Leading rookies in South Carolina in 2026, 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 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.
| Rank | Loan officer | LO NMLS | Current Lender / Broker | Lender NMLS | Location | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michael Barreiro | 2783221 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $4.0M | 12 | $331K |
| #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 | $1.7M | 7 | $237K |
| #4 | Hannah Powell | 2728966 | Mortgage Equity Partners LLC | 1936 | Manning, SC | $1.3M | 5 | $268K |
| #5 | Stephen Buie | 2794689 | Village Capital & Investment LLC | 3317 | Draper, UT | $1.5M | 4 | $363K |
| #5 | Kurtis Song | 2785936 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $440K | 4 | $110K |
| #5 | King Evangelista | 2775420 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $353K | 4 | $88K |
| #5 | Sage Moninger | 2785589 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $665K | 4 | $166K |
| #5 | Matthew Schubert | 2778914 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $794K | 4 | $199K |
| #10 | Bradley Roche | 2382170 | NFM Lending, LLC | 2893 | Charleston, SC | $709K | 3 | $236K |
| #10 | Phillip Hardy | 2784825 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $563K | 3 | $188K |
| #10 | Dustin Floyd | 2792198 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | $762K | 3 | $254K |
| #10 | Quinton Scheuermann | 2792396 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Tampa, FL | $1.9M | 3 | $636K |
| #10 | Sandy Jacob | 2812001 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $420K | 3 | $140K |
| #10 | Adam Shamsedin | 2811809 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $488K | 3 | $163K |
| #10 | Terry Bagsby | 2777749 | Reliance First Capital, LLC | 58775 | Franklin, TN | $671K | 3 | $224K |
| #17 | Fabian Torres | 847914 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $247K | 2 | $124K |
| #17 | Micki Rogers | 2725211 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Charlotte, NC | $611K | 2 | $306K |
| #17 | Tristan Breen | 2812017 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $324K | 2 | $162K |
| #17 | Matthew Meenzhuber | 2792421 | loanDepot.com, LLC | 174457 | Irvine, CA | $245K | 2 | $123K |
| #17 | Austin VanMarter | 2811825 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $282K | 2 | $141K |
| #17 | Taylor Hargate | 2773308 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $428K | 2 | $214K |
| #17 | Bryce Alexander | 2788418 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $274K | 2 | $137K |
| #17 | Jacob Fogel | 2813568 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $262K | 2 | $131K |
| #17 | Richard Vaughan | 2804374 | COUNTYBANK | 462088 | Greenville, SC | $749K | 2 | $375K |
| #17 | Matthew Warnecke | 2800857 | PennyMac Loan Services, LLC | 35953 | Carrollton, TX | $581K | 2 | $291K |
| #17 | Jayden Renfrew | 2811901 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $296K | 2 | $148K |
| #17 | JUAN GALEANO ARANGO | 2811976 | PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company | 13649 | Greenville, SC | $507K | 2 | $253K |
| #17 | Brayden Lopez | 2793583 | SayGo Home Loans, LLC | 2525432 | Scottsdale, AZ | $655K | 2 | $328K |
| #17 | Jerome Shoemaker | 2825865 | PNC Bank, National Association | 446303 | Stuart, FL | $617K | 2 | $309K |
| #31 | Joe DeLeon | 2833637 | Pentagon Federal Credit Union | 401822 | San Antonio, TX | $135K | 1 | $135K |
| #31 | Alan Abselet | 2345459 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Irvine, CA | $158K | 1 | $158K |
| #31 | Anthony Jarvis | 2741928 | American Heritage Lending, LLC | 93735 | Irvine, CA | $115K | 1 | $115K |
| #31 | Volicia Smith | 2661478 | Downstreet Housing & Community Development Inc. | 194716 | Barre, VT | $280K | 1 | $280K |
| #31 | Cassandra Young | 2812956 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Columbus, OH | $175K | 1 | $175K |
| #31 | Guillermo Garcia Castillo | 2810411 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | West Palm Beach, FL | $130K | 1 | $130K |
| #31 | Demetrios Theodossakos | 2802831 | The Federal Savings Bank | 411500 | Chicago, IL | $325K | 1 | $325K |
| #31 | Kenneth Barber | 2811999 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Phoenix, AZ | $54K | 1 | $54K |
| #31 | Nicholas Estabrook | 2794444 | Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC | 2143 | Marietta, GA | $326K | 1 | $326K |
| #31 | William Stokes | 149107 | SayGo Home Loans, LLC | 2525432 | Scottsdale, AZ | $437K | 1 | $437K |
| #31 | Maria Sechrist | 2768234 | Churchill Mortgage Corporation | 1591 | Brentwood, TN | $200K | 1 | $200K |
| #31 | Trellis Mercer | 27891 | West Capital Lending, Inc. | 1566096 | Troy, MI | $400K | 1 | $400K |
| #31 | Brett Roslan | 2813973 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $84K | 1 | $84K |
| #31 | Kai McCoy | 2789032 | Atlantic Avenue Mortgage, LLC | 2413563 | Annapolis, MD | $1.0M | 1 | $1.0M |
| #31 | Ali Midlij | 2811811 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $159K | 1 | $159K |
| #31 | Dennis Nickens | 2800190 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $89K | 1 | $89K |
| #31 | Charles Davis | 2805542 | Motivation Financial LLC | 2228345 | Charlotte, NC | $237K | 1 | $237K |
| #31 | Matthew Welles | 2803309 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Earth City, MO | $300K | 1 | $300K |
| #31 | Brian Lin | 2768734 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Chandler, AZ | $144K | 1 | $144K |
| #31 | Matthew Hamdi | 2849228 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Toms River, NJ | $249K | 1 | $249K |
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 (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-carolina/top-rookie-by-units/2026
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