Leading rookies in Louisiana in 2026, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Destiny Augustus (Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC, NMLS #2607541), Jonathan Nguyen (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2784835), and Jose Perdomo (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #1564268).
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 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC | 2728304 | Baton Rouge, LA | $4.4M | 21 | $210K |
| #2 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $1.3M | 6 | $218K |
| #3 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $1.6M | 5 | $317K |
| #4 | Matthew Martinez | 2780230 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $586K | 2 | $293K |
| #4 | Juston Hill | 2784877 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $393K | 2 | $196K |
| #4 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $224K | 2 | $112K |
| #4 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $307K | 2 | $154K |
| #4 | Shannon Taylor | 2819091 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Alexandria, LA | $233K | 2 | $117K |
| #4 | Alyssa Whaley | 2794654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $590K | 2 | $295K |
| #4 | Robert Darrah | 2662191 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | Covington, LA | $512K | 2 | $256K |
| #4 | Kelly Clayton | 2806768 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Covington, LA | $263K | 2 | $132K |
| #4 | Hailey Huffman | 2776993 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Chandler, AZ | $140K | 2 | $70K |
| #4 | Seth Brown | 2784658 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $363K | 2 | $181K |
| #14 | Justin Rodriguez | 2459510 | Consumer Real Estate Finance Co. | 104621 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $74K | 1 | $74K |
| #14 | Wali Sekandar | 2776656 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $150K | 1 | $150K |
| #14 | Haley Huggins | 2779079 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $216K | 1 | $216K |
| #14 | Charla Smith | 1651741 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Loganville, GA | $260K | 1 | $260K |
| #14 | Carolina Decker | 830021 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $70K | 1 | $70K |
| #14 | Jeremy Plofsky | 2801930 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $188K | 1 | $188K |
| #14 | Khalifah Muhammad | 1994415 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $70K | 1 | $70K |
| #14 | Edward Kim | 2732282 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | $185K | 1 | $185K |
| #14 | Alexander Meagher | 2279313 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $151K | 1 | $151K |
| #14 | Elijah Benson | 2796928 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $72K | 1 | $72K |
| #14 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $192K | 1 | $192K |
| #14 | Patrick Kelly | 2814367 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Columbia, MD | $50K | 1 | $50K |
| #14 | Jerman Carrera | 2787374 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $289K | 1 | $289K |
| #14 | Thea Soper | 2800945 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $213K | 1 | $213K |
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. Leading Rookies by Loan Count — Louisiana (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/louisiana/top-rookie-by-units/2026
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