Leading rookies in South Carolina in 2024, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of October 11, 2026, the top 3 include Caleb Higginbotham (First Reliance Bank, NMLS #2408248), Corbin Cleaves (Guild Mortgage Company LLC, NMLS #2401874), and Albree Halstead (JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, NMLS #2580148).
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 | 2024 Volume | 2024 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Caleb Higginbotham | 2408248 | First Reliance Bank | 411728 | — | $7.2M | 31 | $233K |
| #2 | Corbin Cleaves | 2401874 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | — | $6.2M | 23 | $270K |
| #3 | Albree Halstead | 2580148 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Indianapolis, IN | $6.8M | 20 | $340K |
| #4 | Benjamin Johnson | 2547937 | Lumin Lending Inc. | 2716106 | Irvine, CA | $2.8M | 15 | $186K |
| #5 | Katherine Hernandez | 2578245 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | — | $4.0M | 14 | $288K |
| #5 | Lynasia Cofield | 2534369 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Troy, MI | $879K | 14 | $63K |
| #7 | Clare Pezzullo | 2571173 | NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. | 1127 | Charlotte, NC | $3.0M | 12 | $250K |
| #7 | Korbyn Kline | 2553865 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.3M | 12 | $107K |
| #7 | Ty Kornhauser | 2485886 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Charlotte, NC | $3.6M | 12 | $298K |
| #7 | Erynn Chase | 2553823 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $2.4M | 12 | $203K |
| #11 | Manuel Medina | 2555955 | Better Mortgage Corporation | 330511 | — | $763K | 11 | $69K |
| #12 | Madyson Richardson | 2563002 | Mortgage Simplified, LLC | 1885513 | Aiken, SC | $2.1M | 10 | $210K |
| #12 | Chyvonne Griffin | 2249422 | FIRST PALMETTO BANK | 409030 | Columbia, SC | $2.4M | 10 | $240K |
| #14 | Jace Matkin | 2543748 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $2.4M | 9 | $267K |
| #14 | Klogen Gurabardhi | 2564241 | Liberty 1 Lending Inc. | 2551187 | Southfield, MI | $1.7M | 9 | $193K |
| #16 | Colin Schotter | 2566797 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $4.7M | 8 | $586K |
| #17 | Nael Odetallah | 2557762 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $1.7M | 7 | $249K |
| #17 | Geena Hammond | 2614799 | Highlands Residential Mortgage, Ltd. | 134871 | Greer, SC | $4.7M | 7 | $671K |
| #17 | Hamad Ali | 2548669 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | Troy, MI | $1.7M | 7 | $243K |
| #17 | Isabelle Clark | 2566798 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | — | $1.7M | 7 | $236K |
| #17 | Maurice Coleman Grier | 2599275 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | — | $1.8M | 7 | $258K |
| #22 | Jonathan Adler | 2603319 | First Dignity Mortgage Corp | 2715443 | — | $1.4M | 6 | $239K |
| #22 | Jacob Reed | 2545851 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Chandler, AZ | $1.1M | 6 | $175K |
| #22 | Lakayia Bryant | 2374739 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | — | $2.2M | 6 | $372K |
| #22 | Sebastian Iavasile | 2564100 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $433K | 6 | $72K |
| #22 | Emily Parshall | 2561131 | Agave Home Loans, LLC | 1951574 | — | $3.9M | 6 | $645K |
| #22 | Miguel Maxberry | 2556486 | Royal United Mortgage LLC | 13390 | Indianapolis, IN | $1.2M | 6 | $198K |
| #22 | Andre Kizy | 2399537 | Mortgage One Funding LLC | 2261660 | Clawson, MI | $1.7M | 6 | $277K |
| #22 | Acie Leslie | 2593993 | MIDFLORIDA Credit Union | 417627 | Lake Wales, FL | $1.4M | 6 | $233K |
| #22 | Kevin Rose | 664162 | Premier Lending, Inc. | 238143 | Columbia, SC | $1.7M | 6 | $276K |
| #22 | Shiva Tuli | 2564109 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $640K | 6 | $107K |
| #32 | Matthew Hina | 2602203 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Greenville, SC | $1.7M | 5 | $346K |
| #32 | Jessica Jordan | 2609882 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | — | $537K | 5 | $107K |
| #32 | Molly Fey | 2602816 | American Security Mortgage Corp | 40561 | Isle of Palms, SC | $1.4M | 5 | $275K |
| #32 | Rita Ajo | 2621145 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Southfield, MI | $306K | 5 | $61K |
| #32 | Jhony Freitas Salvador | 2603317 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $1.4M | 5 | $282K |
| #32 | Marcela Galatis | 2603318 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $1.4M | 5 | $275K |
| #32 | Ivan Rivera | 2598754 | AdvantageFirst Lending Inc. | 1209177 | Lake Forest, CA | $4.9M | 5 | $984K |
| #32 | DaVita Talbert | 2573706 | Fulton Bank, National Association | 485401 | — | $330K | 5 | $66K |
| #32 | Lacie Jones | 2574568 | MY COMMUNITY MORTGAGE LLC | 2408499 | New Orleans, LA | $1.3M | 5 | $263K |
| #32 | Heather Jones | 2623159 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Charleston, SC | $1.4M | 5 | $276K |
| #32 | Nicholas Alonso | 2580795 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $1.6M | 5 | $328K |
| #32 | Neela Chintalapudi | 2573121 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $475K | 5 | $95K |
| #32 | Eric Hollis | 2591713 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Pasadena, CA | $1.0M | 5 | $210K |
| #32 | Jasmine Edmison | 2573119 | Capital One, National Association | 453156 | — | $435K | 5 | $87K |
| #32 | Zachary Hunter | 2543948 | Assurance Financial Group, L.L.C. | 70876 | — | $1.6M | 5 | $327K |
| #32 | Kathryn Kuhn | 2602776 | CalCon Mutual Mortgage LLC | 46375 | Isle of Palms, SC | $2.4M | 5 | $482K |
| #32 | Dario Alejandro-Gafford | 2564015 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $647K | 5 | $129K |
| #49 | Ransom Sabin | 2555787 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $849K | 4 | $212K |
| #49 | Karina Sisk | 2581746 | Royal United Mortgage LLC | 13390 | — | $394K | 4 | $99K |
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 Loan Count — South Carolina (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-carolina/top-rookie-by-units/2024
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