Biggest climbers in South Carolina in 2022, 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 Denise Moul (Success Mortgage Partners, Inc., NMLS #718454), Rouchyry Thomas (JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, NMLS #530423), and Leslie Ziemba (CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2111186).
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 | Rank Change | 2022 Volume | 2022 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Denise Moul | 718454 | Success Mortgage Partners, Inc. | 130562 | Plymouth, MI | ▲ 9294 (#9839 → #545) | $14.2M | 57 |
| #2 | Rouchyry Thomas | 530423 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | ▲ 9041 (#9910 → #869) | $9.6M | 6 |
| #3 | Leslie Ziemba | 2111186 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Greenville, SC | ▲ 8915 (#9976 → #1061) | $7.8M | 22 |
| #4 | Candace Green | 2121937 | HQ Mortgage LLC | 2353363 | Greenville, SC | ▲ 8790 (#9733 → #943) | $8.8M | 34 |
| #5 | Kathleen Kelley | 1994443 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | — | ▲ 8461 (#8897 → #436) | $16.5M | 46 |
| #6 | Andrew Finch | 1006335 | Corning Federal Credit Union | 418440 | Corning, NY | ▲ 8387 (#9813 → #1426) | $5.8M | 19 |
| #7 | Maggi Bryant | 414591 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | 503941 | Saint George, SC | ▲ 8386 (#8673 → #287) | $22.2M | 64 |
| #8 | Stewart Zemil | 13458 | Luminate Home Loans, Inc. | 150953 | — | ▲ 8262 (#8887 → #625) | $12.7M | 42 |
| #9 | Archie Mathis | 1838387 | Beacon Community Bank | 1712297 | — | ▲ 8166 (#8827 → #661) | $12.2M | 5 |
| #10 | Amanda Jones | 2143555 | PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company | 13649 | Greenville, SC | ▲ 8062 (#8609 → #547) | $14.2M | 52 |
| #11 | Mark Hossler | 1400446 | Secure Choice Lending | 1689518 | Riverside, CA | ▲ 7975 (#9710 → #1735) | $4.7M | 21 |
| #12 | Trevor Barrett | 182134 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Chandler, AZ | ▲ 7968 (#9728 → #1760) | $4.7M | 14 |
| #13 | Arik Purpura | 99107 | State Employees' Credit Union | 430055 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 7919 (#9749 → #1830) | $4.5M | 14 |
| #14 | Nicholas Mastropietro | 1003393 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Taylor, MI | ▲ 7914 (#9731 → #1817) | $4.5M | 13 |
| #15 | JAMES CARSTEN | 769702 | Anderson Brothers Bank | 410840 | Florence, SC | ▲ 7902 (#8979 → #1077) | $7.6M | 16 |
| #16 | Frank Haislip | 702555 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | — | ▲ 7882 (#9873 → #1991) | $4.0M | 3 |
| #17 | Christine DeSanto | 230045 | CIBC Bank USA | 619817 | Chicago, IL | ▲ 7881 (#9518 → #1637) | $5.0M | 5 |
| #18 | Brian Smith | 1023945 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Maryville, TN | ▲ 7711 (#9096 → #1385) | $5.9M | 42 |
| #19 | George Stewart | 506558 | Advisors Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 33041 | — | ▲ 7710 (#8843 → #1133) | $7.3M | 5 |
| #20 | Ray Merritt | 1042847 | SouthState Bank, N.A. | 403455 | Myrtle Beach, SC | ▲ 7624 (#9875 → #2251) | $3.6M | 17 |
| #21 | Robert Sickler | 158675 | Mortgage Network Solutions, LLC | 58096 | Wilmington, DE | ▲ 7562 (#9554 → #1992) | $4.0M | 13 |
| #22 | Damian Warwick | 182609 | FIRST HERITAGE MORTGAGE, LLC | 86548 | Atlanta, GA | ▲ 7531 (#8780 → #1249) | $6.7M | 25 |
| #23 | Jeffrey Whorton | 1310986 | Schumacher Mortgage LLC | 2101256 | Houston, TX | ▲ 7495 (#8021 → #526) | $14.6M | 29 |
| #24 | Sharon Whitney | 565091 | United Community Bank | 421841 | — | ▲ 7425 (#9182 → #1757) | $4.7M | 11 |
| #25 | Christopher Chang | 1461069 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 7347 (#9676 → #2329) | $3.4M | 10 |
| #26 | Caroline Smith | 2107073 | FIRST HERITAGE MORTGAGE, LLC | 86548 | Mount Pleasant, SC | ▲ 7341 (#8822 → #1481) | $5.5M | 9 |
| #27 | Seth Smith | 885922 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Maryville, TN | ▲ 7340 (#9256 → #1916) | $4.2M | 32 |
| #28 | Jason Lacey | 1604515 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | ▲ 7340 (#9732 → #2392) | $3.4M | 11 |
| #29 | Chad Norris | 495468 | Lower, LLC | 1124061 | Columbus, OH | ▲ 7318 (#9461 → #2143) | $3.8M | 14 |
| #30 | Joshua Dean | 2042508 | Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 72043 | Anderson, SC | ▲ 7289 (#9698 → #2409) | $3.3M | 21 |
| #31 | Cameron Lakey | 1135928 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | Fort Worth, TX | ▲ 7274 (#9977 → #2703) | $3.0M | 6 |
| #32 | Angela Robertson | 607628 | Tower Federal Credit Union | 586147 | Laurel, MD | ▲ 7270 (#9614 → #2344) | $3.4M | 12 |
| #33 | Leah Baker | 1501948 | SouthState Bank, N.A. | 403455 | — | ▲ 7266 (#9142 → #1876) | $4.3M | 15 |
| #34 | Ashley Lightfoot | 739174 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 7231 (#9752 → #2521) | $3.2M | 4 |
| #35 | Rene Fernandez | 1121036 | Bloom Retirement Holdings Inc. | 9392 | — | ▲ 7223 (#9148 → #1925) | $4.2M | 9 |
| #36 | Brad Hicks | 2034944 | MY COMMUNITY MORTGAGE LLC | 2408499 | New Orleans, LA | ▲ 7183 (#9703 → #2520) | $3.2M | 17 |
| #37 | Marc Montanari | 487266 | SAFRA NATIONAL BANK OF NEW YORK | 2544196 | New York, NY | ▲ 7168 (#8320 → #1152) | $7.2M | 2 |
| #38 | Alexander Dinola | 2020943 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | — | ▲ 7028 (#9367 → #2339) | $3.4M | 14 |
| #39 | Thomas Merriman | 438485 | Stifel Bank and Trust | 375103 | Saint Louis, MO | ▲ 7027 (#8169 → #1142) | $7.3M | 8 |
| #40 | IVETTE Guzman | 2054292 | HIPOTECA MORTGAGE GROUP LLC | 2671145 | Summerville, SC | ▲ 6957 (#9357 → #2400) | $3.4M | 14 |
| #41 | LaToya Goodwin-Gary | 1924189 | FIRST HERITAGE MORTGAGE, LLC | 86548 | Columbia, SC | ▲ 6929 (#8105 → #1176) | $7.1M | 53 |
| #42 | James Roberts | 754490 | Anderson Brothers Bank | 410840 | — | ▲ 6891 (#8652 → #1761) | $4.7M | 23 |
| #43 | John Bircher | 1284702 | Van Dyk Mortgage Corporation | 3035 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 6846 (#9924 → #3078) | $2.6M | 6 |
| #44 | Stephanie Green | 1412542 | Security Federal Bank | 456430 | — | ▲ 6838 (#9348 → #2510) | $3.2M | 17 |
| #45 | James LaFontaine | 1497431 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6802 (#8581 → #1779) | $4.6M | 23 |
| #46 | Yojana Sangu | 950536 | ENSURE HOME LOANS LLC | 1666674 | Lewisville, TX | ▲ 6785 (#7969 → #1184) | $7.1M | 18 |
| #47 | Heather Santos | 31720 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 6773 (#8346 → #1573) | $5.3M | 5 |
| #48 | Marisol Fuentes | 2168013 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Aiken, SC | ▲ 6750 (#8882 → #2132) | $3.8M | 20 |
| #49 | Robert Settlow | 929473 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Short Hills, NJ | ▲ 6746 (#9752 → #3006) | $2.7M | 2 |
| #50 | Gwendolyn Lanning | 643797 | United Community Bank | 421841 | Brevard, NC | ▲ 6715 (#9556 → #2841) | $2.8M | 5 |
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. Biggest Climbers by Volume — South Carolina (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-carolina/top-climbers-by-volume/2022
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