Top loan officers in California in 2026 so far, ranked by total volume. Powered by ChatMMI — the only fully conversational AI experience for mortgage and real estate data.
As of July 7, 2026, the top 3 include Brian Minkow (CMG Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #256638), Steve Chen (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, NMLS #714948), and Claudia Castillo (JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, NMLS #529944).
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 | YTD Volume | YTD Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Brian Minkow | 256638 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Westlake Village, CA | $300.2M | 210 | $1.4M |
| #2 | Steve Chen | 714948 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $286.4M | 179 | $1.6M |
| #3 | Claudia Castillo | 529944 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $241.8M | 46 | $5.3M |
| #4 | Christian Young | 1704495 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $228.7M | 50 | $4.6M |
| #5 | Alber Saleh | 479975 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Corte Madera, CA | $228.5M | 130 | $1.8M |
| #6 | Scott Evans | 256163 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | San Diego, CA | $216.0M | 305 | $708K |
| #7 | Satish Dadral | 450886 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Altos, CA | $204.2M | 111 | $1.8M |
| #8 | Sheng Hua | 1552269 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $197.5M | 130 | $1.5M |
| #9 | Clifton Kochinsky | 1229746 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $187.3M | 50 | $3.7M |
| #10 | Risha Kilaru | 249676 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $179.5M | 133 | $1.3M |
| #11 | Bruce Brewer | 514039 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $170.2M | 52 | $3.3M |
| #12 | Craig Quicksall | 900541 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $161.7M | 61 | $2.7M |
| #13 | Mark Cohen | 37230 | Cohen, Mark Howard | 1593077 | Beverly Hills, CA | $160.2M | 117 | $1.4M |
| #14 | Firouzeh Ghobadian | 110501 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $153.1M | 151 | $1.0M |
| #15 | Sheila Berger | 1493332 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Angeles, CA | $150.7M | 47 | $3.2M |
| #16 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $148.9M | 130 | $1.1M |
| #17 | Gregory Lichtenberger | 348429 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $145.6M | 53 | $2.7M |
| #18 | Kashif Shamshad | 1492490 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $139.8M | 95 | $1.5M |
| #19 | Matthew Izaddoust | 8385 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Mountain View, CA | $135.6M | 98 | $1.4M |
| #20 | Nader Chahine | 259628 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Manhattan Beach, CA | $135.4M | 91 | $1.5M |
| #21 | Xiaofan Zheng | 253492 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Palo Alto, CA | $133.2M | 75 | $1.8M |
| #22 | Christopher Yu | 1006860 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cupertino, CA | $129.5M | 82 | $1.6M |
| #23 | Peter McNally | 459955 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | $129.3M | 25 | $5.2M |
| #24 | Adam Liebross | 1885282 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $128.4M | 85 | $1.5M |
| #25 | Joseph Colarusso | 1664386 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $123.1M | 14 | $8.8M |
| #26 | kory kavanewsky | 284503 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Coronado, CA | $117.5M | 129 | $911K |
| #27 | Michael Cain | 1062241 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $113.4M | 156 | $727K |
| #28 | Yuanzhu Li | 2005118 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $111.5M | 67 | $1.7M |
| #29 | Jeremy Engle | 293517 | Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. | 2427 | Visalia, CA | $110.9M | 306 | $362K |
| #30 | Fernando Cortez | 485588 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | $110.2M | 26 | $4.2M |
| #31 | Jennifer Abele | 1636944 | Raymond James Bank | 405712 | Saint Petersburg, FL | $109.4M | 31 | $3.5M |
| #32 | Ryan Purpero | 68409 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | $108.6M | 92 | $1.2M |
| #33 | Christopher Zolezzi | 459881 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 208156 | San Francisco, CA | $107.7M | 32 | $3.4M |
| #34 | Tony Truong | 482997 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Foster City, CA | $107.6M | 74 | $1.5M |
| #35 | Padideh Goodspeed | 191659 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Roseville, CA | $104.5M | 142 | $736K |
| #36 | James Nesmith | 814695 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $102.6M | 60 | $1.7M |
| #37 | Choe Hung | 450736 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Pasadena, CA | $102.6M | 99 | $1.0M |
| #38 | Sherry Ho | 834686 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Pasadena, CA | $102.0M | 78 | $1.3M |
| #39 | thomas marckwardt | 242073 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Walnut Creek, CA | $100.3M | 95 | $1.1M |
| #40 | Keying Wang | 1757568 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | $100.0M | 55 | $1.8M |
| #41 | CHENRAN DAI | 1606747 | Morgan Real Estate & Financial, Inc. | 1042844 | San Jose, CA | $99.4M | 109 | $912K |
| #42 | Sara Tehrani | 658627 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $97.1M | 66 | $1.5M |
| #43 | James Moore | 621597 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $96.2M | 26 | $3.7M |
| #44 | Eric Goren | 278839 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $96.0M | 67 | $1.4M |
| #45 | Oscar Abalahin | 695434 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $95.2M | 49 | $1.9M |
| #46 | Thuan Nguyen | 320775 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $95.2M | 168 | $567K |
| #47 | DRITAN KAPIDANJA | 317385 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $94.8M | 120 | $790K |
| #48 | Nicholas Palmer | 637465 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Lake Oswego, OR | $94.5M | 21 | $4.5M |
| #49 | Christopher Frederick | 30003 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $93.8M | 70 | $1.3M |
| #50 | Michael Most | 363202 | United American Mortgage Corporation | 1942 | Costa Mesa, CA | $91.6M | 63 | $1.5M |
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. Top Mortgage Loan Officers by Volume — California. Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 7, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-overall-by-volume
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