Biggest climbers in California in 2025, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of October 11, 2026, the top 3 include Nicole Sandoval (SimpliFund Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2086050), Reham Asaad (Bank of America, N.A., NMLS #633262), and Jacquelynn Gonzalez (Low Rate Co., Inc., NMLS #2153114).
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 | 2025 Volume | 2025 Loans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nicole Sandoval | 2086050 | SimpliFund Mortgage, LLC | 2519900 | La Mirada, CA | ▲ 9126 (#9807 → #681) | $57.2M | 75 |
| #2 | Reham Asaad | 633262 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Walnut Creek, CA | ▲ 8325 (#9503 → #1178) | $41.1M | 35 |
| #3 | Jacquelynn Gonzalez | 2153114 | Low Rate Co., Inc. | 2120424 | San Clemente, CA | ▲ 8267 (#9068 → #801) | $51.9M | 62 |
| #4 | Bryan Ahn | 485488 | New Wave Lending Group Inc | 1649874 | City of Industry, CA | ▲ 7985 (#9085 → #1100) | $43.1M | 67 |
| #5 | Eric Boghosian | 1265523 | Equity Smart Home Loans, Inc. | 856170 | South Pasadena, CA | ▲ 7981 (#9288 → #1307) | $38.9M | 43 |
| #6 | Travis Bunch | 781494 | K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, L.L.C. | 3259 | Boynton Beach, FL | ▲ 7605 (#8383 → #778) | $52.7M | 94 |
| #7 | Beau Hodson | 200162 | Spec Home Loans | 249552 | La Verne, CA | ▲ 7595 (#9560 → #1965) | $30.2M | 38 |
| #8 | Cathalene Hefner | 713644 | Fremont Bank | 478471 | Fremont, CA | ▲ 7475 (#9936 → #2461) | $25.7M | 68 |
| #9 | Daewon Yoo | 1590915 | Convoy Home Loans, Inc. | 2130517 | San Diego, CA | ▲ 7341 (#8241 → #900) | $48.8M | 64 |
| #10 | Kayniffer Bernans | 2379281 | MidFirst Bank | 619047 | Scottsdale, AZ | ▲ 7340 (#8725 → #1385) | $37.7M | 50 |
| #11 | Joseph Agius | 112040 | Longbridge Financial, LLC | 957935 | Covina, CA | ▲ 7314 (#9444 → #2130) | $28.4M | 15 |
| #12 | Shane Ireland | 1742283 | Imperium Lending, LLC | 2237880 | Troy, MI | ▲ 7312 (#9794 → #2482) | $25.5M | 41 |
| #13 | Yassien Halwani | 1490897 | Ennkar, Inc. | 976231 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 7284 (#8373 → #1089) | $43.4M | 27 |
| #14 | Alissa Riche | 1089470 | ResMac, Inc. | 153098 | Boynton Beach, FL | ▲ 7202 (#8491 → #1289) | $39.2M | 50 |
| #15 | Arren Babayani | 189519 | Saxton Mortgage, LLC | 1717191 | San Diego, CA | ▲ 7022 (#10000 → #2978) | $22.2M | 36 |
| #16 | Dennis Angstrom | 1822573 | E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1416824 | Santa Ana, CA | ▲ 6976 (#9058 → #2082) | $28.9M | 27 |
| #17 | Wendell Baker | 251874 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | Los Angeles, CA | ▲ 6906 (#9752 → #2846) | $23.0M | 18 |
| #18 | Frank Estrada | 760395 | The Mortgage Professionals Inc | 2302276 | Bellflower, CA | ▲ 6869 (#9120 → #2251) | $27.3M | 39 |
| #19 | Yan Hao | 1505621 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Mateo, CA | ▲ 6751 (#6969 → #218) | $98.7M | 68 |
| #20 | JENNY PHUNG | 385856 | Phung, Jenny, T | 1082068 | Fountain Valley, CA | ▲ 6732 (#9143 → #2411) | $26.1M | 35 |
| #21 | Shount Davoodian | 1252107 | Rate Hero Inc. | 2822806 | Glendale, CA | ▲ 6721 (#9298 → #2577) | $24.9M | 20 |
| #22 | Evan Zitomer | 1527220 | Go Rascal Inc. | 2072896 | Brooklyn, NY | ▲ 6676 (#9479 → #2803) | $23.3M | 17 |
| #23 | Ben Carney | 1570968 | Zillow Home Loans, LLC | 10287 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6672 (#7560 → #888) | $49.2M | 85 |
| #24 | Steven Sun | 1684575 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Mateo, CA | ▲ 6579 (#7614 → #1035) | $44.7M | 24 |
| #25 | Xiao Zhang | 2185722 | AITON CAPITAL INC | 2471360 | Alhambra, CA | ▲ 6573 (#7107 → #534) | $64.3M | 97 |
| #26 | Trevor Redmond | 849064 | Fremont Bank | 478471 | Hayward, CA | ▲ 6556 (#7360 → #804) | $51.9M | 186 |
| #27 | Mirna Rios | 239526 | Clear Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 1935005 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6524 (#9647 → #3123) | $21.3M | 35 |
| #28 | Peter Tourigny | 209615 | Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. | 1025894 | Irvine, CA | ▲ 6396 (#7933 → #1537) | $35.3M | 21 |
| #29 | Elaine Nghiem | 322151 | LendingUS, Inc | 322496 | Huntington Beach, CA | ▲ 6382 (#9734 → #3352) | $20.1M | 29 |
| #30 | Ali Sajady | 679562 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | San Diego, CA | ▲ 6299 (#9754 → #3455) | $19.6M | 16 |
| #31 | Marie Tyler | 1563981 | Longbridge Financial, LLC | 957935 | Charlotte, NC | ▲ 6250 (#8076 → #1826) | $31.8M | 24 |
| #32 | Kimberley Hutchinson | 487253 | Citizens Bank, National Association | 433960 | San Francisco, CA | ▲ 6148 (#8967 → #2819) | $23.2M | 14 |
| #33 | Cory Porter | 1379843 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | ▲ 6102 (#8133 → #2031) | $29.5M | 23 |
| #34 | Johan Matus | 317942 | All Western Mortgage, Inc. | 14210 | Las Vegas, NV | ▲ 6102 (#8908 → #2806) | $23.3M | 43 |
| #35 | Steven Iversen | 202780 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | Lake Almanor, CA | ▲ 6089 (#9808 → #3719) | $18.3M | 26 |
| #36 | Gregory Bruno | 339152 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | ▲ 6079 (#8288 → #2209) | $27.7M | 19 |
| #37 | Janna Kohl | 283109 | MidFirst Bank | 619047 | Los Angeles, CA | ▲ 6064 (#7381 → #1317) | $38.8M | 15 |
| #38 | Leonard Gordon | 659221 | Truist Bank | 399803 | Rockville, MD | ▲ 5984 (#9923 → #3939) | $17.5M | 12 |
| #39 | Gabriel Carter | 1499460 | Guaranteed Rate, Inc. | 2611 | Santa Barbara, CA | ▲ 5966 (#9783 → #3817) | $18.0M | 19 |
| #40 | Tomas Del Villar | 2065293 | Silver Star MTG Corp. | 1916128 | Chula Vista, CA | ▲ 5963 (#9254 → #3291) | $20.4M | 30 |
| #41 | Mitzie Suncin | 2448321 | 1st Northern California Credit Union | 580488 | Martinez, CA | ▲ 5949 (#7478 → #1529) | $35.5M | 70 |
| #42 | Saritha Kothapalli | 2570284 | TRI VALLEY HOME LOANS LLC | 2114972 | Lewisville, TX | ▲ 5933 (#9160 → #3227) | $20.7M | 31 |
| #43 | David Haub | 324393 | CalTerra Financial Services | 2803592 | Garden Grove, CA | ▲ 5915 (#8164 → #2249) | $27.4M | 43 |
| #44 | Peter Gaddi | 785377 | Dolan Gaddi Lending, Inc. | 918742 | Carlsbad, CA | ▲ 5868 (#7700 → #1832) | $31.7M | 27 |
| #45 | John Mach | 1287697 | Fremont Bank | 478471 | Livermore, CA | ▲ 5856 (#7571 → #1715) | $33.0M | 111 |
| #46 | Amanda Lu | 1844163 | NEW DREAM INVESTMENT CORP | 1952245 | Diamond Bar, CA | ▲ 5855 (#8142 → #2287) | $27.1M | 34 |
| #47 | Sandy Paulas | 1380949 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | San Bruno, CA | ▲ 5846 (#7924 → #2078) | $29.0M | 34 |
| #48 | Gregg Steinmetz | 354955 | Platinum Financial Services | 355244 | Orange, CA | ▲ 5816 (#9957 → #4141) | $16.8M | 25 |
| #49 | Oleg Ahamian | 1855489 | Twin Cal Mortgage Inc | 1994323 | Tarzana, CA | ▲ 5813 (#7322 → #1509) | $35.9M | 31 |
| #50 | STEPHEN CHAKERIAN | 2193331 | Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. | 181106 | San Diego, CA | ▲ 5737 (#9459 → #3722) | $18.3M | 34 |
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 — California (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-climbers-by-volume/2025
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