Leading rookies nationwide in 2025, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of August 27, 2026, the top 3 include Halie Ly (American Internet Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #2675912), Drew Lindbeck (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2663848), and Shawn Tuttle (Freedom Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #2692128).
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 | 2025 Volume | 2025 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Halie Ly | 2675912 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | — | $69.5M | 184 | $378K |
| #2 | Drew Lindbeck | 2663848 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $30.6M | 162 | $189K |
| #3 | Shawn Tuttle | 2692128 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $41.2M | 159 | $259K |
| #4 | Evan Murphy | 2627342 | Nexus Nova LLC | 2082961 | Clarksville, TN | $31.0M | 142 | $218K |
| #5 | Angel Perez | 2697373 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Charlotte, NC | $47.8M | 138 | $346K |
| #6 | Mitchell Kosek | 2641639 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $41.4M | 132 | $314K |
| #6 | Jacob Thomas | 2641669 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $45.6M | 132 | $345K |
| #8 | David Podemski | 2641923 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $25.1M | 128 | $196K |
| #8 | Jemsley Acelouis | 2253211 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $46.5M | 128 | $364K |
| #10 | Trevor Laraia | 2686281 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | $46.4M | 124 | $374K |
| #11 | Erik Alinder | 2645535 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Scottsdale, AZ | $46.5M | 123 | $378K |
| #12 | Giemona Ward | 2686598 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $28.7M | 121 | $237K |
| #12 | Joshua Castillo | 2697379 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $42.7M | 121 | $353K |
| #14 | Weston Parrish | 2667221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $21.4M | 118 | $181K |
| #15 | Andrew Donahue | 1694228 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $21.5M | 114 | $189K |
| #15 | Lindsay Parsons | 2645521 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $44.8M | 114 | $393K |
| #17 | Kimberly Wright | 2725341 | Mountain America Federal Credit Union | 462815 | Sandy, UT | $13.4M | 111 | $121K |
| #18 | Ibraheem Samona | 2690686 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $23.3M | 110 | $211K |
| #19 | Mercedes Gutierrez | 2706394 | Credit Union 1 | 384759 | Lombard, IL | $8.0M | 106 | $75K |
| #20 | Conner Russell | 2646072 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $37.3M | 104 | $358K |
| #20 | Ethan Bennett | 2215764 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $29.0M | 104 | $279K |
| #22 | Augustus Coroniti | 2686294 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | $37.4M | 101 | $370K |
| #23 | Christopher Wiggins | 2686299 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | $35.8M | 100 | $358K |
| #24 | Andrew Staley | 2681436 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $18.8M | 95 | $198K |
| #24 | Apeksha Sista | 2692605 | The Mortgageist Inc. | 2710734 | Exton, PA | $46.0M | 95 | $484K |
| #26 | Randy Korkis | 2690546 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $18.7M | 94 | $199K |
| #27 | Samuel Gardner | 2655510 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Columbia, MD | $34.0M | 93 | $365K |
| #27 | Parrish Foster | 2719166 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $19.8M | 93 | $213K |
| #27 | Lauren Robinson | 2655383 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $29.8M | 93 | $321K |
| #30 | Ashneil Raman | 2658154 | GoodLeap, LLC | 30336 | Roseville, CA | $20.5M | 92 | $223K |
| #30 | Alvin Halley | 2655384 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $30.8M | 92 | $335K |
| #32 | Colleen Simpson | 2686315 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $37.3M | 91 | $410K |
| #32 | Robert McCoy | 2635830 | Sage Home Loans Corporation | 3304 | Fort Mill, SC | $42.9M | 91 | $471K |
| #34 | Gavin Dougherty | 2686314 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $35.2M | 90 | $391K |
| #34 | Jaelin Brown | 2720523 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | — | $12.0M | 90 | $134K |
| #36 | Keenan Duggan | 2697376 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Charlotte, NC | $27.5M | 88 | $313K |
| #37 | Jaylen Reed White | 2412665 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $18.1M | 87 | $208K |
| #37 | Phillip ONeill | 2686292 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | $35.3M | 87 | $406K |
| #39 | Patrick Ranft | 2642097 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Moorpark, CA | $17.8M | 85 | $209K |
| #40 | Levelle Smith | 1530574 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | $28.4M | 84 | $338K |
| #40 | Justin Pietersz | 2562108 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Irving, TX | $19.1M | 84 | $227K |
| #42 | Cecil Rolle | 2697372 | Consumer Real Estate Finance Co. | 104621 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $27.4M | 83 | $330K |
| #42 | Paige Harris | 2692845 | USALLIANCE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 562301 | Chelmsford, MA | $17.0M | 83 | $204K |
| #44 | Alan Johnson | 2710593 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $21.6M | 82 | $264K |
| #44 | Thomas Cush | 307651 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $20.4M | 82 | $249K |
| #44 | John Ipri | 2655404 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $28.4M | 82 | $346K |
| #44 | Edgar Garcia Sanchez | 2680456 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Pensacola, FL | $25.0M | 82 | $305K |
| #44 | Ezra Montejo | 2681430 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Tempe, AZ | $12.4M | 82 | $151K |
| #49 | RHONDA PEIFFER | 2715713 | Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union | 189511 | Indiana, PA | $4.7M | 81 | $58K |
| #50 | Larson Summers | 2628199 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $13.7M | 78 | $176K |
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 (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-units/2025
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