Leading rookies nationwide in 2026, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of October 11, 2026, the top 3 include Madeline Pirrello (Tomo Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2781978), Marie Richard (Red River Bank, NMLS #2819102), 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 | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Madeline Pirrello | 2781978 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $76.4M | 72 | $1.1M |
| #2 | Marie Richard | 2819102 | Red River Bank | 422277 | Baton Rouge, LA | $50.1M | 2 | $25.1M |
| #3 | Ketch Gannon | 2757756 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $36.3M | 66 | $550K |
| #4 | Derick Benitez | 2734285 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $31.1M | 116 | $268K |
| #5 | Sean McConnell | 2080834 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | Kirkland, WA | $30.4M | 41 | $740K |
| #6 | Jake Parker | 2763475 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $29.8M | 101 | $295K |
| #7 | DAE CHOI | 2764547 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $28.3M | 43 | $659K |
| #8 | Kyle Javier | 2781983 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $28.1M | 62 | $454K |
| #9 | Logan O'Keefe | 2781671 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $26.4M | 60 | $439K |
| #10 | Misael Ramos | 2785399 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $25.5M | 98 | $260K |
| #11 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $25.4M | 81 | $314K |
| #12 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $25.4M | 100 | $254K |
| #13 | Sean Dibsy | 2236623 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $24.4M | 47 | $519K |
| #14 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $23.8M | 94 | $253K |
| #15 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $23.7M | 107 | $222K |
| #16 | Eric Grollman | 2786401 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $23.7M | 93 | $255K |
| #17 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $23.0M | 109 | $211K |
| #18 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $22.6M | 89 | $254K |
| #19 | William Ketchum | 2767540 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $21.9M | 92 | $238K |
| #20 | Ciara Weissman | 2813385 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | San Diego, CA | $21.2M | 69 | $307K |
| #21 | Kateryna Witt | 2626154 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $20.8M | 79 | $264K |
| #22 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $20.7M | 78 | $265K |
| #23 | Sandy Jacob | 2812001 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $19.0M | 105 | $181K |
| #24 | Pouyan Haji Ghasem | 2497922 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $18.4M | 79 | $232K |
| #25 | Jessica Hall | 2768366 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $18.1M | 68 | $266K |
| #26 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $17.7M | 48 | $369K |
| #27 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $17.2M | 72 | $239K |
| #28 | Wayne Kim | 2786861 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $16.7M | 18 | $928K |
| #29 | Maxwell Eggleston | 2800903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $16.4M | 54 | $304K |
| #30 | Cody Hess | 2802793 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $15.6M | 47 | $333K |
| #31 | Catherine Sanders | 2533499 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $15.0M | 67 | $224K |
| #32 | Christopher Paschal | 2800878 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $15.0M | 44 | $340K |
| #33 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $15.0M | 77 | $194K |
| #34 | Vanessa Taylor Perotti | 2788290 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $14.8M | 69 | $214K |
| #35 | Sri harsha Grandhi | 2770565 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Santa Ana, CA | $14.7M | 23 | $639K |
| #36 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | Zenta Mortgage Services, LLC | 181658 | Sacramento, CA | $14.4M | 60 | $240K |
| #37 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $14.4M | 68 | $212K |
| #38 | Jack Bowden | 2804061 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | $14.4M | 50 | $288K |
| #39 | Daniel Curtis | 2737709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $14.4M | 55 | $261K |
| #40 | Yavuz Gorgulu | 2769426 | Kadlogic, Inc. | 1456732 | Southlake, TX | $13.7M | 45 | $305K |
| #41 | Caelen Arreola | 2784817 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $13.6M | 58 | $235K |
| #42 | Sebastian Wittliff | 2812013 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $13.4M | 69 | $194K |
| #43 | Jorge Delacanal | 2791664 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $13.1M | 58 | $225K |
| #44 | Charles Alexander | 2808618 | Toyota Financial Savings Bank | 68603 | Henderson, NV | $13.0M | 10 | $1.3M |
| #45 | Emmalie Corn | 2816145 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | San Diego, CA | $12.9M | 44 | $294K |
| #46 | Lee Garoutte | 360998 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $12.9M | 63 | $204K |
| #47 | Julie Latney | 2818058 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | San Diego, CA | $12.8M | 37 | $347K |
| #48 | Chase Eickenhorst | 2801226 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $12.8M | 55 | $232K |
| #49 | Alayna Weaver | 2817674 | Raleigh Mortgage Group, Inc. | 69573 | Raleigh, NC | $12.7M | 32 | $397K |
| #50 | Jacqueline Jeffcoat | 2802022 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Temple, TX | $12.7M | 46 | $275K |
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 (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-volume/2026
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