Biggest climbers in Minnesota 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 Tiffany Espie (Rocket Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #1273405), Kristal Fennelly (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #1198907), and Jordan Jones (NBKC Bank, NMLS #1936270).
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 | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tiffany Espie | 1273405 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 8090 (#9851 → #1761) | $2.3M | 6 |
| #2 | Kristal Fennelly | 1198907 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | ▲ 8069 (#9771 → #1702) | $2.4M | 5 |
| #3 | Jordan Jones | 1936270 | NBKC Bank | 409631 | Kansas City, MO | ▲ 8039 (#9479 → #1440) | $3.0M | 6 |
| #4 | Drew Willis | 2088204 | Prosperity Home Mortgage, LLC | 75164 | Scottsdale, AZ | ▲ 7957 (#8987 → #1030) | $4.5M | 10 |
| #5 | Matthew Zoro | 1957754 | American First Funding LLC | 2362008 | Southfield, MI | ▲ 7818 (#9769 → #1951) | $2.0M | 5 |
| #6 | Ana Avalos Quiroz | 2706308 | TOPLINE FINANCIAL CREDIT UNION | 654913 | Champlin, MN | ▲ 7740 (#9265 → #1525) | $2.7M | 21 |
| #7 | Paul Cuellar | 1108350 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | ▲ 7612 (#9914 → #2302) | $1.6M | 5 |
| #8 | Christine Christensen | 806066 | Bell Bank | 419538 | Minneapolis, MN | ▲ 7587 (#9622 → #2035) | $1.9M | 3 |
| #9 | Anthony Corona | 2645372 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | ▲ 7578 (#9999 → #2421) | $1.5M | 5 |
| #10 | Erik Fritsche | 501936 | Granite Bank | 405434 | Champlin, MN | ▲ 7508 (#9156 → #1648) | $2.5M | 9 |
| #11 | Ryan Dunn | 114526 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Mount Laurel, NJ | ▲ 7441 (#9525 → #2084) | $1.9M | 3 |
| #12 | Laura Wilson | 27530 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7350 (#9955 → #2605) | $1.3M | 2 |
| #13 | Daniel Conzelman | 847808 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7345 (#9201 → #1856) | $2.2M | 8 |
| #14 | Aaron Kowalczyk | 2603768 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7314 (#8565 → #1251) | $3.6M | 4 |
| #15 | Larry Penland | 85127 | Sage Home Loans Corporation | 3304 | — | ▲ 7300 (#9992 → #2692) | $1.3M | 3 |
| #16 | Joshua Castillo | 2697379 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | ▲ 7274 (#9635 → #2361) | $1.5M | 5 |
| #17 | Lisa Price | 2718307 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Edina, MN | ▲ 7254 (#9780 → #2526) | $1.4M | 3 |
| #18 | Ken Schmidt | 697466 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Naperville, IL | ▲ 7240 (#9199 → #1959) | $2.0M | 1 |
| #19 | James Poepl | 1255269 | Vermillion State Bank | 504763 | Vermillion, MN | ▲ 7239 (#9639 → #2400) | $1.5M | 3 |
| #20 | Michael Davis | 2408562 | M & M Mortgage, LLC | 213677 | Roseville, MN | ▲ 7238 (#9380 → #2142) | $1.8M | 8 |
| #21 | Kipling Kemper | 333191 | CFR Mortgage LLC | 2474471 | Maple Grove, MN | ▲ 7234 (#9135 → #1901) | $2.1M | 5 |
| #22 | Connor Wigand | 1625522 | HomeTown Bank | 403208 | Henderson, MN | ▲ 7205 (#9135 → #1930) | $2.0M | 4 |
| #23 | Maxwell Schmidt | 1127716 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7128 (#8292 → #1164) | $3.9M | 10 |
| #24 | Vamshee Avasarala Raghavendra | 2416210 | TRI VALLEY HOME LOANS LLC | 2114972 | Troy, MI | ▲ 7084 (#8824 → #1740) | $2.3M | 8 |
| #25 | Robert Alberts | 517014 | SECURITY STATE BANK OF WANAMINGO, INCORPORATED | 451678 | Wanamingo, MN | ▲ 7000 (#9660 → #2660) | $1.3M | 2 |
| #26 | Andre Bahnam | 2400316 | DYNAGEN LENDING, LLC | 2179695 | Southfield, MI | ▲ 6958 (#9597 → #2639) | $1.3M | 5 |
| #27 | Jamey Welle | 400946 | Baxter Credit Union | 476905 | Minnetonka, MN | ▲ 6939 (#7654 → #715) | $6.4M | 16 |
| #28 | Anthony Lim | 1957820 | New Era Lending LLC | 2424293 | Houston, TX | ▲ 6928 (#8799 → #1871) | $2.1M | 4 |
| #29 | Richard Erkenbeck | 880565 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Seattle, WA | ▲ 6923 (#8500 → #1577) | $2.6M | 10 |
| #30 | Lynda De-Witt | 2643550 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6888 (#8889 → #2001) | $1.9M | 4 |
| #31 | Dakota Thompson | 2065079 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | ▲ 6844 (#9714 → #2870) | $1.2M | 4 |
| #32 | Chad Standish | 843765 | Credit Karma Mortgage, Inc. | 1588622 | Oakland, CA | ▲ 6778 (#7422 → #644) | $7.0M | 24 |
| #33 | Steven Hoppe | 1228665 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6729 (#9545 → #2816) | $1.2M | 8 |
| #34 | Narcis Buncianu | 1824302 | Capital Property Lending, LLC | 2187346 | Clinton Township, MI | ▲ 6724 (#9967 → #3243) | $991K | 2 |
| #35 | Brian Betlock | 629254 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | — | ▲ 6715 (#9932 → #3217) | $1.0M | 1 |
| #36 | Aaron Ellefson | 2039680 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | River Falls, WI | ▲ 6696 (#8282 → #1586) | $2.6M | 7 |
| #37 | Joseph Hanna | 2378031 | eMortgage Funding LLC | 1059364 | Troy, MI | ▲ 6681 (#9818 → #3137) | $1.0M | 2 |
| #38 | Ernest Auger | 1611044 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Scottsdale, AZ | ▲ 6661 (#8515 → #1854) | $2.2M | 6 |
| #39 | Nicole Jorgensen | 2336444 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Brooklyn Park, MN | ▲ 6654 (#9615 → #2961) | $1.1M | 6 |
| #40 | Mark Jacobson | 2548523 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 6635 (#9553 → #2918) | $1.1M | 7 |
| #41 | Kevin McLaughlin | 2686298 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | ▲ 6632 (#8773 → #2141) | $1.8M | 5 |
| #42 | Daniel Picchiotti | 2147854 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | West Des Moines, IA | ▲ 6625 (#9232 → #2607) | $1.3M | 3 |
| #43 | Christopher Whitchurch | 2679093 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 6614 (#9988 → #3374) | $936K | 2 |
| #44 | Laurence Poteshman | 293783 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Schaumburg, IL | ▲ 6604 (#9922 → #3318) | $961K | 4 |
| #45 | Hussein Elsayedali | 1332767 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6580 (#9265 → #2685) | $1.3M | 4 |
| #46 | Nicholas Williams | 530680 | Cornerstone State Bank | 486258 | Le Sueur, MN | ▲ 6573 (#8426 → #1853) | $2.2M | 7 |
| #47 | Shayla Williams | 2645414 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | ▲ 6563 (#9649 → #3086) | $1.1M | 2 |
| #48 | Alex Cavelli | 1418307 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 6551 (#9497 → #2946) | $1.1M | 3 |
| #49 | Bradley Kramer | 1196031 | Accunet Mortgage LLC | 255368 | Waukesha, WI | ▲ 6549 (#9820 → #3271) | $979K | 3 |
| #50 | Benjamin Hummel | 2342632 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 6521 (#9376 → #2855) | $1.2M | 4 |
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 (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/minnesota/top-climbers-by-volume/2026
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