Biggest climbers in Minnesota 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 Sara Russo (Rocket Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2681446), Aleigh Munoz (Accentra Credit Union, NMLS #2606802), and Carter Karppinen (Frandsen Bank & Trust, NMLS #2472688).
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 | Rank Change | YTD Volume | YTD Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Sara Russo | 2681446 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 7443 (#8959 → #1516) | $2.7M | 10 |
| #2 | Aleigh Munoz | 2606802 | Accentra Credit Union | 412596 | Austin, MN | ▲ 7364 (#9168 → #1804) | $2.2M | 36 |
| #3 | Carter Karppinen | 2472688 | Frandsen Bank & Trust | 718070 | Cloquet, MN | ▲ 7259 (#8050 → #791) | $5.7M | 16 |
| #4 | Erin Wilson | 2726983 | PRG, Inc. | 441389 | Minneapolis, MN | ▲ 6990 (#9095 → #2105) | $1.8M | 44 |
| #5 | Brendan Wall | 2612947 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | ▲ 6938 (#9037 → #2099) | $1.8M | 5 |
| #6 | Reed Nelson | 1752050 | First National Bank North | 405794 | Crosslake, MN | ▲ 6757 (#8632 → #1875) | $2.1M | 8 |
| #7 | Samuel Andrews | 259879 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6750 (#8996 → #2246) | $1.6M | 2 |
| #8 | Jeffrey Wishnew | 620935 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | ▲ 6680 (#8882 → #2202) | $1.6M | 3 |
| #9 | Nicholas Salemo | 1201538 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | ▲ 6585 (#7422 → #837) | $5.4M | 12 |
| #10 | Chad Aurich | 2121561 | Produce State Bank | 531565 | Hollandale, MN | ▲ 6558 (#9037 → #2479) | $1.4M | 1 |
| #11 | Brittney Bell | 2713550 | First Bank Blue Earth | 417698 | Blue Earth, MN | ▲ 6504 (#8580 → #2076) | $1.8M | 10 |
| #12 | Alyssa Dimeck | 998850 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6499 (#7951 → #1452) | $2.8M | 15 |
| #13 | Timothy Barrett | 282754 | Bell Bank | 419538 | Bloomington, MN | ▲ 6457 (#7831 → #1374) | $3.1M | 9 |
| #14 | Tanner Murphy | 1895248 | Minnco Credit Union | 640612 | Cambridge, MN | ▲ 6439 (#7522 → #1083) | $4.1M | 16 |
| #15 | Kelly Waugh | 786161 | Alerus Financial, N.A. DBA Alerus Mortgage | 416135 | Austin, MN | ▲ 6397 (#7878 → #1481) | $2.8M | 12 |
| #16 | Farah Masoud | 2162944 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6386 (#7898 → #1512) | $2.7M | 10 |
| #17 | bhavin patel | 103451 | NEXA Mortgage, LLC | 1660690 | Mesa, AZ | ▲ 6362 (#8317 → #1955) | $2.0M | 4 |
| #18 | LaDia Dodd | 1987983 | Northport Funding LLC | 1868733 | Wayzata, MN | ▲ 6341 (#7718 → #1377) | $3.1M | 11 |
| #19 | Brian Niles | 416032 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Owensboro, KY | ▲ 6292 (#8380 → #2088) | $1.8M | 6 |
| #20 | Annmarie Maronek | 23466 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 6264 (#8398 → #2134) | $1.7M | 7 |
| #21 | Justyn Schoening | 2342730 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6250 (#8959 → #2709) | $1.2M | 6 |
| #22 | Joshua Shcherbelis | 2006972 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | ▲ 6192 (#7873 → #1681) | $2.4M | 6 |
| #23 | Wyatt Stadler | 2111012 | TOPLINE FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION | 654913 | Forest Lake, MN | ▲ 6113 (#7546 → #1433) | $2.9M | 29 |
| #24 | Emmanuel Joseph Madrid | 2109049 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6104 (#7951 → #1847) | $2.1M | 8 |
| #25 | Walyn Smith | 1389359 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 6058 (#8959 → #2901) | $1.1M | 4 |
| #26 | Michael Caputo | 1394587 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Horsham, PA | ▲ 6048 (#9076 → #3028) | $1.1M | 3 |
| #27 | Craig Park | 2001485 | NBKC Bank | 409631 | Kansas City, MO | ▲ 6043 (#7055 → #1012) | $4.4M | 9 |
| #28 | Brayden Disanza | 2407778 | Green Lending LLC | 2598612 | — | ▲ 6028 (#7328 → #1300) | $3.3M | 12 |
| #29 | Dawndi LaValle | 488991 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Owensboro, KY | ▲ 6025 (#7703 → #1678) | $2.4M | 7 |
| #30 | Daniel Karnowski | 681622 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Apple Valley, MN | ▲ 5965 (#8114 → #2149) | $1.7M | 5 |
| #31 | Nathaniel Nielsen | 1961264 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | West Des Moines, IA | ▲ 5947 (#8763 → #2816) | $1.2M | 3 |
| #32 | Pamela Kurtz | 2452486 | Security Bank & Trust Company | 415819 | Waconia, MN | ▲ 5939 (#7452 → #1513) | $2.7M | 4 |
| #33 | Allie Hammoud | 1794341 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 5930 (#8959 → #3029) | $1.1M | 5 |
| #34 | William Conley | 488941 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Owensboro, KY | ▲ 5888 (#7951 → #2063) | $1.8M | 11 |
| #35 | Robert Bouna | 1468661 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | ▲ 5833 (#7769 → #1936) | $2.0M | 6 |
| #36 | Alain Hayek | 2125079 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Lake Forest, CA | ▲ 5804 (#8398 → #2594) | $1.3M | 7 |
| #37 | Ami Simons | 552515 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Overland Park, KS | ▲ 5788 (#7273 → #1485) | $2.8M | 7 |
| #38 | William Hamielec | 523927 | University of Wisconsin Credit Union | 411231 | Madison, WI | ▲ 5751 (#8693 → #2942) | $1.1M | 3 |
| #39 | Michael Kopiecki | 289458 | M & M Mortgage, LLC | 213677 | Roseville, MN | ▲ 5749 (#7546 → #1797) | $2.2M | 6 |
| #40 | Craig Reardon | 564065 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 5742 (#6989 → #1247) | $3.5M | 1 |
| #41 | LOCHAN SAMKARAN | 377000 | SUPREME MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. | 388140 | Brooklyn Ctr, MN | ▲ 5719 (#8179 → #2460) | $1.4M | 4 |
| #42 | Troy Bowman | 2171837 | Old National Bank | 459308 | Saint Paul, MN | ▲ 5705 (#7421 → #1716) | $2.3M | 11 |
| #43 | Justin Kocher | 2715702 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Eden Prairie, MN | ▲ 5704 (#8509 → #2805) | $1.2M | 6 |
| #44 | Steven Lucien | 1474344 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | — | ▲ 5630 (#8844 → #3214) | $977K | 3 |
| #45 | Randy Cebulla | 2302252 | Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Pierz | 528169 | Pierz, MN | ▲ 5578 (#7659 → #2081) | $1.8M | 10 |
| #46 | Jeffrey Curtis | 1264650 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Monticello, MN | ▲ 5567 (#7951 → #2384) | $1.5M | 4 |
| #47 | Robert Reynolds | 1201535 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Philadelphia, PA | ▲ 5532 (#6952 → #1420) | $2.9M | 9 |
| #48 | Mohammed Khan | 2618289 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 5483 (#7950 → #2467) | $1.4M | 3 |
| #49 | Mitchell Dorsey | 1391767 | Cardinal Financial Company, Limited Partnership | 66247 | Maple Grove, MN | ▲ 5448 (#7086 → #1638) | $2.4M | 9 |
| #50 | Daniel Hunt | 571926 | Planet Home Lending, LLC | 17022 | Tampa, FL | ▲ 5442 (#8993 → #3551) | $839K | 2 |
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. Biggest Climbers by Volume — Minnesota. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/minnesota/top-climbers-by-volume
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