Leading rookies nationwide in 2026 so far, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 7, 2026, the top 3 include Marie Richard (Red River Bank, NMLS #2819102), Jake Parker (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2763475), and Tyron Tucker (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #971931).
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 | Marie Richard | 2819102 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Baton Rouge, LA | $50.0M | 1 | $50.0M |
| #2 | Jake Parker | 2763475 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $20.6M | 57 | $361K |
| #3 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $19.5M | 71 | $275K |
| #4 | Derick Benitez | 2734285 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $19.0M | 61 | $311K |
| #5 | Misael Ramos | 2785399 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $17.7M | 56 | $316K |
| #6 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $17.2M | 46 | $375K |
| #7 | DAE CHOI | 2764547 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $16.5M | 27 | $612K |
| #8 | Ketch Gannon | 2757756 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $15.9M | 34 | $468K |
| #9 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $14.8M | 58 | $255K |
| #10 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $14.8M | 55 | $269K |
| #11 | William Ketchum | 2767540 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $14.8M | 48 | $307K |
| #12 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $14.0M | 56 | $250K |
| #13 | Eric Grollman | 2786401 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $12.0M | 37 | $324K |
| #14 | Kateryna Witt | 2626154 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $11.8M | 36 | $329K |
| #15 | Sean Dibsy | 2236623 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $11.7M | 21 | $559K |
| #16 | Sean McConnell | 2080834 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | Kirkland, WA | $11.3M | 15 | $751K |
| #17 | Daniel Curtis | 2737709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $11.0M | 36 | $306K |
| #18 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $10.7M | 42 | $255K |
| #19 | Wayne Kim | 2786861 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $10.1M | 11 | $918K |
| #20 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $10.1M | 33 | $305K |
| #21 | Kyle Javier | 2781983 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $9.5M | 23 | $412K |
| #22 | Logan O'Keefe | 2781671 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $9.5M | 20 | $473K |
| #23 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $9.4M | 39 | $242K |
| #24 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $9.2M | 28 | $329K |
| #25 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.2M | 33 | $279K |
| #26 | Jacob Wallace | 2800716 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.1M | 29 | $314K |
| #27 | Madeline Pirrello | 2781978 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $8.8M | 23 | $384K |
| #28 | Jessica Hall | 2768366 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $8.8M | 25 | $351K |
| #29 | Caelen Arreola | 2784817 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $8.4M | 33 | $254K |
| #30 | Jessica Dye | 2803052 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $8.1M | 15 | $539K |
| #31 | Catherine Sanders | 2533499 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $8.0M | 27 | $298K |
| #32 | James Finley | 573501 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $8.0M | 23 | $349K |
| #33 | Dustin Putt | 2764844 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $7.6M | 23 | $332K |
| #34 | Demetric Clark | 2705432 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $7.5M | 24 | $311K |
| #35 | George Damm | 2802792 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $7.4M | 16 | $465K |
| #36 | Yavuz Gorgulu | 2769426 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $7.4M | 28 | $265K |
| #37 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC | 2728304 | Baton Rouge, LA | $7.1M | 28 | $254K |
| #38 | Cody Hess | 2802793 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $7.1M | 21 | $337K |
| #39 | Michael Crumley | 2724736 | Synergy One Lending, Inc. | 1907235 | Englewood, CO | $6.7M | 17 | $396K |
| #40 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $6.5M | 28 | $234K |
| #41 | Jose Del Valle Figueroa | 2686066 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Las Vegas, NV | $6.5M | 22 | $294K |
| #42 | Ciara Weissman | 2813385 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | San Diego, CA | $6.3M | 19 | $330K |
| #43 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $6.2M | 32 | $195K |
| #44 | Vanessa Taylor Perotti | 2788290 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $6.1M | 26 | $234K |
| #45 | Phillip Hardy | 2784825 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $6.1M | 28 | $217K |
| #46 | Renee Evans | 2808091 | WHATCOM EDUCATIONAL CREDIT UNION | 401041 | Bellingham, WA | $6.0M | 37 | $162K |
| #47 | Tito Baptista | 181179 | M Street Mortgage LLC | 2073999 | Fort Belvoir, VA | $5.9M | 14 | $420K |
| #48 | Rachel Pepin | 2784838 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Pensacola, FL | $5.8M | 27 | $213K |
| #49 | Matthew McCarthy | 2709142 | GRIFFIN FUNDING, INC. | 1120111 | Irvine, CA | $5.7M | 24 | $238K |
| #50 | Bryan McCarthy | 2769344 | AdvantageFirst Lending Inc. | 1209177 | Lake Forest, CA | $5.5M | 12 | $462K |
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 Volume — Nationwide. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 7, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-volume
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