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 August 27, 2026, the top 3 include Marie Richard (Red River Bank, NMLS #2819102), Destiny Augustus (Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC, NMLS #2607541), and Jose Perdomo (Zenta Mortgage 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 | 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 | $10.5M | 42 | $249K |
| #3 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | Zenta Mortgage Services, LLC | 181658 | Sacramento, CA | $1.9M | 7 | $278K |
| #4 | Shannon Taylor | 2819091 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Alexandria, LA | $1.7M | 7 | $244K |
| #5 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $1.4M | 8 | $180K |
| #6 | Charla Smith | 1651741 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Loganville, GA | $1.3M | 5 | $258K |
| #7 | Corey Borkowski | 1428800 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Troy, MI | $1.2M | 3 | $386K |
| #8 | Kelly Clayton | 2806768 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Covington, LA | $1.0M | 4 | $261K |
| #9 | Zachary Thiels | 1560838 | American South Financial Services, L.L.C. | 69331 | Alexandria, LA | $985K | 3 | $328K |
| #10 | Lamar Hermiz | 2817682 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $975K | 2 | $487K |
| #11 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $966K | 6 | $161K |
| #12 | Alyssa Whaley | 2794654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $903K | 4 | $226K |
| #13 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $879K | 4 | $220K |
| #14 | Dhevin Williams | 2811894 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $670K | 3 | $223K |
| #15 | Jackson Houston | 2811903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $662K | 3 | $221K |
| #16 | Robert Darrah | 2662191 | Loansteady LLC | 1701910 | Covington, LA | $633K | 3 | $211K |
| #17 | Matthew Martinez | 2780230 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $586K | 2 | $293K |
| #18 | Shirley Marquina | 2817987 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $571K | 2 | $285K |
| #19 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $564K | 3 | $188K |
| #20 | Candice Rouhotas | 2838578 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | $544K | 1 | $544K |
| #21 | Andrew Curtiss | 1076625 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $521K | 2 | $260K |
| #22 | Jeremy Plofsky | 2801930 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $520K | 2 | $260K |
| #23 | Timothy Hixon | 2791931 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | $490K | 2 | $245K |
| #24 | Seth Brown | 2784658 | Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC | 2600 | Franklin, TN | $489K | 3 | $163K |
| #25 | Terri Smith | 2779763 | Third Coast Lending LLC | 2640651 | New Orleans, LA | $472K | 1 | $472K |
| #26 | Tyler Bryson | 2830784 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $407K | 1 | $407K |
| #27 | Juston Hill | 2784877 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $393K | 2 | $196K |
| #28 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $388K | 3 | $129K |
| #29 | CyeNyla Hall | 2773617 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | $384K | 2 | $192K |
| #30 | Sahibzada Mirza | 2827637 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $375K | 3 | $125K |
| #31 | Deanna Hyatt | 2703642 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $360K | 2 | $180K |
| #32 | Patrick Wheelis | 2821421 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $347K | 3 | $116K |
| #33 | Christopher Ballard | 2821035 | PBT BANCORP | 257781 | Hazard, KY | $342K | 1 | $342K |
| #34 | Yeonghyeon Jo | 2821472 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | $334K | 1 | $334K |
| #35 | Marcus White | 2816828 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | $317K | 1 | $317K |
| #36 | Jacob Naylor | 2786989 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $313K | 1 | $313K |
| #37 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $307K | 2 | $154K |
| #38 | Hailey Huffman | 2776993 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Tempe, AZ | $305K | 4 | $76K |
| #39 | Braden Bethea | 2815467 | US FINANCIAL GROUP, INC | 87325 | Lake Charles, LA | $299K | 1 | $299K |
| #40 | Jerman Carrera | 2787374 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | — | $289K | 1 | $289K |
| #41 | David Durmowicz | 2810222 | South River Mortgage, LLC | 1854524 | Annapolis, MD | $278K | 1 | $278K |
| #42 | Edward Kim | 2732282 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | $275K | 2 | $138K |
| #43 | Taylor Bills | 2785218 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $268K | 2 | $134K |
| #44 | GAURAV KANT | 2754636 | Central Mortgage Services, Inc. of Louisiana | 353056 | Lafayette, LA | $253K | 1 | $253K |
| #45 | Robin Thomas | 2453986 | Edge Home Finance, LLC | 891464 | Minnetonka, MN | $252K | 1 | $252K |
| #46 | Ahmari Phillips | 2802857 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Charlotte, NC | $244K | 1 | $244K |
| #47 | Haley Huggins | 2779079 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | $241K | 2 | $121K |
| #48 | Christopher Paschal | 2800878 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $241K | 1 | $241K |
| #49 | Dakota Parker | 2302707 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $240K | 1 | $240K |
| #50 | Elijah Benson | 2796928 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $237K | 3 | $79K |
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 August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/louisiana/top-rookie-by-volume/2026
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