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 May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Daniel Denham (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2770436), Jake Parker (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2763475), and DAE CHOI (JSB Mortgage Corporation, NMLS #2764547).
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 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $13.4M | 31 | $432K |
| #2 | Jake Parker | 2763475 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $13.3M | 36 | $369K |
| #3 | DAE CHOI | 2764547 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $13.2M | 21 | $630K |
| #4 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $12.3M | 46 | $268K |
| #5 | Misael Ramos | 2785399 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $12.1M | 40 | $303K |
| #6 | Derick Benitez | 2734285 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $11.7M | 36 | $325K |
| #7 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $11.0M | 38 | $290K |
| #8 | Wayne Kim | 2786861 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $10.1M | 11 | $918K |
| #9 | Ketch Gannon | 2757756 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $9.9M | 21 | $474K |
| #10 | William Ketchum | 2767540 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $8.5M | 26 | $328K |
| #11 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $8.5M | 31 | $275K |
| #12 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $7.5M | 28 | $269K |
| #13 | Kateryna Witt | 2626154 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $7.2M | 22 | $329K |
| #14 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $7.2M | 27 | $265K |
| #15 | Daniel Curtis | 2737709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $6.8M | 20 | $342K |
| #16 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $6.8M | 26 | $262K |
| #17 | Dustin Putt | 2764844 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $6.4M | 17 | $379K |
| #18 | George Damm | 2802792 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $6.4M | 14 | $456K |
| #19 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $6.3M | 24 | $261K |
| #20 | Caelen Arreola | 2784817 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $6.1M | 21 | $291K |
| #21 | Sean Dibsy | 2236623 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $5.5M | 9 | $616K |
| #22 | Michael Crumley | 2724736 | Synergy One Lending, Inc. | 1907235 | Englewood, CO | $5.1M | 14 | $365K |
| #23 | Yavuz Gorgulu | 2769426 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $4.9M | 15 | $325K |
| #24 | Kyle Javier | 2781983 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $4.6M | 10 | $458K |
| #25 | James Finley | 573501 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $4.5M | 13 | $347K |
| #26 | Eric Grollman | 2786401 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $4.4M | 13 | $341K |
| #27 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC | 2728304 | Baton Rouge, LA | $4.4M | 21 | $210K |
| #28 | Rachel Pepin | 2784838 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $4.1M | 19 | $214K |
| #29 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $4.0M | 13 | $310K |
| #30 | Bryan McCarthy | 2769344 | AdvantageFirst Lending Inc. | 1209177 | Lake Forest, CA | $3.9M | 7 | $559K |
| #31 | Tetyana Brown | 2689503 | HOME LENDING OF AMERICA, Inc | 391523 | Denver, CO | $3.7M | 19 | $197K |
| #32 | Shant Avadisian | 2791441 | Apex Home Loans LLC | 2140181 | Glendale, CA | $3.6M | 2 | $1.8M |
| #33 | Demetric Clark | 2705432 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $3.5M | 12 | $289K |
| #34 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $3.4M | 10 | $344K |
| #35 | Zachary Russell | 2787649 | Flat Branch Mortgage, Inc. | 224149 | Fayetteville, AR | $3.4M | 15 | $228K |
| #36 | Sean McConnell | 2080834 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | Kirkland, WA | $3.4M | 5 | $681K |
| #37 | Tito Baptista | 181179 | M Street Mortgage LLC | 2073999 | Fort Belvoir, VA | $3.4M | 7 | $483K |
| #38 | Jose Del Valle Figueroa | 2686066 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Las Vegas, NV | $3.4M | 14 | $241K |
| #39 | Tera Barr | 2784823 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Franklin, TN | $3.3M | 11 | $304K |
| #40 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $3.3M | 17 | $196K |
| #41 | Dominique Griffin | 2681084 | Stone Bridge Mortgage Inc | 1938081 | Solana Beach, CA | $3.2M | 4 | $798K |
| #42 | Logan O'Keefe | 2781671 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $3.2M | 7 | $450K |
| #43 | Kylie Biazevich | 2775468 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | Irving, TX | $3.1M | 10 | $310K |
| #44 | Emilio Caballero | 2777031 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $3.1M | 5 | $619K |
| #45 | Faith Milenewicz | 2713596 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $3.1M | 5 | $615K |
| #46 | Nathan Mulder | 2771845 | Hantz Financial Services, Inc. | 167864 | Southfield, MI | $3.0M | 10 | $302K |
| #47 | Madeline Pirrello | 2781978 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $2.9M | 8 | $366K |
| #48 | Serena O'Loughlin | 2754119 | River City Mortgage LLC | 142954 | Blue Ash, OH | $2.8M | 7 | $395K |
| #49 | Catherine Sanders | 2533499 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $2.7M | 9 | $303K |
| #50 | Griffin Summers | 2758316 | Hantz Financial Services, Inc. | 167864 | Southfield, MI | $2.6M | 9 | $289K |
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 May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-volume/2026
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