Top Mortgage Loan Officers by Loan Count — California (2024)

Top loan officers in California in 2024, ranked by loan count. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.

As of May 28, 2026, the top 3 include Johana Farrar (Figure Lending LLC, NMLS #1903975), Ryan Axe (INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC, NMLS #1784924), and Jeremy Engle (Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #293517).

Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.

Top Mortgage Loan Officers by Loan Count — California (2024) — top 50
Rank Loan officer LO NMLS Current Lender / Broker Lender NMLS Location 2024 Volume 2024 Loans Avg Loan
#1 Johana Farrar 1903975 Figure Lending LLC 1717824 Charlotte, NC $91.2M 996 $92K
#2 Ryan Axe 1784924 INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC 2524174 Scottsdale, AZ $117.9M 652 $181K
#3 Jeremy Engle 293517 Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. 2427 Visalia, CA $188.2M 524 $359K
#4 Aimee Duong 674130 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $143.0M 505 $283K
#5 MARIA SENDA SANCHEZ 537421 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $85.6M 480 $178K
#6 Conor Murray 296506 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $84.3M 470 $179K
#7 Scott Evans 256163 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 San Diego, CA $294.9M 460 $641K
#8 Pavandeep Kaur 1991417 Federal First Lending LLC 2381991 Scottsdale, AZ $242.3M 447 $542K
#9 Pascual Nunez 2154857 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $50.1M 445 $113K
#10 Dominic Lopez 2108320 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $69.7M 420 $166K
#11 Ofelia Tellez 172785 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $83.9M 412 $204K
#12 Leonard Hamilton 1984926 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $73.0M 385 $190K
#13 Thaihoa Chang 693978 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $77.2M 379 $204K
#14 Geneva Lawton 1537405 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $77.1M 358 $215K
#15 Cynthia Reyes 349420 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $57.7M 354 $163K
#15 CAROLYN KANG 498847 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $62.2M 354 $176K
#15 Guillermo Guzman 638543 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $84.1M 354 $238K
#18 Jennifer Nguyen 1761680 Wescom Central Credit Union 999430 Anaheim, CA $81.9M 349 $235K
#19 JoAnnie Coronado 764104 The Golden 1 Credit Union 669333 Sacramento, CA $55.0M 343 $160K
#20 Mark Reynolds 121095 Trimark Funding, Inc. 2100 Anaheim, CA $160.1M 338 $474K
#21 NATHAN BURGESS 285483 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $70.2M 332 $211K
#22 Patrick Milkovich 1676485 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Cypress, CA $53.2M 326 $163K
#23 Andrew Crater 1606296 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $84.7M 325 $261K
#24 Rania Burtenshaw 825458 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $51.9M 307 $169K
#25 Jason Mata 273080 American Pacific Mortgage Corporation 1850 Sacramento, CA $95.9M 304 $316K
#26 ISRAEL ELOYZA 479795 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Anaheim, CA $53.9M 303 $178K
#27 Lina Cobian 487916 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $44.5M 297 $150K
#28 Nancy Gutierrez 488405 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Chino, CA $50.9M 289 $176K
#29 Monica Grasso-Munoz 1023291 The Golden 1 Credit Union 669333 Sacramento, CA $41.9M 288 $146K
#30 Yuanzhu Li 2005118 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 Sunnyvale, CA $396.0M 284 $1.4M
#31 Josh Chamness 224073 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 San Clemente, CA $51.4M 278 $185K
#32 Allison Robbins 638558 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $49.7M 277 $180K
#33 Hong Sha 235461 HSBC Bank USA National Association 399799 Cupertino, CA $426.9M 273 $1.6M
#34 Sandra Jaso 296555 Wescom Central Credit Union 999430 Anaheim, CA $46.9M 271 $173K
#34 Jose Herrera 499076 ALTURA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION 417696 Riverside, CA $44.3M 271 $164K
#36 Brian Minkow 256638 CMG Mortgage, Inc. 1820 Westlake Village, CA $285.6M 268 $1.1M
#37 Sonia Sandoval-Valadez 693453 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Tustin, CA $42.9M 267 $161K
#38 Xueyan Jiang 1778426 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 San Jose, CA $362.4M 266 $1.4M
#38 Victoria Huynh 355055 Lennar Mortgage, LLC 1058 Roseville, CA $149.9M 266 $564K
#40 Eric Hartman 1091832 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Orange, CA $61.5M 265 $232K
#41 Kelly Buck 1272153 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Mission Viejo, CA $67.3M 260 $259K
#41 Jared Sprink 1706369 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Huntington Beach, CA $72.8M 260 $280K
#43 Ann Pendergist 38330 Kinecta Federal Credit Union 407870 Manhattan Beach, CA $62.2M 257 $242K
#44 Suzanne Burgess 633507 The Golden 1 Credit Union 669333 Sacramento, CA $37.6M 256 $147K
#45 Claudia Sandoval 1248704 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 Irvine, CA $88.1M 251 $351K
#46 Michael Meena 241370 Augusta Financial, Inc. 241911 Santa Clarita, CA $151.3M 247 $613K
#47 Daniel Ramirez 1161928 SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union 405503 La Habra, CA $43.7M 246 $178K
#48 Wendy Webber-McCloskey 1441832 Wescom Central Credit Union 999430 Anaheim, CA $50.0M 243 $206K
#48 Hal Friedman 1970674 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 399798 Woodland Hills, CA $41.9M 243 $172K
#48 Xin Shen 321917 HSBC Bank USA National Association 399799 Cupertino, CA $432.6M 243 $1.8M

Frequently asked

Who is the top mortgage loan officer in California in 2024?
Johana Farrar (Figure Lending LLC, NMLS #1903975) ranks #1 in California in 2024 with 996 closed loans based on MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.
Who are the top mortgage loan officers in California in 2024?
1. Johana Farrar (Figure Lending LLC); 2. Ryan Axe (INDEPENDENCE HOME LOANS LLC); 3. Jeremy Engle (Golden Empire Mortgage, 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. Top Mortgage Loan Officers by Loan Count — California (2024). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-overall-by-units/2024

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