Leading Rookies by Loan Count — South Carolina

Leading rookies in South Carolina in 2026 so far, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.

As of August 23, 2026, the top 3 include Michael Barreiro (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2783221), Gabriel De Freitas Medina (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2778392), and Thomas Stroud (Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC, NMLS #2686732).

Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.

Leading Rookies by Loan Count — South Carolina — top 50
Rank Loan officer LO NMLS Current Lender / Broker Lender NMLS Location YTD Volume YTD Loans Avg Loan
#1 Michael Barreiro 2783221 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $4.2M 13 $325K
#2 Gabriel De Freitas Medina 2778392 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $2.6M 10 $256K
#3 Thomas Stroud 2686732 Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC 139164 Spartanburg, SC $1.9M 8 $232K
#4 Bradley Roche 2382170 NFM Lending, LLC 2893 Charleston, SC $2.0M 7 $293K
#5 Pouyan Haji Ghasem 2497922 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $1.2M 6 $201K
#5 Stephen Buie 2794689 Village Capital & Investment LLC 3317 Draper, UT $2.0M 6 $336K
#5 Matthew Schubert 2778914 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $1.3M 6 $215K
#5 Hannah Powell 2728966 Mortgage Equity Partners LLC 1936 Manning, SC $1.6M 6 $272K
#5 Quinton Scheuermann 2792396 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $3.3M 6 $545K
#10 King Evangelista 2775420 loanDepot.com, LLC 174457 Irvine, CA $404K 5 $81K
#10 Richard Vaughan 2804374 COUNTYBANK 462088 Greenville, SC $1.7M 5 $335K
#10 Sandy Jacob 2812001 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ $795K 5 $159K
#13 Dane Hertzler 2784762 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $915K 4 $229K
#13 Sage Moninger 2785589 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $665K 4 $166K
#13 Jacob Fogel 2813568 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI $452K 4 $113K
#13 Charles Davis 2805542 Motivation Financial LLC 2228345 Charlotte, NC $2.1M 4 $518K
#13 Kurtis Song 2785936 loanDepot.com, LLC 174457 Irvine, CA $440K 4 $110K
#13 JUAN GALEANO ARANGO 2811976 PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company 13649 Greenville, SC $978K 4 $245K
#19 Dustin Floyd 2792198 Mortgage Research Center, LLC 1907 Columbia, MO $762K 3 $254K
#19 John St Peter 2727263 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ $520K 3 $173K
#19 Terry Bagsby 2777749 Reliance First Capital, LLC 58775 Franklin, TN $671K 3 $224K
#19 Fabian Torres 847914 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ $342K 3 $114K
#19 Matthew Meenzhuber 2792421 loanDepot.com, LLC 174457 Irvine, CA $545K 3 $182K
#19 Embrey Steadings 2682980 Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC 139164 Spartanburg, SC $444K 3 $148K
#19 Michelle Younan 2189864 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ $702K 3 $234K
#19 Joshua Horne 2788439 Amerisave Mortgage Corporation 1168 Sandy Springs, GA $287K 3 $96K
#19 Jeremy Plofsky 2801930 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $411K 3 $137K
#19 Adam Shamsedin 2811809 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 $488K 3 $163K
#19 Keith Lopez 2814077 NEXA Mortgage, LLC 1660690 North Charleston, SC $1.1M 3 $358K
#19 Gavin Parto 2789398 Lennar Mortgage, LLC 1058 Charleston, SC $740K 3 $247K
#19 Matthew Warnecke 2800857 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Carrollton, TX $783K 3 $261K
#19 Phillip Hardy 2784825 Modern Valley Home Loans, LLC 2636235 Novi, MI $563K 3 $188K
#33 Jasmin Frank 2784061 University Bank 715685 Niceville, FL $212K 2 $106K
#33 Jessica Hall 2768366 PennyMac Loan Services, LLC 35953 Tampa, FL $271K 2 $135K
#33 Cody Payton 2755129 Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. 1025894 Plano, TX $621K 2 $310K
#33 Taylor Hargate 2773308 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 Cleveland, OH $428K 2 $214K
#33 Brian Scifres 2121956 Amerisave Mortgage Corporation 1168 $389K 2 $195K
#33 Ryan Cooper 2830596 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ $292K 2 $146K
#33 Christian Perez 2787808 loanDepot.com, LLC 174457 $213K 2 $106K
#33 Hussein Yassin 2821626 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI $95K 2 $48K
#33 Joe DeLeon 2833637 Pentagon Federal Credit Union 401822 San Antonio, TX $305K 2 $153K
#33 Karen Santana 748176 New American Funding, LLC 6606 Charlotte, NC $730K 2 $365K
#33 Shane Bauer 2804845 Atlantic Coast Mortgage, LLC 643114 Myrtle Beach, SC $811K 2 $406K
#33 Joseph Amegadzie 2786498 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 Cincinnati, OH $432K 2 $216K
#33 Zane Lee 2795734 loanDepot.com, LLC 174457 Irvine, CA $485K 2 $243K
#33 Micki Rogers 2725211 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 Greenville, SC $611K 2 $306K
#33 Justin Altiery-DeAbreu 2786774 Reliance First Capital, LLC 58775 $235K 2 $118K
#33 Tristan Breen 2812017 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ $324K 2 $162K
#33 Felico Hanley 2791020 Loan Simple, Inc. 3032 Chandler, AZ $656K 2 $328K
#33 Jayden Renfrew 2811901 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Phoenix, AZ $296K 2 $148K

Frequently asked

Who is the top rookie mortgage loan officer in South Carolina in 2026 so far?
Michael Barreiro (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC, NMLS #2783221) ranks #1 in South Carolina in 2026 so far with 13 closed loans based on MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.
Who are the top mortgage loan officers in South Carolina in 2026 so far?
1. Michael Barreiro (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC); 2. Gabriel De Freitas Medina (PennyMac Loan Services, LLC); 3. Thomas Stroud (Affordable Mortgage Advisors, LLC). The full ranking continues on this page, sourced from MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.

About this data

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.

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TopMortgageOriginators.com. Leading Rookies by Loan Count — South Carolina. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-carolina/top-rookie-by-units

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