #40 | Aaron Smith | 2385896 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Springfield, MO | ▲ 7154 (#9168 → #2014) | $814K | 3 |
| #41 | Matthew Paternoster | 1844364 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 7076 (#9888 → #2812) | $518K | 3 |
| #42 | Joseph Vinson | 1237834 | Neighborhood Mortgage Company LLC | 2484730 | Dearborn, MI | ▲ 7065 (#8564 → #1499) | $1.2M | 13 |
| #43 | Joe Pittman | 2249867 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | — | ▲ 7028 (#9862 → #2834) | $512K | 2 |
| #44 | John Paul Pettus | 2069920 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | ▲ 7027 (#9775 → #2748) | $535K | 1 |
| #45 | Scott Blomer | 563390 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | Montgomery, OH | ▲ 7006 (#8711 → #1705) | $1.0M | 1 |
| #46 | Amanda Barnes | 1528836 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 7003 (#9810 → #2807) | $519K | 1 |
| #47 | Viet Ho | 765813 | Secured American Lending, LLC | 2189631 | — | ▲ 6996 (#9685 → #2689) | $551K | 3 |
| #48 | David Edwards | 68930 | Advance Mortgage & Investment Company, LLC | 38958 | Spanish Fort, AL | ▲ 6985 (#9609 → #2624) | $568K | 2 |
| #49 | Denise Manuel | 566364 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Baton Rouge, LA | ▲ 6982 (#8060 → #1078) | $1.9M | 6 |
| #50 | John Blake | 776190 | Community Bank of Louisiana | 410628 | Mansfield, LA | ▲ 6958 (#9662 → #2704) | $547K | 6 |
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. Biggest Climbers by Volume — Louisiana (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/louisiana/top-climbers-by-volume/2023
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