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 July 13, 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 | 2026 Volume | 2026 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 | $22.4M | 62 | $362K |
| #3 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $19.6M | 72 | $273K |
| #4 | Derick Benitez | 2734285 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $19.0M | 61 | $311K |
| #5 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $17.8M | 49 | $363K |
| #6 | Misael Ramos | 2785399 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $17.7M | 56 | $316K |
| #7 | DAE CHOI | 2764547 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $17.1M | 28 | $610K |
| #8 | Ketch Gannon | 2757756 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $16.5M | 35 | $472K |
| #9 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $15.2M | 60 | $254K |
| #10 | William Ketchum | 2767540 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $15.2M | 53 | $286K |
| #11 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $15.0M | 57 | $263K |
| #12 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $14.9M | 60 | $248K |
| #13 | Eric Grollman | 2786401 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $12.8M | 40 | $321K |
| #14 | Sean McConnell | 2080834 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | Kirkland, WA | $12.7M | 18 | $703K |
| #15 | Kateryna Witt | 2626154 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $11.9M | 37 | $322K |
| #16 | Sean Dibsy | 2236623 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $11.7M | 21 | $559K |
| #17 | Kyle Javier | 2781983 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $11.4M | 26 | $439K |
| #18 | Daniel Curtis | 2737709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $11.2M | 38 | $294K |
| #19 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $10.9M | 44 | $248K |
| #20 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $10.6M | 35 | $304K |
| #21 | Jessica Hall | 2768366 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $10.3M | 30 | $344K |
| #22 | Wayne Kim | 2786861 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $10.1M | 11 | $918K |
| #23 | Logan O'Keefe | 2781671 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $9.8M | 21 | $468K |
| #24 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $9.8M | 41 | $240K |
| #25 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $9.8M | 30 | $326K |
| #26 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.7M | 35 | $278K |
| #27 | Caelen Arreola | 2784817 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $9.6M | 41 | $235K |
| #28 | Madeline Pirrello | 2781978 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $9.6M | 25 | $384K |
| #29 | Jacob Wallace | 2800716 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.4M | 30 | $312K |
| #30 | Cody Hess | 2802793 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $9.0M | 24 | $376K |
| #31 | James Finley | 573501 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $8.4M | 24 | $350K |
| #32 | Yavuz Gorgulu | 2769426 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $8.4M | 31 | $271K |
| #33 | Catherine Sanders | 2533499 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $8.1M | 28 | $290K |
| #34 | Jessica Dye | 2803052 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $8.1M | 15 | $539K |
| #35 | Dustin Putt | 2764844 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $8.0M | 24 | $332K |
| #36 | Demetric Clark | 2705432 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $7.6M | 25 | $305K |
| #37 | George Damm | 2802792 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $7.4M | 16 | $465K |
| #38 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC | 2728304 | Baton Rouge, LA | $7.3M | 29 | $253K |
| #39 | Maxwell Eggleston | 2800903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $7.3M | 18 | $407K |
| #40 | Vanessa Taylor Perotti | 2788290 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $7.1M | 29 | $244K |
| #41 | Michael Crumley | 2724736 | Synergy One Lending, Inc. | 1907235 | Englewood, CO | $6.7M | 17 | $396K |
| #42 | Renee Evans | 2808091 | WHATCOM EDUCATIONAL CREDIT UNION | 401041 | Bellingham, WA | $6.7M | 39 | $172K |
| #43 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $6.6M | 29 | $229K |
| #44 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $6.5M | 33 | $197K |
| #45 | Jose Del Valle Figueroa | 2686066 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Las Vegas, NV | $6.5M | 22 | $294K |
| #46 | Ciara Weissman | 2813385 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | San Diego, CA | $6.4M | 20 | $322K |
| #47 | Christopher Paschal | 2800878 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $6.2M | 19 | $324K |
| #48 | Phillip Hardy | 2784825 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $6.1M | 28 | $217K |
| #49 | Matthew McCarthy | 2709142 | GRIFFIN FUNDING, INC. | 1120111 | Irvine, CA | $6.0M | 25 | $240K |
| #50 | Tito Baptista | 181179 | M Street Mortgage LLC | 2073999 | Fort Belvoir, VA | $5.9M | 14 | $420K |
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 July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-volume/2026
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