Biggest climbers in South Dakota in 2023, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 13, 2026, the top 3 include Renee Eyres (THE SECURITY NATIONAL BANK OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA, NMLS #6072), Shari Spiker (Midwest Heritage Bank FSB, NMLS #717974), and Tia Hutt (Dacotah Bank, NMLS #2114353).
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 | Rank Change | 2023 Volume | 2023 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Renee Eyres | 6072 | THE SECURITY NATIONAL BANK OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA | 410763 | Sioux City, IA | ▲ 1096 (#1316 → #220) | $878K | 3 |
| #2 | Shari Spiker | 717974 | Midwest Heritage Bank FSB | 517438 | Chariton, IA | ▲ 937 (#1200 → #263) | $659K | 2 |
| #3 | Tia Hutt | 2114353 | Dacotah Bank | 412367 | Watertown, SD | ▲ 925 (#1245 → #320) | $523K | 2 |
| #4 | Tiffany Littler | 1434239 | Gateway First Bank | 7233 | — | ▲ 892 (#1298 → #406) | $390K | 5 |
| #5 | Jennifer Johnson | 470758 | CorTrust Bank N.A. | 405612 | — | ▲ 873 (#1218 → #345) | $477K | 3 |
| #6 | Steven Ellis | 55174 | American Pacific Mortgage Corporation | 1850 | Cincinnati, OH | ▲ 864 (#1041 → #177) | $1.3M | 5 |
| #7 | Kristen Dendinger | 402633 | Bank of Hartington | 402488 | Hartington, NE | ▲ 790 (#1209 → #419) | $375K | 1 |
| #8 | Jay Salonen | 628221 | First PREMIER Bank | 474396 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 784 (#1206 → #422) | $372K | 2 |
| #9 | Jennifer Pennings | 474581 | Security National Bank of South Dakota | 410999 | Dakota Dunes, SD | ▲ 779 (#1224 → #445) | $352K | 4 |
| #10 | Wyatt Warkenthien | 1841825 | American Bank & Trust | 774689 | — | ▲ 770 (#1312 → #542) | $288K | 4 |
| #11 | Jessica Ohlsen | 528827 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 751 (#960 → #209) | $1.0M | 8 |
| #12 | Owen Butler | 623801 | First National Bank of Omaha | 412727 | — | ▲ 727 (#1113 → #386) | $423K | 1 |
| #13 | Blake Buckhannon | 2218659 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Cleveland, OH | ▲ 720 (#960 → #240) | $754K | 2 |
| #14 | Mikayla Weaver | 2161430 | Bell Bank | 419538 | Minneapolis, MN | ▲ 712 (#1044 → #332) | $486K | 9 |
| #15 | Kelly Oberbroekling | 1810492 | RELIABANK DAKOTA | 412369 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 710 (#991 → #281) | $608K | 1 |
| #16 | MICHAEL TUPA | 1146010 | Washington County Bank | 623796 | Blair, NE | ▲ 710 (#1171 → #461) | $341K | 1 |
| #17 | Dylan Frazier | 1177895 | New Era Lending LLC | 2424293 | Houston, TX | ▲ 704 (#865 → #161) | $1.6M | 1 |
| #18 | Stacie Tomasello | 109542 | NewRez LLC | 3013 | Columbia, MD | ▲ 700 (#1281 → #581) | $259K | 1 |
| #19 | Tammy Brabazon | 528831 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 682 (#950 → #268) | $647K | 9 |
| #20 | Chelsie Martin | 793217 | Pioneer Bank & Trust | 631404 | — | ▲ 681 (#872 → #191) | $1.2M | 4 |
| #21 | Maisie Antonson | 2084560 | First Dakota National Bank | 410144 | Vermillion, SD | ▲ 671 (#1045 → #374) | $439K | 8 |
| #22 | Ryan Albig | 1509996 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 669 (#1080 → #411) | $386K | 2 |
| #23 | Marcinda Odland | 803947 | Aspen Federal Credit Union | 798571 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 643 (#937 → #294) | $584K | 6 |
| #24 | Shaniah Ellis | 1617600 | Plains Commerce Bank | 463950 | — | ▲ 619 (#1267 → #648) | $225K | 1 |
| #25 | Mason Maddox | 314123 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 588 (#807 → #219) | $895K | 2 |
| #26 | Joe Morris | 1522588 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 586 (#1134 → #548) | $285K | 1 |
| #27 | Wesley Earl | 1631182 | Mortgage Research Center, LLC | 1907 | Columbia, MO | ▲ 576 (#740 → #164) | $1.4M | 5 |
| #28 | Nancy Smith | 635407 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Hot Springs, SD | ▲ 553 (#1267 → #714) | $195K | 3 |
| #29 | Mark Brockman | 175672 | OMNI HOME FINANCING LLC | 174715 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 543 (#696 → #153) | $1.7M | 5 |
| #30 | Kenneth Breaw | 628217 | First PREMIER Bank | 474396 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 541 (#1156 → #615) | $241K | 3 |
| #31 | Fernando Garcia | 1874655 | Grand Bank for Savings, F.S.B | 729748 | Hattiesburg, MS | ▲ 532 (#1056 → #524) | $298K | 1 |
| #32 | Tamara McGuire | 422649 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 525 (#683 → #158) | $1.6M | 5 |
| #33 | James LaFontaine | 1497431 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | ▲ 523 (#1107 → #584) | $257K | 1 |
| #34 | Tara Maliske | 1919730 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | — | ▲ 501 (#863 → #362) | $450K | 7 |
| #35 | Vrishank Jaiswal | 1133961 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Coppell, TX | ▲ 494 (#1147 → #653) | $225K | 1 |
| #36 | Christopher Kinder | 843061 | DAKOTA STAR FEDERAL CREDIT UNION | 509671 | Rapid City, SD | ▲ 490 (#1263 → #773) | $155K | 2 |
| #37 | Stephen Toth | 1237830 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 480 (#1157 → #677) | $213K | 1 |
| #38 | Ravila Berens | 409586 | RIVERS EDGE BANK | 405273 | — | ▲ 479 (#834 → #355) | $454K | 3 |
| #39 | Kelli Swier | 1920951 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 473 (#820 → #347) | $470K | 4 |
| #40 | Joshua Rydberg | 470229 | SANBORN SAVINGS BANK | 463196 | Sanborn, IA | ▲ 458 (#909 → #451) | $348K | 1 |
| #41 | Lois Jacobs | 517118 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | — | ▲ 452 (#1298 → #846) | $115K | 2 |
| #42 | Mike Morales | 40129 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Lake Forest, CA | ▲ 451 (#1047 → #596) | $248K | 1 |
| #43 | Ryan Vallone | 312680 | Lit Financial Corporation | 2553292 | Troy, MI | ▲ 441 (#1129 → #688) | $210K | 1 |
| #44 | Thomas Kaufman | 2026653 | First PREMIER Bank | 474396 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 435 (#1287 → #852) | $112K | 2 |
| #45 | Janessa Landas | 2133426 | Navy Federal Credit Union | 399807 | Pensacola, FL | ▲ 430 (#831 → #401) | $397K | 2 |
| #46 | Nathan DeGour | 2250561 | AdvantageFirst Lending Inc. | 1209177 | Lake Forest, CA | ▲ 430 (#1093 → #663) | $219K | 1 |
| #47 | Ryan Dean | 955070 | THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK IN SIOUX FALLS | 464053 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 427 (#1259 → #832) | $125K | 2 |
| #48 | Benjamin Husman | 2132267 | First Dakota National Bank | 410144 | Yankton, SD | ▲ 422 (#1257 → #835) | $124K | 3 |
| #49 | Paul Lems | 464386 | CORNERSTONE BANK | 320389 | Sioux Falls, SD | ▲ 420 (#544 → #124) | $2.3M | 7 |
| #50 | Aubrey Hoard | 1636507 | Black Hills Federal Credit Union | 405873 | Spearfish, SD | ▲ 416 (#1198 → #782) | $150K | 3 |
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. Biggest Climbers by Volume — South Dakota (2023). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/south-dakota/top-climbers-by-volume/2023
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