Leading rookies in Louisiana in 2026 so far, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 7, 2026, the top 3 include Marie Richard (Red River Bank, NMLS #2819102), Destiny Augustus (Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC, NMLS #2607541), 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 | YTD Volume | YTD Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Marie Richard | 2819102 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Baton Rouge, LA | $50.0M | 1 | $50.0M |
| #2 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC | 2728304 | Baton Rouge, LA | $7.1M | 28 | $254K |
| #3 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $1.9M | 7 | $278K |
| #4 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $1.4M | 8 | $180K |
| #5 | Charla Smith | 1651741 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Loganville, GA | $1.0M | 4 | $252K |
| #6 | Alyssa Whaley | 2794654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $590K | 2 | $295K |
| #7 | Matthew Martinez | 2780230 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $586K | 2 | $293K |
| #8 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $564K | 3 | $188K |
| #9 | Robert Darrah | 2662191 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | Covington, LA | $512K | 2 | $256K |
| #10 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $496K | 4 | $124K |
| #11 | Terri Smith | 2779763 | Third Coast Lending LLC | 2640651 | New Orleans, LA | $472K | 1 | $472K |
| #12 | Juston Hill | 2784877 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $393K | 2 | $196K |
| #13 | Jackson Houston | 2811903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $392K | 2 | $196K |
| #14 | Seth Brown | 2784658 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $363K | 2 | $181K |
| #15 | Christopher Ballard | 2821035 | PBT BANCORP | 257781 | Hazard, KY | $342K | 1 | $342K |
| #16 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $307K | 2 | $154K |
| #17 | Jerman Carrera | 2787374 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $289K | 1 | $289K |
| #18 | Edward Kim | 2732282 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | $275K | 2 | $138K |
| #19 | Hailey Huffman | 2776993 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Tempe, AZ | $270K | 3 | $90K |
| #20 | Kelly Clayton | 2806768 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Covington, LA | $263K | 2 | $132K |
| #21 | GAURAV KANT | 2754636 | Central Mortgage Services, Inc. of Louisiana | 353056 | Lafayette, LA | $253K | 1 | $253K |
| #22 | Shannon Taylor | 2819091 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Alexandria, LA | $233K | 2 | $117K |
| #23 | Aja George | 2776519 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $221K | 1 | $221K |
| #24 | Haley Huggins | 2779079 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $216K | 1 | $216K |
| #25 | Thea Soper | 2800945 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $213K | 1 | $213K |
| #26 | Patrick Wheelis | 2821421 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $197K | 2 | $99K |
| #27 | Jeremy Plofsky | 2801930 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $188K | 1 | $188K |
| #28 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $184K | 1 | $184K |
| #29 | Timothy Hixon | 2791931 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | $184K | 1 | $184K |
| #30 | Evans McDonald | 2821394 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $175K | 2 | $87K |
| #31 | Alexander Meagher | 2279313 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $151K | 1 | $151K |
| #32 | Wali Sekandar | 2776656 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $150K | 1 | $150K |
| #33 | Carolina Decker | 830021 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $146K | 2 | $73K |
| #34 | Elijah Benson | 2796928 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $132K | 2 | $66K |
| #35 | Ciara Weissman | 2813385 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | San Diego, CA | $126K | 1 | $126K |
| #36 | Zane Matila | 2821492 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $92K | 1 | $92K |
| #37 | Darien Baker | 2800353 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $88K | 1 | $88K |
| #38 | Jackson Bennett | 2804060 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | $82K | 1 | $82K |
| #39 | Paul Walker | 2817475 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $78K | 1 | $78K |
| #40 | Spencer Faycurry | 1054023 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $76K | 1 | $76K |
| #41 | Connor Vincelette | 2776520 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Chandler, AZ | $76K | 1 | $76K |
| #42 | Justin Rodriguez | 2459510 | Consumer Real Estate Finance Co. | 104621 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $74K | 1 | $74K |
| #43 | Fahad Alam | 2799360 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Chandler, AZ | $71K | 1 | $71K |
| #44 | Khalifah Muhammad | 1994415 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $70K | 1 | $70K |
| #45 | Patrick Kelly | 2814367 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Columbia, MD | $50K | 1 | $50K |
| #46 | Cristian Godina | 2802847 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | $34K | 1 | $34K |
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 Volume — Louisiana. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 7, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/louisiana/top-rookie-by-volume
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