Leading rookies in Louisiana in 2026, ranked by total volume. 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), Jose Perdomo (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #1564268), and Jonathan Nguyen (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2784835).
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 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $1.6M | 5 | $317K |
| #3 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $1.3M | 6 | $218K |
| #4 | Alyssa Whaley | 2794654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $590K | 2 | $295K |
| #5 | Matthew Martinez | 2780230 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $586K | 2 | $293K |
| #6 | Robert Darrah | 2662191 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | Covington, LA | $512K | 2 | $256K |
| #7 | Juston Hill | 2784877 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $393K | 2 | $196K |
| #8 | Seth Brown | 2784658 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $363K | 2 | $181K |
| #9 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $307K | 2 | $154K |
| #10 | Jerman Carrera | 2787374 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $289K | 1 | $289K |
| #11 | Kelly Clayton | 2806768 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Covington, LA | $263K | 2 | $132K |
| #12 | Charla Smith | 1651741 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Loganville, GA | $260K | 1 | $260K |
| #13 | Shannon Taylor | 2819091 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Alexandria, LA | $233K | 2 | $117K |
| #14 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $224K | 2 | $112K |
| #15 | Haley Huggins | 2779079 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $216K | 1 | $216K |
| #16 | Thea Soper | 2800945 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $213K | 1 | $213K |
| #17 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $192K | 1 | $192K |
| #18 | Jeremy Plofsky | 2801930 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $188K | 1 | $188K |
| #19 | Edward Kim | 2732282 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | $185K | 1 | $185K |
| #20 | Alexander Meagher | 2279313 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $151K | 1 | $151K |
| #21 | Wali Sekandar | 2776656 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $150K | 1 | $150K |
| #22 | Hailey Huffman | 2776993 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Chandler, AZ | $140K | 2 | $70K |
| #23 | Justin Rodriguez | 2459510 | Consumer Real Estate Finance Co. | 104621 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $74K | 1 | $74K |
| #24 | Elijah Benson | 2796928 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $72K | 1 | $72K |
| #25 | Khalifah Muhammad | 1994415 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $70K | 1 | $70K |
| #25 | Carolina Decker | 830021 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $70K | 1 | $70K |
| #27 | Patrick Kelly | 2814367 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Columbia, MD | $50K | 1 | $50K |
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 (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/louisiana/top-rookie-by-volume/2026
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