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 August 27, 2026, the top 3 include Marie Richard (Red River Bank, NMLS #2819102), Ketch Gannon (OPTIMUM FIRST INC., NMLS #2757756), and Jake Parker (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2763475).
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 | $50.1M | 2 | $25.1M |
| #2 | Ketch Gannon | 2757756 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $26.6M | 51 | $522K |
| #3 | Jake Parker | 2763475 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $26.3M | 85 | $309K |
| #4 | DAE CHOI | 2764547 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $23.6M | 34 | $694K |
| #5 | Derick Benitez | 2734285 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $23.4M | 85 | $276K |
| #6 | Tyron Tucker | 971931 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $23.0M | 88 | $261K |
| #7 | Sean McConnell | 2080834 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | Kirkland, WA | $22.7M | 31 | $733K |
| #8 | Daniel Denham | 2770436 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $22.2M | 65 | $342K |
| #9 | Misael Ramos | 2785399 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $22.1M | 77 | $287K |
| #10 | Logan O'Keefe | 2781671 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $21.7M | 48 | $452K |
| #11 | Kyle Javier | 2781983 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $21.7M | 49 | $442K |
| #12 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $21.2M | 88 | $241K |
| #13 | Madeline Pirrello | 2781978 | Tomo Mortgage, LLC | 2059741 | New York, NY | $20.5M | 48 | $427K |
| #14 | Jonathan Nguyen | 2784835 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Roseville, CA | $19.9M | 73 | $273K |
| #15 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $19.9M | 85 | $234K |
| #16 | Sean Dibsy | 2236623 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $19.5M | 38 | $513K |
| #17 | Eric Grollman | 2786401 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $19.5M | 71 | $274K |
| #18 | William Ketchum | 2767540 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $19.5M | 73 | $267K |
| #19 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $18.5M | 70 | $265K |
| #20 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $17.2M | 59 | $291K |
| #21 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $15.3M | 43 | $356K |
| #22 | Ciara Weissman | 2813385 | American Internet Mortgage, Inc. | 2890 | San Diego, CA | $14.9M | 46 | $323K |
| #23 | Kateryna Witt | 2626154 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $14.8M | 52 | $284K |
| #24 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $14.6M | 60 | $243K |
| #25 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | Zenta Mortgage Services, LLC | 181658 | Sacramento, CA | $14.4M | 60 | $240K |
| #26 | Maxwell Eggleston | 2800903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $14.1M | 42 | $337K |
| #27 | Daniel Curtis | 2737709 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $14.1M | 53 | $266K |
| #28 | Catherine Sanders | 2533499 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $13.5M | 56 | $241K |
| #29 | Jessica Hall | 2768366 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $13.5M | 46 | $293K |
| #30 | Caelen Arreola | 2784817 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $13.3M | 55 | $242K |
| #31 | Wayne Kim | 2786861 | JSB Mortgage Corporation | 1558084 | Monterey Park, CA | $12.5M | 13 | $964K |
| #32 | Yavuz Gorgulu | 2769426 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | — | $12.5M | 42 | $297K |
| #33 | Mina Pemenrete Mitri | 2800855 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $11.9M | 51 | $234K |
| #34 | Cody Hess | 2802793 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $11.9M | 32 | $372K |
| #35 | James Finley | 573501 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $11.8M | 33 | $357K |
| #36 | Sandy Jacob | 2812001 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $11.8M | 63 | $187K |
| #37 | Michael Gunderson | 2801442 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $11.7M | 61 | $192K |
| #38 | Pouyan Haji Ghasem | 2497922 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $11.6M | 49 | $236K |
| #39 | Christopher Paschal | 2800878 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $11.3M | 33 | $343K |
| #40 | Vanessa Taylor Perotti | 2788290 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $11.2M | 50 | $224K |
| #41 | Bethany Cassell | 2801591 | OKLAHOMA CENTRAL CREDIT UNION | 410349 | Tulsa, OK | $10.7M | 82 | $131K |
| #42 | Jacob Wallace | 2800716 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Plano, TX | $10.7M | 39 | $275K |
| #43 | Jessica Dye | 2803052 | OPTIMUM FIRST INC. | 240415 | Huntington Beach, CA | $10.5M | 20 | $526K |
| #44 | Destiny Augustus | 2607541 | Millennium Mortgage Solutions LLC | 2728304 | Baton Rouge, LA | $10.5M | 42 | $249K |
| #45 | Chase Eickenhorst | 2801226 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $10.3M | 39 | $265K |
| #46 | Jack Bowden | 2804061 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | $10.1M | 35 | $289K |
| #47 | Jorge Delacanal | 2791664 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.9M | 40 | $248K |
| #48 | Alyssa Whaley | 2794654 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.9M | 44 | $225K |
| #49 | Ross Flaharty | 2793889 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $9.7M | 24 | $406K |
| #50 | Evvyn Leonard | 2684278 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $9.7M | 50 | $194K |
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 August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/national/top-rookie-by-volume/2026
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