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 August 23, 2026, the top 3 include Tyron Tucker (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #971931), Jake Parker (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2763475), and Derick Benitez (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2734285).
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 | $22.9M | 87 | $263K |
| #2 | Jake Parker | 2763475 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $26.0M | 84 | $309K |
| #3 | Derick Benitez | 2734285 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $22.6M | 81 | $279K |
| #3 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $19.1M | 81 | $236K |
| #5 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $19.6M | 80 | $245K |
| #6 | Bethany Cassell | 2801591 | OKLAHOMA CENTRAL CREDIT UNION | 410349 | Tulsa, OK | $10.2M | 79 | $129K |
| #7 | Misael Ramos | 2785399 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $21.7M | 74 | $293K |
| #8 | William Ketchum | 2767540 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $19.4M | 71 | $273K |
| #8 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $19.3M | 71 | $272K |
| #10 | Eric Grollman | 2786401 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $18.2M | 66 | $276K |
| #11 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $22.2M | 65 | $342K |
| #12 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $16.0M | 61 | $262K |
| #13 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $11.3M | 58 | $195K |
| #14 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $14.1M | 57 | $248K |
| #14 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $16.2M | 57 | $283K |
| #14 | Sandy Jacob | 2812001 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $9.9M | 57 | $173K |
| #17 | Catherine Sanders | 2533499 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $13.3M | 55 | $242K |
| #18 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $12.7M | 54 | $235K |
| #19 | Caelen Arreola | 2784817 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $13.2M | 53 | $248K |
| #20 | Daniel Curtis | 2737709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $13.8M | 51 | $271K |
| #21 | Kateryna Witt | 2626154 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $14.5M | 50 | $289K |
| #22 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $11.6M | 49 | $237K |
| #22 | Ketch Gannon | 2757756 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $25.2M | 49 | $515K |
| #24 | Logan O'Keefe | 2781671 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $21.7M | 48 | $452K |
| #24 | Renee Evans | 2808091 | WHATCOM EDUCATIONAL CREDIT UNION | 401041 | Bellingham, WA | $7.8M | 48 | $163K |
| #26 | Kyle Javier | 2781983 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $20.7M | 47 | $440K |
| #27 | Vanessa Taylor Perotti | 2788290 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $10.4M | 46 | $226K |
| #28 | Jessica Hall | 2768366 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $13.5M | 45 | $299K |
| #28 | Evvyn Leonard | 2684278 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $8.6M | 45 | $190K |
| #28 | Madeline Pirrello | 2781978 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $19.1M | 45 | $425K |
| #31 | Erin Wilson | 2726983 | PRG, Inc. | 441389 | Minneapolis, MN | $1.8M | 44 | $40K |
| #32 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $15.3M | 43 | $356K |
| #32 | Pouyan Haji Ghasem | 2497922 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $10.8M | 43 | $251K |
| #32 | Ciara Weissman | 2813385 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | San Diego, CA | $13.7M | 43 | $319K |
| #35 | Yavuz Gorgulu | 2769426 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $12.5M | 42 | $297K |
| #35 | Christopher Fusco | 2782148 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | $6.2M | 42 | $147K |
| #37 | Shae Glathar | 2812495 | Mountain America Federal Credit Union | 462815 | West Jordan, UT | $5.8M | 41 | $141K |
| #37 | Gabrielle Amador | 2789411 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Lake Forest, CA | $6.8M | 41 | $165K |
| #39 | Alyssa Whaley | 2794654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $8.7M | 40 | $218K |
| #39 | Maxwell Eggleston | 2800903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $13.4M | 40 | $335K |
| #39 | Cristian Godina | 2802847 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Jacksonville, FL | $3.6M | 40 | $91K |
| #39 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC | 2728304 | Baton Rouge, LA | $10.0M | 40 | $251K |
| #43 | Michelle Younan | 2189864 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $7.3M | 39 | $186K |
| #43 | Jacob Hicks | 2824687 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | $6.4M | 39 | $164K |
| #43 | Lee Garoutte | 360998 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $8.0M | 39 | $205K |
| #46 | Jose Fuentes | 2811992 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $4.9M | 38 | $129K |
| #46 | Paul Holguin | 2766095 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $8.5M | 38 | $225K |
| #46 | Chase Eickenhorst | 2801226 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.7M | 38 | $256K |
| #49 | Jacob Wallace | 2800716 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | $10.5M | 37 | $285K |
| #49 | Sebastian Wittliff | 2812013 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $7.6M | 37 | $205K |
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 August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-units
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