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 August 23, 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 | $355.1M | 260 | $1.4M |
| #2 | Steve Chen | 714948 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $342.8M | 218 | $1.6M |
| #3 | Claudia Castillo | 529944 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $333.9M | 66 | $5.1M |
| #4 | Christian Young | 1704495 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $332.0M | 70 | $4.7M |
| #5 | Scott Evans | 256163 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | San Diego, CA | $274.0M | 398 | $689K |
| #6 | Alber Saleh | 479975 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Corte Madera, CA | $267.3M | 165 | $1.6M |
| #7 | Satish Dadral | 450886 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Altos, CA | $243.3M | 132 | $1.8M |
| #8 | Sheila Berger | 1493332 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Angeles, CA | $242.3M | 80 | $3.0M |
| #9 | Clifton Kochinsky | 1229746 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $236.1M | 66 | $3.6M |
| #10 | Craig Quicksall | 900541 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $215.5M | 77 | $2.8M |
| #11 | Bruce Brewer | 514039 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $211.8M | 66 | $3.2M |
| #12 | Risha Kilaru | 249676 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $208.1M | 158 | $1.3M |
| #13 | Sheng Hua | 1552269 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $202.9M | 135 | $1.5M |
| #14 | Mark Cohen | 37230 | Cohen, Mark Howard | 1593077 | Beverly Hills, CA | $200.5M | 152 | $1.3M |
| #15 | Firouzeh Ghobadian | 110501 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $191.1M | 194 | $985K |
| #16 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $184.1M | 162 | $1.1M |
| #17 | Xiaofan Zheng | 253492 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Palo Alto, CA | $172.9M | 95 | $1.8M |
| #18 | Nader Chahine | 259628 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Manhattan Beach, CA | $168.2M | 114 | $1.5M |
| #19 | Joseph Colarusso | 1664386 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $164.1M | 26 | $6.3M |
| #20 | Gregory Lichtenberger | 348429 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $160.3M | 64 | $2.5M |
| #21 | Matthew Izaddoust | 8385 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Mountain View, CA | $160.1M | 119 | $1.3M |
| #22 | Peter McNally | 459955 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | $160.0M | 35 | $4.6M |
| #23 | kory kavanewsky | 284503 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Coronado, CA | $157.3M | 164 | $959K |
| #24 | Jeremy Engle | 293517 | Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. | 2427 | Visalia, CA | $156.4M | 424 | $369K |
| #25 | Todd Le Pique | 526837 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Winter Park, FL | $155.9M | 33 | $4.7M |
| #26 | Adam Liebross | 1885282 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $154.4M | 101 | $1.5M |
| #27 | Kashif Shamshad | 1492490 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $154.4M | 102 | $1.5M |
| #28 | Christopher Yu | 1006860 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cupertino, CA | $149.1M | 95 | $1.6M |
| #29 | Padideh Goodspeed | 191659 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Roseville, CA | $146.9M | 188 | $781K |
| #30 | Fernando Cortez | 485588 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | $145.2M | 43 | $3.4M |
| #31 | Christopher Zolezzi | 459881 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 208156 | San Francisco, CA | $141.8M | 43 | $3.3M |
| #32 | Michael Cain | 1062241 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $133.0M | 187 | $711K |
| #33 | Tony Truong | 482997 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Foster City, CA | $130.0M | 90 | $1.4M |
| #34 | Ryan Purpero | 68409 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | $129.1M | 108 | $1.2M |
| #35 | Yuanzhu Li | 2005118 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $128.9M | 80 | $1.6M |
| #36 | James Nesmith | 814695 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $125.7M | 70 | $1.8M |
| #37 | thomas marckwardt | 242073 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Walnut Creek, CA | $125.6M | 121 | $1.0M |
| #38 | Keying Wang | 1757568 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | $124.3M | 68 | $1.8M |
| #39 | Sara Tehrani | 658627 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $123.3M | 83 | $1.5M |
| #40 | Weina Su | 877494 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $122.9M | 65 | $1.9M |
| #41 | Choe Hung | 450736 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Pasadena, CA | $121.5M | 118 | $1.0M |
| #42 | Jennifer Abele | 1636944 | Raymond James Bank | 405712 | Saint Petersburg, FL | $120.2M | 37 | $3.2M |
| #43 | Christopher Frederick | 30003 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $117.4M | 84 | $1.4M |
| #44 | Rodney Doudt | 381707 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $117.3M | 54 | $2.2M |
| #45 | Thuan Nguyen | 320775 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $116.8M | 208 | $562K |
| #46 | DRITAN KAPIDANJA | 317385 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $116.5M | 146 | $798K |
| #47 | Michael Most | 363202 | United American Mortgage Corporation | 1942 | Costa Mesa, CA | $115.1M | 83 | $1.4M |
| #48 | Sherry Ho | 834686 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Pasadena, CA | $114.9M | 88 | $1.3M |
| #49 | Eric Goren | 278839 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $114.4M | 81 | $1.4M |
| #50 | Ryan Buckholdt | 319442 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Santa Cruz, CA | $113.6M | 134 | $848K |
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 August 23, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-overall-by-volume
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