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 August 23, 2026, the top 3 include Marie Richard (Red River Bank, NMLS #2819102), Jake Parker (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2763475), and Ketch Gannon (OPTIMUM FIRST INC., NMLS #2757756).
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 | $50.1M | 2 | $25.1M |
| #2 | Jake Parker | 2763475 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $26.0M | 84 | $309K |
| #3 | Ketch Gannon | 2757756 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $25.2M | 49 | $515K |
| #4 | DAE CHOI | 2764547 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $23.6M | 34 | $694K |
| #5 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $22.9M | 87 | $263K |
| #6 | Derick Benitez | 2734285 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $22.6M | 81 | $279K |
| #7 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $22.2M | 65 | $342K |
| #8 | Misael Ramos | 2785399 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $21.7M | 74 | $293K |
| #9 | Logan O'Keefe | 2781671 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $21.7M | 48 | $452K |
| #10 | Kyle Javier | 2781983 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $20.7M | 47 | $440K |
| #11 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $19.6M | 80 | $245K |
| #12 | William Ketchum | 2767540 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $19.4M | 71 | $273K |
| #13 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $19.3M | 71 | $272K |
| #14 | Madeline Pirrello | 2781978 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $19.1M | 45 | $425K |
| #15 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $19.1M | 81 | $236K |
| #16 | Sean Dibsy | 2236623 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $18.8M | 36 | $521K |
| #17 | Sean McConnell | 2080834 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | Kirkland, WA | $18.4M | 26 | $708K |
| #18 | Eric Grollman | 2786401 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $18.2M | 66 | $276K |
| #19 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $16.2M | 57 | $283K |
| #20 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $16.0M | 61 | $262K |
| #21 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $15.3M | 43 | $356K |
| #22 | Kateryna Witt | 2626154 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $14.5M | 50 | $289K |
| #23 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $14.1M | 57 | $248K |
| #24 | Daniel Curtis | 2737709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $13.8M | 51 | $271K |
| #25 | Ciara Weissman | 2813385 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | San Diego, CA | $13.7M | 43 | $319K |
| #26 | Jessica Hall | 2768366 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $13.5M | 45 | $299K |
| #27 | Maxwell Eggleston | 2800903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $13.4M | 40 | $335K |
| #28 | Catherine Sanders | 2533499 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $13.3M | 55 | $242K |
| #29 | Caelen Arreola | 2784817 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $13.2M | 53 | $248K |
| #30 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $12.7M | 54 | $235K |
| #31 | Yavuz Gorgulu | 2769426 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $12.5M | 42 | $297K |
| #32 | Wayne Kim | 2786861 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $12.0M | 12 | $1.0M |
| #33 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $11.6M | 49 | $237K |
| #34 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $11.3M | 58 | $195K |
| #35 | Christopher Paschal | 2800878 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $11.3M | 33 | $343K |
| #36 | Cody Hess | 2802793 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $11.2M | 30 | $374K |
| #37 | James Finley | 573501 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $11.1M | 31 | $359K |
| #38 | Pouyan Haji Ghasem | 2497922 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $10.8M | 43 | $251K |
| #39 | Jacob Wallace | 2800716 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | $10.5M | 37 | $285K |
| #40 | Jessica Dye | 2803052 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $10.5M | 20 | $526K |
| #41 | Vanessa Taylor Perotti | 2788290 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $10.4M | 46 | $226K |
| #42 | Bethany Cassell | 2801591 | OKLAHOMA CENTRAL CREDIT UNION | 410349 | Tulsa, OK | $10.2M | 79 | $129K |
| #43 | Jack Bowden | 2804061 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | $10.1M | 35 | $289K |
| #44 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC | 2728304 | Baton Rouge, LA | $10.0M | 40 | $251K |
| #45 | Sandy Jacob | 2812001 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $9.9M | 57 | $173K |
| #46 | Chase Eickenhorst | 2801226 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.7M | 38 | $256K |
| #47 | Erickson Bondoc | 2831354 | Water and Power Community Credit Union | 525600 | Los Angeles, CA | $9.1M | 12 | $762K |
| #48 | Demetric Clark | 2705432 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $9.0M | 32 | $281K |
| #49 | George Damm | 2802792 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $8.8M | 19 | $465K |
| #50 | Benjamin Nice | 2800182 | Arvest Bank | 403249 | Bentonville, AR | $8.7M | 15 | $582K |
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 August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-volume
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