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 July 13, 2026, the top 3 include Halie Ly (American Internet Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #2675912), Drew Lindbeck (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2663848), and Shawn Tuttle (New Day Financial, LLC, 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 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | — | $41.2M | 159 | $259K |
| #4 | Evan Murphy | 2627342 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $31.0M | 142 | $218K |
| #5 | Angel Perez | 2697373 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Charlotte, NC | $47.9M | 139 | $345K |
| #6 | Jacob Thomas | 2641669 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $45.6M | 132 | $345K |
| #6 | Mitchell Kosek | 2641639 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $41.4M | 132 | $314K |
| #8 | Jemsley Acelouis | 2253211 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $46.5M | 128 | $364K |
| #8 | David Podemski | 2641923 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $25.1M | 128 | $196K |
| #10 | Trevor Laraia | 2686281 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Conshohocken, PA | $46.2M | 123 | $376K |
| #11 | Erik Alinder | 2645535 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Scottsdale, AZ | $45.9M | 122 | $376K |
| #12 | Giemona Ward | 2686598 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $28.5M | 120 | $237K |
| #12 | Joshua Castillo | 2697379 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $42.6M | 120 | $355K |
| #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 | Ibraheem Samona | 2690686 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $23.3M | 110 | $211K |
| #17 | Kimberly Wright | 2725341 | Mountain America Federal Credit Union | 462815 | Sandy, UT | $13.3M | 110 | $121K |
| #19 | Mercedes Gutierrez | 2706394 | Credit Union 1 | 384759 | Lombard, IL | $8.0M | 106 | $75K |
| #20 | Ethan Bennett | 2215764 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $29.0M | 104 | $279K |
| #20 | Conner Russell | 2646072 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $37.3M | 104 | $358K |
| #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 | Apeksha Sista | 2692605 | The Mortgageist Inc. | 2710734 | Exton, PA | $46.0M | 95 | $484K |
| #24 | Andrew Staley | 2681436 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $18.8M | 95 | $198K |
| #26 | Randy Korkis | 2690546 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $18.7M | 94 | $199K |
| #27 | Parrish Foster | 2719166 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $19.8M | 93 | $213K |
| #27 | Samuel Gardner | 2655510 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Columbia, MD | $34.0M | 93 | $365K |
| #29 | Alvin Halley | 2655384 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $30.8M | 92 | $335K |
| #29 | Ashneil Raman | 2658154 | GoodLeap, LLC | 30336 | Roseville, CA | $20.5M | 92 | $223K |
| #31 | Colleen Simpson | 2686315 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $37.3M | 91 | $410K |
| #31 | Lauren Robinson | 2655383 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $29.1M | 91 | $319K |
| #31 | Robert McCoy | 2635830 | Sage Home Loans Corporation | 3304 | Fort Mill, SC | $42.9M | 91 | $471K |
| #34 | Jaelin Brown | 2720523 | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | 403245 | — | $12.0M | 90 | $134K |
| #34 | Gavin Dougherty | 2686314 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $35.2M | 90 | $391K |
| #36 | Keenan Duggan | 2697376 | Consumer Real Estate Finance Co. | 104621 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $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 | Justin Pietersz | 2562108 | Lennar Mortgage, LLC | 1058 | Irving, TX | $19.1M | 84 | $227K |
| #40 | Levelle Smith | 1530574 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Vienna, VA | $28.4M | 84 | $338K |
| #42 | Paige Harris | 2692845 | USALLIANCE FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 562301 | Chelmsford, MA | $17.0M | 83 | $204K |
| #42 | Cecil Rolle | 2697372 | Consumer Real Estate Finance Co. | 104621 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | $27.4M | 83 | $330K |
| #44 | Alan Johnson | 2710593 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $21.6M | 82 | $264K |
| #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 |
| #44 | John Ipri | 2655404 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Marlton, NJ | $28.4M | 82 | $346K |
| #48 | RHONDA PEIFFER | 2715713 | Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union | 189511 | Indiana, PA | $4.7M | 81 | $58K |
| #48 | Thomas Cush | 307651 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $20.2M | 81 | $249K |
| #50 | Daniel Long | 2676071 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $15.3M | 80 | $192K |
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 July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-units/2025
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