Biggest Climbers by Volume — California (2025)

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 July 13, 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.

Biggest Climbers by Volume — California (2025) — top 50
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 ▲ 9095 (#9797 → #702) $55.5M 74
#2 Reham Asaad 633262 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 Walnut Creek, CA ▲ 8328 (#9492 → #1164) $41.1M 35
#3 Jacquelynn Gonzalez 2153114 Low Rate Co., Inc. 2120424 San Clemente, CA ▲ 8246 (#9062 → #816) $51.2M 60
#4 Eric Boghosian 1265523 Equity Smart Home Loans, Inc. 856170 South Pasadena, CA ▲ 7990 (#9278 → #1288) $38.9M 43
#5 Bryan Ahn 485488 New Wave Lending Group Inc 1649874 City of Industry, CA ▲ 7980 (#9081 → #1101) $42.7M 66
#6 Travis Bunch 781494 K. Hovnanian American Mortgage, L.L.C. 3259 Boynton Beach, FL ▲ 7607 (#8369 → #762) $52.7M 94
#7 Beau Hodson 200162 Spec Home Loans 249552 La Verne, CA ▲ 7604 (#9553 → #1949) $30.2M 38
#8 Alissa Riche 1089470 ResMac, Inc. 153098 Boynton Beach, FL ▲ 7532 (#8803 → #1271) $39.2M 50
#9 Kayniffer Bernans 2379281 MidFirst Bank 619047 Scottsdale, AZ ▲ 7347 (#8713 → #1366) $37.7M 50
#10 Daewon Yoo 1590915 Convoy Home Loans, Inc. 2130517 San Diego, CA ▲ 7335 (#8227 → #892) $48.8M 64
#11 Shane Ireland 1742283 Imperium Lending, LLC 2237880 Troy, MI ▲ 7331 (#9783 → #2452) $25.5M 41
#12 Joseph Agius 112040 Longbridge Financial, LLC 957935 Covina, CA ▲ 7324 (#9433 → #2109) $28.4M 15
#13 Yassien Halwani 1490897 Ennkar, Inc. 976231 Irvine, CA ▲ 7279 (#8359 → #1080) $43.4M 27
#14 Arren Babayani 189519 Saxton Mortgage, LLC 1717191 San Diego, CA ▲ 7051 (#9983 → #2932) $22.2M 36
#15 Dennis Angstrom 1822573 E Mortgage Capital, Inc. 1416824 Santa Ana, CA ▲ 6988 (#9052 → #2064) $28.9M 27
#16 Wendell Baker 251874 OriginPoint LLC 2185899 Newport Beach, CA ▲ 6922 (#9741 → #2819) $23.0M 18
#17 Frank Estrada 760395 The Mortgage Professionals Inc 2302276 Bellflower, CA ▲ 6799 (#9113 → #2314) $26.6M 38
#18 JENNY PHUNG 385856 Phung, Jenny, T 1082068 Fountain Valley, CA ▲ 6755 (#9137 → #2382) $26.1M 35
#19 Yan Hao 1505621 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 San Mateo, CA ▲ 6745 (#6963 → #218) $98.7M 68
#20 Shount Davoodian 1252107 Rate Hero Inc. 2822806 Glendale, CA ▲ 6745 (#9288 → #2543) $24.9M 20
#21 Evan Zitomer 1527220 Go Rascal Inc. 2072896 Brooklyn, NY ▲ 6701 (#9468 → #2767) $23.3M 17
#22 Ben Carney 1570968 Zillow Home Loans, LLC 10287 Irvine, CA ▲ 6656 (#7555 → #899) $48.5M 84
#23 Steven Sun 1684575 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 San Mateo, CA ▲ 6586 (#7607 → #1021) $44.7M 24
#24 Xiao Zhang 2185722 AITON CAPITAL INC 2471360 Alhambra, CA ▲ 6566 (#7100 → #534) $64.0M 96
#25 Mirna Rios 239526 Clear Mortgage Capital, Inc. 1935005 Irvine, CA ▲ 6550 (#9637 → #3087) $21.3M 35
#26 Peter Tourigny 209615 Mutual of Omaha Mortgage, Inc. 1025894 Irvine, CA ▲ 6405 (#7918 → #1513) $35.3M 21
#27 Sandy Paulas 1380949 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 399798 San Bruno, CA ▲ 6396 (#8723 → #2327) $26.5M 33
#28 Elaine Nghiem 322151 LendingUS, Inc 322496 Huntington Beach, CA ▲ 6394 (#9722 → #3328) $20.1M 29
#29 Mitzie Suncin 2448321 1st Northern California Credit Union 580488 Martinez, CA ▲ 6361 (#7872 → #1511) $35.4M 69
#30 Ali Sajady 679562 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 ▲ 6317 (#9743 → #3426) $19.6M 16
#31 Huy Tran 998847 FlexPoint, Inc. 243082 Costa Mesa, CA ▲ 6268 (#9996 → #3728) $18.2M 32
#32 Marie Tyler 1563981 Longbridge Financial, LLC 957935 Charlotte, NC ▲ 6259 (#8061 → #1802) $31.8M 24
#33 Kimberley Hutchinson 487253 Citizens Bank, National Association 433960 San Francisco, CA ▲ 6173 (#8961 → #2788) $23.2M 14
#34 Johan Matus 317942 All Western Mortgage, Inc. 14210 Las Vegas, NV ▲ 6130 (#8900 → #2770) $23.3M 43
#35 Steven Iversen 202780 Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. 181106 Lake Almanor, CA ▲ 6119 (#9798 → #3679) $18.3M 26
#36 Cory Porter 1379843 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Hopkins, MN ▲ 6109 (#8118 → #2009) $29.5M 23
#37 Gregory Bruno 339152 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 San Jose, CA ▲ 6093 (#8277 → #2184) $27.7M 19
#38 Janna Kohl 283109 MidFirst Bank 619047 Los Angeles, CA ▲ 6075 (#7373 → #1298) $38.8M 15
#39 Leonard Gordon 659221 Truist Bank 399803 Rockville, MD ▲ 6008 (#9912 → #3904) $17.5M 12
#40 Gabriel Carter 1499460 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 Santa Barbara, CA ▲ 5994 (#9771 → #3777) $18.0M 19
#41 Saritha Kothapalli 2570284 ENSURE HOME LOANS LLC 1666674 Lewisville, TX ▲ 5960 (#9153 → #3193) $20.7M 31
#42 David Haub 324393 CalTerra Financial Services 2803592 Garden Grove, CA ▲ 5927 (#8149 → #2222) $27.4M 43
#43 Tomas Del Villar 2065293 Silver Star MTG Corp. 1916128 Chula Vista, CA ▲ 5894 (#9245 → #3351) $20.0M 29
#44 Peter Gaddi 785377 Dolan Gaddi Lending, Inc. 918742 Carlsbad, CA ▲ 5885 (#7693 → #1808) $31.7M 27
#45 John Mach 1287697 Fremont Bank 478471 Livermore, CA ▲ 5877 (#7565 → #1688) $33.0M 111
#46 Amanda Lu 1844163 Centermac Realty, Inc. 1371511 Diamond Bar, CA ▲ 5868 (#8126 → #2258) $27.1M 34
#47 Gregg Steinmetz 354955 Platinum Financial Services 355244 Orange, CA ▲ 5828 (#9941 → #4113) $16.8M 25
#48 Oleg Ahamian 1855489 Twin Cal Mortgage Inc 1994323 Tarzana, CA ▲ 5823 (#7314 → #1491) $35.9M 31
#49 STEPHEN CHAKERIAN 2193331 Barrett Financial Group, L.L.C. 181106 San Diego, CA ▲ 5766 (#9448 → #3682) $18.3M 34
#50 Anh Nguyen 455103 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 399798 San Leandro, CA ▲ 5749 (#8948 → #3199) $20.7M 29

Frequently asked

Who is the top mortgage loan officer climber in California in 2025?
Nicole Sandoval (SimpliFund Mortgage, LLC, NMLS #2086050) ranks #1 in California in 2025 with $55.5M in funded mortgage volume based on MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.
Who are the top mortgage loan officers in California in 2025?
1. Nicole Sandoval (SimpliFund Mortgage, LLC); 2. Reham Asaad (Bank of America, N.A.); 3. Jacquelynn Gonzalez (Low Rate Co., Inc.). The full ranking continues on this page, sourced from MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.

About this data

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.

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TopMortgageOriginators.com. Biggest Climbers by Volume — California (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-climbers-by-volume/2025

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