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 August 23, 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 | $10.0M | 40 | $251K |
| #3 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $1.9M | 7 | $278K |
| #4 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $1.4M | 8 | $180K |
| #5 | Shannon Taylor | 2819091 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Alexandria, LA | $1.3M | 6 | $210K |
| #6 | Corey Borkowski | 1428800 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Troy, MI | $1.2M | 3 | $386K |
| #7 | Charla Smith | 1651741 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Loganville, GA | $1.0M | 4 | $252K |
| #8 | Lamar Hermiz | 2817682 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $975K | 2 | $487K |
| #9 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $966K | 6 | $161K |
| #10 | Alyssa Whaley | 2794654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $903K | 4 | $226K |
| #11 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $879K | 4 | $220K |
| #12 | Zachary Thiels | 1560838 | American South Financial Services, L.L.C. | 69331 | Alexandria, LA | $803K | 2 | $402K |
| #13 | Kelly Clayton | 2806768 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Covington, LA | $749K | 3 | $250K |
| #14 | Jackson Houston | 2811903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $662K | 3 | $221K |
| #15 | Robert Darrah | 2662191 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | Covington, LA | $633K | 3 | $211K |
| #16 | Matthew Martinez | 2780230 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $586K | 2 | $293K |
| #17 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $564K | 3 | $188K |
| #18 | Andrew Curtiss | 1076625 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $521K | 2 | $260K |
| #19 | Jeremy Plofsky | 2801930 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $520K | 2 | $260K |
| #20 | Seth Brown | 2784658 | Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC | 2600 | Franklin, TN | $489K | 3 | $163K |
| #21 | Terri Smith | 2779763 | Third Coast Lending LLC | 2640651 | New Orleans, LA | $472K | 1 | $472K |
| #22 | Dhevin Williams | 2811894 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $415K | 2 | $207K |
| #23 | Tyler Bryson | 2830784 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $407K | 1 | $407K |
| #24 | Juston Hill | 2784877 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $393K | 2 | $196K |
| #25 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $388K | 3 | $129K |
| #26 | CyeNyla Hall | 2773617 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | $384K | 2 | $192K |
| #27 | Deanna Hyatt | 2703642 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $360K | 2 | $180K |
| #28 | Patrick Wheelis | 2821421 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $347K | 3 | $116K |
| #29 | Christopher Ballard | 2821035 | PBT BANCORP | 257781 | Hazard, KY | $342K | 1 | $342K |
| #30 | Yeonghyeon Jo | 2821472 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $334K | 1 | $334K |
| #31 | Marcus White | 2816828 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $317K | 1 | $317K |
| #32 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $307K | 2 | $154K |
| #33 | Braden Bethea | 2815467 | US FINANCIAL GROUP, INC | 87325 | Lake Charles, LA | $299K | 1 | $299K |
| #34 | Jerman Carrera | 2787374 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $289K | 1 | $289K |
| #35 | David Durmowicz | 2810222 | South River Mortgage, LLC | 1854524 | Annapolis, MD | $278K | 1 | $278K |
| #36 | Edward Kim | 2732282 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | $275K | 2 | $138K |
| #37 | Hailey Huffman | 2776993 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Tempe, AZ | $270K | 3 | $90K |
| #38 | Taylor Bills | 2785218 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $268K | 2 | $134K |
| #39 | GAURAV KANT | 2754636 | Central Mortgage Services, Inc. of Louisiana | 353056 | Lafayette, LA | $253K | 1 | $253K |
| #40 | Robin Thomas | 2453986 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | $252K | 1 | $252K |
| #41 | Ahmari Phillips | 2802857 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Charlotte, NC | $244K | 1 | $244K |
| #42 | Haley Huggins | 2779079 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $241K | 2 | $121K |
| #43 | Christopher Paschal | 2800878 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $241K | 1 | $241K |
| #44 | Elijah Benson | 2796928 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $237K | 3 | $79K |
| #45 | Hunter Harwell | 2262193 | UMortgage LLC | 1457759 | Mandeville, LA | $227K | 1 | $227K |
| #46 | Jackson Bennett | 2804060 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | $224K | 2 | $112K |
| #47 | RICHARD GREEN | 80947 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $222K | 2 | $111K |
| #48 | Aja George | 2776519 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $221K | 1 | $221K |
| #49 | Thea Soper | 2800945 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $213K | 1 | $213K |
| #50 | Amber Blake | 2830642 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $204K | 1 | $204K |
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 August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/louisiana/top-rookie-by-volume
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