Leading rookies nationwide in 2026 so far, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 7, 2026, the top 3 include Tyron Tucker (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #971931), Derick Benitez (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2734285), and Michael Barreiro (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2783221).
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 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $19.5M | 71 | $275K |
| #2 | Derick Benitez | 2734285 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $19.0M | 61 | $311K |
| #3 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $14.8M | 58 | $255K |
| #4 | Jake Parker | 2763475 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $20.6M | 57 | $361K |
| #5 | Misael Ramos | 2785399 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $17.7M | 56 | $316K |
| #5 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $14.0M | 56 | $250K |
| #7 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $14.8M | 55 | $269K |
| #8 | William Ketchum | 2767540 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $14.8M | 48 | $307K |
| #8 | Bethany Cassell | 2801591 | OKLAHOMA CENTRAL CREDIT UNION | 410349 | Tulsa, OK | $5.1M | 48 | $105K |
| #10 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $17.2M | 46 | $375K |
| #11 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $10.7M | 42 | $255K |
| #12 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $9.4M | 39 | $242K |
| #13 | Renee Evans | 2808091 | WHATCOM EDUCATIONAL CREDIT UNION | 401041 | Bellingham, WA | $6.0M | 37 | $162K |
| #13 | Eric Grollman | 2786401 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $12.0M | 37 | $324K |
| #15 | Kateryna Witt | 2626154 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $11.8M | 36 | $329K |
| #15 | Daniel Curtis | 2737709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $11.0M | 36 | $306K |
| #17 | Ketch Gannon | 2757756 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $15.9M | 34 | $468K |
| #18 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.2M | 33 | $279K |
| #18 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $10.1M | 33 | $305K |
| #18 | Caelen Arreola | 2784817 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $8.4M | 33 | $254K |
| #21 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $6.2M | 32 | $195K |
| #22 | Jacob Wallace | 2800716 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.1M | 29 | $314K |
| #23 | Erin Wilson | 2726983 | PRG, Inc. | 441389 | Minneapolis, MN | $1.1M | 28 | $39K |
| #23 | Tetyana Brown | 2689503 | HOME LENDING OF AMERICA, Inc | 391523 | Denver, CO | $5.1M | 28 | $182K |
| #23 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $9.2M | 28 | $329K |
| #23 | Phillip Hardy | 2784825 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $6.1M | 28 | $217K |
| #23 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $6.5M | 28 | $234K |
| #23 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC | 2728304 | Baton Rouge, LA | $7.1M | 28 | $254K |
| #23 | Yavuz Gorgulu | 2769426 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $7.4M | 28 | $265K |
| #30 | Rachel Pepin | 2784838 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Pensacola, FL | $5.8M | 27 | $213K |
| #30 | DAE CHOI | 2764547 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $16.5M | 27 | $612K |
| #30 | Catherine Sanders | 2533499 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $8.0M | 27 | $298K |
| #33 | Vanessa Taylor Perotti | 2788290 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $6.1M | 26 | $234K |
| #34 | Michelle Younan | 2189864 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $4.9M | 25 | $195K |
| #34 | Jennifer Thompson | 2818012 | Park View Federal Credit Union | 653464 | Harrisonburg, VA | $3.8M | 25 | $154K |
| #34 | Juston Hill | 2784877 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $4.8M | 25 | $194K |
| #34 | Jessica Hall | 2768366 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $8.8M | 25 | $351K |
| #38 | Sandy Jacob | 2812001 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $4.3M | 24 | $180K |
| #38 | Demetric Clark | 2705432 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $7.5M | 24 | $311K |
| #38 | Matthew McCarthy | 2709142 | GRIFFIN FUNDING, INC. | 1120111 | Irvine, CA | $5.7M | 24 | $238K |
| #38 | Shae Glathar | 2812495 | Mountain America Federal Credit Union | 462815 | West Jordan, UT | $3.6M | 24 | $152K |
| #38 | Cristian Godina | 2802847 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | $1.6M | 24 | $65K |
| #38 | Jackson Bennett | 2804060 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | $3.7M | 24 | $156K |
| #38 | Evvyn Leonard | 2684278 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $4.9M | 24 | $203K |
| #45 | James Finley | 573501 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $8.0M | 23 | $349K |
| #45 | Dustin Putt | 2764844 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $7.6M | 23 | $332K |
| #45 | Madeline Pirrello | 2781978 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $8.8M | 23 | $384K |
| #45 | Kyle Javier | 2781983 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $9.5M | 23 | $412K |
| #49 | Jose Del Valle Figueroa | 2686066 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Las Vegas, NV | $6.5M | 22 | $294K |
| #49 | Christopher Fusco | 2782148 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | $4.1M | 22 | $186K |
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 Loan Count — Nationwide. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 7, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-units
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