Top loan officers in South Carolina in 2022, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 13, 2026, the top 3 include Joshua Miller (New Story Lending LLC, NMLS #986246), Gina Lovon (South Carolina Federal Credit Union, NMLS #1374880), and MICHAEL WATSON (Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC, NMLS #80140).
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 | 2022 Volume | 2022 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Joshua Miller | 986246 | New Story Lending LLC | 2440499 | Seneca, SC | $100.1M | 510 | $196K |
| #2 | Gina Lovon | 1374880 | South Carolina Federal Credit Union | 411731 | North Charleston, SC | $70.1M | 378 | $185K |
| #3 | MICHAEL WATSON | 80140 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | Spartanburg, SC | $68.8M | 333 | $207K |
| #4 | Justin Goble | 854728 | South Carolina Federal Credit Union | 411731 | North Charleston, SC | $59.7M | 320 | $186K |
| #5 | Caleb LeGrand | 259691 | Luminate Bank | 1281698 | Greenville, SC | $87.9M | 310 | $284K |
| #6 | Justin Hood | 454751 | Founders Federal Credit Union | 410646 | Rock Hill, SC | $42.5M | 294 | $145K |
| #7 | Scott Branstrom | 474317 | The Huntington National Bank | 402436 | Charleston, SC | $65.4M | 276 | $237K |
| #8 | Philip Crescenzo | 95618 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Summerville, SC | $93.9M | 273 | $344K |
| #9 | Alfred White | 758160 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | 503941 | Charleston, SC | $201.8M | 264 | $764K |
| #10 | Nathan Pennoyer | 837888 | Founders Federal Credit Union | 410646 | Spartanburg, SC | $35.5M | 257 | $138K |
| #11 | Steve Scoggins | 454768 | Founders Federal Credit Union | 410646 | — | $32.6M | 240 | $136K |
| #12 | Lance Walters | 1161562 | Founders Federal Credit Union | 410646 | Lancaster, SC | $30.2M | 238 | $127K |
| #13 | Stephanie Ramere | 1269763 | Founders Federal Credit Union | 410646 | Rock Hill, SC | $39.5M | 235 | $168K |
| #14 | Jonathan Herring | 263927 | Spero Financial Federal Credit Union | 421377 | Greenville, SC | $24.3M | 230 | $106K |
| #15 | Sean Crowley | 1207837 | South Carolina Federal Credit Union | 411731 | North Charleston, SC | $37.8M | 227 | $166K |
| #16 | Korbin Causey | 1514513 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Myrtle Beach, SC | $58.7M | 224 | $262K |
| #17 | Edward Bocchino | 282443 | T2 Financial LLC | 1686046 | Myrtle Beach, SC | $52.4M | 221 | $237K |
| #17 | Mark Widener | 1287621 | South Carolina Federal Credit Union | 411731 | North Charleston, SC | $36.4M | 221 | $165K |
| #19 | Joshua Malinski | 1640574 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Conway, SC | $62.9M | 220 | $286K |
| #20 | Maureen Swindall | 1702107 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Columbia, SC | $58.0M | 213 | $272K |
| #21 | Anthony DeFazio | 315511 | Founders Federal Credit Union | 410646 | Indian Land, SC | $36.9M | 210 | $176K |
| #21 | Michelle Farmer | 279148 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Mount Pleasant, SC | $76.6M | 210 | $365K |
| #23 | David Crowell | 12620 | Northpoint Mortgage, Inc. | 1515 | Hilton Head Island, SC | $94.1M | 204 | $461K |
| #24 | William O'Grady | 282787 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Hilton Head Island, SC | $80.3M | 202 | $397K |
| #24 | Lauren Foster | 346619 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | Columbia, SC | $43.1M | 202 | $213K |
| #24 | MELANIE ABERNATHY | 454729 | Founders Federal Credit Union | 410646 | — | $34.1M | 202 | $169K |
| #27 | Reagan Albers Ferguson | 1094779 | FIRST HERITAGE MORTGAGE, LLC | 86548 | Mount Pleasant, SC | $85.7M | 198 | $433K |
| #28 | Amanda Goodrum | 780332 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Winston Salem, NC | $57.1M | 195 | $293K |
| #29 | Nicolaas deVries | 474224 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | — | $71.7M | 194 | $369K |
| #30 | Timothy Loss | 187037 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Mount Pleasant, SC | $68.4M | 193 | $354K |
| #31 | David (Dave) Estes | 415213 | Founders Federal Credit Union | 410646 | Simpsonville, SC | $27.1M | 185 | $147K |
| #31 | Joshua Richardson | 2191867 | SRP Federal Credit Union | 612441 | North Augusta, SC | $13.0M | 185 | $70K |
| #33 | Patricia McClelland | 923767 | Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. | 1561 | Summerville, SC | $63.1M | 184 | $343K |
| #34 | Raymond Hammond | 71597 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Columbia, SC | $57.1M | 179 | $319K |
| #35 | Kraig Thornton | 627760 | Anderson Brothers Bank | 410840 | North Myrtle Beach, SC | $44.0M | 173 | $254K |
| #36 | Mary Kolb | 415199 | Gateway First Bank | 7233 | Sumter, SC | $32.3M | 172 | $188K |
| #37 | Suzanne Horres | 659233 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | Summerville, SC | $61.0M | 169 | $361K |
| #38 | Michelle Flores | 1238083 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | West Columbia, SC | $44.8M | 168 | $267K |
| #39 | Amanda McCall | 659241 | PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company | 13649 | Greenville, SC | $47.9M | 166 | $289K |
| #40 | Andres Garcia | 851891 | TowneBank | 512138 | Charlotte, NC | $28.7M | 165 | $174K |
| #41 | Derek Horton | 1027269 | Southern First Bank | 754127 | Greenville, SC | $60.7M | 163 | $373K |
| #42 | Robert Baker | 474314 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | Elgin, SC | $43.9M | 160 | $274K |
| #43 | Matthew Krasnoff | 505948 | First Federal Bank | 408902 | Fort Mill, SC | $44.9M | 159 | $282K |
| #43 | Ryan Gesser | 452979 | Ameris Bank | 408099 | Mount Pleasant, SC | $74.5M | 159 | $468K |
| #45 | Mark Smith | 156485 | Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group, L.L.C. | 72043 | Chapin, SC | $41.9M | 153 | $274K |
| #45 | Sara Mercuri | 2170180 | South Carolina Federal Credit Union | 411731 | North Charleston, SC | $22.6M | 153 | $147K |
| #47 | Kendall Fox | 448719 | PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company | 13649 | Greenville, SC | $42.4M | 152 | $279K |
| #48 | Lisa Fineran | 659177 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | — | $41.6M | 151 | $275K |
| #48 | Carmella Petty | 1607758 | Family Trust Federal Credit Union | 493819 | Rock Hill, SC | $14.3M | 151 | $95K |
| #50 | Ashley Bartol | 733519 | Southern Trust Mortgage, LLC | 2921 | Pawleys Island, SC | $37.9M | 150 | $253K |
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. Top Mortgage Loan Officers by Loan Count — South Carolina (2022). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-carolina/top-overall-by-units/2022
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