Leading rookies in South Carolina in 2024, 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 Albree Halstead (Pulte Mortgage LLC, NMLS #2580148), Corbin Cleaves (Guild Mortgage Company LLC, NMLS #2401874), and Caleb Higginbotham (First Reliance Bank, NMLS #2408248).
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 | Albree Halstead | 2580148 | Pulte Mortgage LLC | 1791 | — | $6.8M | 20 | $340K |
| #2 | Corbin Cleaves | 2401874 | Guild Mortgage Company LLC | 3274 | — | $6.2M | 23 | $270K |
| #3 | Caleb Higginbotham | 2408248 | First Reliance Bank | 411728 | Greenville, SC | $6.2M | 27 | $229K |
| #4 | Ivan Rivera | 2598754 | AdvantageFirst Lending Inc. | 1209177 | Lake Forest, CA | $4.9M | 5 | $984K |
| #5 | Geena Hammond | 2614799 | Movement Mortgage, LLC | 39179 | Greer, SC | $4.7M | 7 | $671K |
| #6 | Colin Schotter | 2566797 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | West Palm Beach, FL | $4.7M | 8 | $586K |
| #7 | Katherine Hernandez | 2578245 | DHI MORTGAGE COMPANY, LTD. | 14622 | — | $4.0M | 14 | $288K |
| #8 | Emily Parshall | 2561131 | Agave Home Loans, LLC | 1951574 | — | $3.9M | 6 | $645K |
| #9 | Justin Smith | 2584870 | Toyota Financial Savings Bank | 68603 | Henderson, NV | $3.7M | 3 | $1.2M |
| #10 | Ty Kornhauser | 2485886 | Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation | 2289 | Charlotte, NC | $3.6M | 12 | $298K |
| #11 | Clare Pezzullo | 2571173 | NVR Mortgage Finance, Inc. | 1127 | Charlotte, NC | $3.0M | 12 | $250K |
| #12 | Benjamin Johnson | 2547937 | United Financial Inc. | 2286700 | Irvine, CA | $2.8M | 15 | $186K |
| #13 | Erynn Chase | 2553823 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $2.4M | 12 | $203K |
| #14 | Kathryn Kuhn | 2602776 | CalCon Mutual Mortgage LLC | 46375 | Charleston, SC | $2.4M | 5 | $482K |
| #15 | Jace Matkin | 2543748 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $2.4M | 9 | $267K |
| #16 | Chyvonne Griffin | 2249422 | FIRST PALMETTO BANK | 409030 | Columbia, SC | $2.4M | 10 | $240K |
| #17 | Lakayia Bryant | 2374739 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Fort Washington, PA | $2.2M | 6 | $372K |
| #18 | Tawana Draughn | 2587997 | Ruoff Mortgage Company, Inc. | 141868 | — | $2.1M | 1 | $2.1M |
| #19 | Madyson Richardson | 2563002 | Mortgage Simplified, LLC | 1885513 | Aiken, SC | $2.1M | 10 | $210K |
| #20 | Elizabeth Tucker | 269629 | First Home Equity Loans, LLC | 228446 | Mauldin, SC | $2.0M | 1 | $2.0M |
| #21 | Joseph Helms | 2621419 | University Bank | 715685 | Hendersonville, TN | $1.8M | 2 | $905K |
| #22 | Maurice Coleman Grier | 2599275 | New American Funding, LLC | 6606 | Charlotte, NC | $1.8M | 7 | $258K |
| #23 | Nael Odetallah | 2557762 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Cleveland, OH | $1.7M | 7 | $249K |
| #24 | Klogen Gurabardhi | 2564241 | Liberty 1 Lending Inc. | 2551187 | Livonia, MI | $1.7M | 9 | $193K |
| #25 | Matthew Hina | 2602203 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Greenville, SC | $1.7M | 5 | $346K |
| #26 | Hamad Ali | 2548669 | MortgagePros, LLC | 1925352 | Troy, MI | $1.7M | 7 | $243K |
| #27 | Andre Kizy | 2399537 | Mortgage One Funding LLC | 2261660 | Clawson, MI | $1.7M | 6 | $277K |
| #28 | Isabelle Clark | 2566798 | New Day Financial, LLC | 1043 | — | $1.7M | 7 | $236K |
| #29 | Nicholas Alonso | 2580795 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $1.6M | 5 | $328K |
| #30 | Zachary Hunter | 2543948 | Assurance Financial Group, L.L.C. | 70876 | Aiken, SC | $1.6M | 5 | $327K |
| #31 | Molly Fey | 2602816 | CalCon Mutual Mortgage LLC | 46375 | Charleston, SC | $1.6M | 6 | $269K |
| #32 | Venkata Mekala | 2554819 | VEMA MORTGAGE LLC | 1019911 | Charlotte, NC | $1.6M | 4 | $403K |
| #33 | Alexander Cotes-Chestaro | 2573343 | United Mortgage Lending LLC | 2220134 | — | $1.6M | 4 | $389K |
| #34 | GREGORY PRIEBE | 2601472 | Best Life Mortgage Corporation | 1921643 | — | $1.5M | 4 | $384K |
| #35 | Brian Garcia | 2603320 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $1.5M | 4 | $383K |
| #36 | Kevin Rose | 664162 | Premier Lending, Inc. | 238143 | Columbia, SC | $1.5M | 5 | $305K |
| #37 | Jonathan Adler | 2603319 | First Dignity Mortgage Corp | 2715443 | — | $1.4M | 6 | $239K |
| #38 | Jhony Freitas Salvador | 2603317 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $1.4M | 5 | $282K |
| #39 | Acie Leslie | 2593993 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Lexington, SC | $1.4M | 6 | $233K |
| #40 | Heather Jones | 2623159 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Charleston, SC | $1.4M | 5 | $276K |
| #41 | Marcela Galatis | 2603318 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | Boca Raton, FL | $1.4M | 5 | $275K |
| #42 | Lacie Jones | 2574568 | MY COMMUNITY MORTGAGE LLC | 2408499 | New Orleans, LA | $1.3M | 5 | $263K |
| #43 | Korbyn Kline | 2553865 | Amerisave Mortgage Corporation | 1168 | Sandy Springs, GA | $1.3M | 12 | $107K |
| #44 | NGOC LAM | 2596245 | Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Inc. | 75243 | Greenville, SC | $1.2M | 4 | $311K |
| #45 | Hallie Vandenberg | 2599263 | Freedom Mortgage Corporation | 2767 | — | $1.2M | 4 | $311K |
| #46 | Emalov Garrett | 452950 | Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC | 391521 | Horsham, PA | $1.2M | 3 | $412K |
| #47 | Miguel Maxberry | 2556486 | Royal United Mortgage LLC | 13390 | Indianapolis, IN | $1.2M | 6 | $198K |
| #48 | Patrick Tesho | 2219616 | Liberty 1 Lending Inc. | 2551187 | Royal Oak, MI | $1.2M | 4 | $296K |
| #49 | Porcha Sanderfield | 2583365 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Troy, MI | $1.2M | 4 | $290K |
| #50 | Melissa Osterhart | 2487675 | Swift Home Loans, Inc. | 2075228 | Birmingham, MI | $1.1M | 3 | $352K |
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 Volume — South Carolina (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-carolina/top-rookie-by-volume/2024
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