Leading rookies in Ohio 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 Kierestin Rayfield (Hancock Federal Credit Union, NMLS #2840836), Phillip Hardy (Modern Valley Home Loans, LLC, NMLS #2784825), and Nicholas Thaxton (Union Savings Bank, NMLS #2826964).
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 | Kierestin Rayfield | 2840836 | Hancock Federal Credit Union | 442112 | Findlay, OH | $3.6M | 28 | $129K |
| #2 | Phillip Hardy | 2784825 | Modern Valley Home Loans, LLC | 2636235 | Novi, MI | $3.4M | 18 | $190K |
| #3 | Nicholas Thaxton | 2826964 | Union Savings Bank | 446047 | Cincinnati, OH | $3.2M | 14 | $228K |
| #4 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $2.3M | 11 | $208K |
| #5 | Gabriel De Freitas Medina | 2778392 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $2.0M | 10 | $202K |
| #6 | Melissa Wank | 2757094 | NATIONS LENDING CORPORATION | 32416 | Independence, OH | $2.0M | 2 | $1.0M |
| #7 | Gavin Barker | 2723763 | Reliant Home Mortgage LLC | 2292251 | Middletown, OH | $1.9M | 8 | $241K |
| #8 | Jeremy Plofsky | 2801930 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $1.8M | 11 | $162K |
| #9 | Jose Perdomo | 1564268 | Zenta Mortgage Services, LLC | 181658 | Sacramento, CA | $1.8M | 11 | $160K |
| #10 | Amber Talbot | 2769035 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Lindon, UT | $1.6M | 3 | $524K |
| #11 | Michael Antle | 2809709 | Lower, LLC | 1124061 | — | $1.5M | 7 | $213K |
| #12 | Morgan Mack | 2765264 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $1.4M | 6 | $241K |
| #13 | Andrew Busic | 2790491 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $1.4M | 4 | $349K |
| #14 | Noah Pease | 2754117 | River City Mortgage LLC | 142954 | Blue Ash, OH | $1.3M | 5 | $259K |
| #15 | Brandi Canann | 2750475 | River City Mortgage LLC | 142954 | Blue Ash, OH | $1.3M | 4 | $315K |
| #16 | Abdelrahman Moussa | 1572699 | HomeMac, LLC | 1165808 | Santa Ana, CA | $1.2M | 4 | $305K |
| #17 | Sarah Nona | 2792420 | Lili Loans LLC | 2374096 | Kaysville, UT | $1.2M | 5 | $237K |
| #18 | Nathan Howitt | 2789470 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.1M | 7 | $161K |
| #19 | Joshua Neidus | 2751488 | NEO PARTNERS LLC | 1781390 | Shaker Heights, OH | $1.0M | 4 | $257K |
| #20 | Jacob Williams | 2739872 | NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. | 1127 | Brecksville, OH | $1.0M | 4 | $257K |
| #21 | Richard Escobedo | 2762986 | Hantz Financial Services, Inc. | 167864 | Maumee, OH | $1.0M | 5 | $202K |
| #22 | Rachel Pepin | 2784838 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Pensacola, FL | $982K | 5 | $196K |
| #23 | Brett Roslan | 2813973 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $978K | 2 | $489K |
| #24 | James Finley | 573501 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $954K | 3 | $318K |
| #25 | Robert Wolf | 2802834 | GVC Mortgage, Inc. | 2334 | Canton, OH | $947K | 3 | $316K |
| #26 | Thomas Bolin | 2796939 | One Real Mortgage Corp. | 198414 | Ann Arbor, MI | $940K | 3 | $313K |
| #27 | Tyler Ford | 2798678 | South River Mortgage, LLC | 1854524 | Annapolis, MD | $918K | 2 | $459K |
| #28 | Osirus Munn | 2817071 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $862K | 3 | $287K |
| #29 | Heather Bleoo | 2800230 | Lower, LLC | 1124061 | Columbus, OH | $855K | 4 | $214K |
| #30 | Kateryna Witt | 2626154 | Onity Mortgage Corporation | 2726 | Plano, TX | $845K | 4 | $211K |
| #31 | Bryce Vickers | 2818349 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $831K | 5 | $166K |
| #32 | Sophia Salazar | 2731056 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $828K | 2 | $414K |
| #33 | Mashell Carmack | 2803015 | Destination Mortgage LLC | 2603651 | Dayton, OH | $825K | 2 | $413K |
| #34 | Patricia Patchin | 2830133 | Seven Seventeen Credit Union Inc | 469483 | Middlefield, OH | $817K | 9 | $91K |
| #35 | Jamie Chen | 2788885 | Farmers Bank | 680219 | Parsons, TN | $787K | 3 | $262K |
| #36 | Austin VanMarter | 2811825 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $777K | 5 | $155K |
| #37 | Maria Sechrist | 2768234 | Churchill Mortgage Corporation | 1591 | Brentwood, TN | $757K | 3 | $252K |
| #38 | Jackson Houston | 2811903 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $751K | 6 | $125K |
| #39 | Chayce Phillips | 2775035 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $717K | 3 | $239K |
| #40 | Joseph Amegadzie | 2786498 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cincinnati, OH | $715K | 3 | $238K |
| #41 | Megan Costa | 2812968 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Tempe, AZ | $706K | 2 | $353K |
| #42 | Tommy Wright-Hodges | 2821473 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $687K | 4 | $172K |
| #43 | Nolan Beeker | 2802084 | The Croghan Colonial Bank | 451442 | Fremont, OH | $685K | 3 | $228K |
| #44 | Nadezhda Meshavkina | 2766091 | SIERRA SUMMIT CAPITAL | 2596881 | Sacramento, CA | $685K | 1 | $685K |
| #45 | Martin Kanona | 2830787 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $684K | 4 | $171K |
| #46 | James Holt | 2809603 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $680K | 2 | $340K |
| #47 | Arjun Mundian | 2840125 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $662K | 2 | $331K |
| #48 | Michael Madden | 2778624 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $661K | 8 | $83K |
| #49 | John Safier | 2811844 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | $658K | 5 | $132K |
| #50 | Jamil Chami | 2821635 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $657K | 6 | $110K |
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 — Ohio (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/ohio/top-rookie-by-volume/2026
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