Top loan officers 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 Steve Chen (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, NMLS #714948), Satish Dadral (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, NMLS #450886), and Brian Minkow (CMG Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #256638).
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 | 2025 Volume | 2025 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Steve Chen | 714948 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $599.1M | 388 | $1.5M |
| #2 | Satish Dadral | 450886 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Altos, CA | $393.9M | 221 | $1.8M |
| #3 | Brian Minkow | 256638 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Westlake Village, CA | $387.2M | 321 | $1.2M |
| #4 | Claudia Castillo | 529944 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $377.2M | 81 | $4.7M |
| #5 | Scott Evans | 256163 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | San Diego, CA | $370.2M | 568 | $652K |
| #6 | Christian Young | 1704495 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $368.8M | 76 | $4.9M |
| #7 | Risha Kilaru | 249676 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $354.6M | 286 | $1.2M |
| #8 | Matthew Izaddoust | 8385 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Mountain View, CA | $319.2M | 221 | $1.4M |
| #9 | Alber Saleh | 479975 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Corte Madera, CA | $310.2M | 206 | $1.5M |
| #10 | Mark Cohen | 37230 | Cohen, Mark Howard | 1593077 | Beverly Hills, CA | $306.5M | 232 | $1.3M |
| #11 | Todd Le Pique | 526837 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Winter Park, FL | $285.6M | 48 | $5.9M |
| #12 | James Nesmith | 814695 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $284.8M | 182 | $1.6M |
| #13 | Bruce Brewer | 514039 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $282.2M | 68 | $4.1M |
| #14 | Hong Sha | 235461 | HSBC Bank USA National Association | 399799 | Cupertino, CA | $278.5M | 167 | $1.7M |
| #15 | Xin Shen | 321917 | HSBC Bank USA National Association | 399799 | Cupertino, CA | $277.3M | 162 | $1.7M |
| #16 | Sherry Ho | 834686 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Pasadena, CA | $272.7M | 207 | $1.3M |
| #17 | Xiaofan Zheng | 253492 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Palo Alto, CA | $263.5M | 150 | $1.8M |
| #18 | Fernando Cortez | 485588 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | $262.8M | 65 | $4.0M |
| #19 | Christopher Yu | 1006860 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cupertino, CA | $256.2M | 170 | $1.5M |
| #20 | Qin Jiao | 1384090 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Fremont, CA | $242.7M | 166 | $1.5M |
| #21 | Xueyan Jiang | 1778426 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | $242.5M | 168 | $1.4M |
| #22 | Firouzeh Ghobadian | 110501 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $240.9M | 232 | $1.0M |
| #23 | Mark Wintheiser | 724181 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | $239.5M | 37 | $6.5M |
| #24 | Tony Truong | 482997 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Foster City, CA | $226.8M | 158 | $1.4M |
| #25 | Shan Wang | 1830093 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Cupertino, CA | $224.2M | 157 | $1.4M |
| #26 | Kashif Shamshad | 1492490 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $221.0M | 149 | $1.5M |
| #27 | Jeremy Engle | 293517 | Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. | 2427 | Visalia, CA | $219.2M | 578 | $379K |
| #28 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $217.1M | 206 | $1.1M |
| #29 | Ryan Purpero | 68409 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | $214.6M | 171 | $1.3M |
| #30 | Craig Quicksall | 900541 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $214.0M | 106 | $2.0M |
| #31 | DRITAN KAPIDANJA | 317385 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $212.1M | 293 | $724K |
| #32 | Liping Yi | 1241368 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Sunnyvale, CA | $211.6M | 143 | $1.5M |
| #33 | Yuanzhu Li | 2005118 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $207.8M | 139 | $1.5M |
| #34 | Choe Hung | 450736 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Pasadena, CA | $207.5M | 202 | $1.0M |
| #35 | Viral Vora | 1656903 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $203.0M | 142 | $1.4M |
| #36 | Heather Santos | 31720 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $200.4M | 133 | $1.5M |
| #37 | Michael Cain | 1062241 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $200.1M | 286 | $700K |
| #38 | Sheila Berger | 1493332 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Angeles, CA | $200.1M | 102 | $2.0M |
| #39 | Nader Chahine | 259628 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Manhattan Beach, CA | $198.8M | 143 | $1.4M |
| #40 | Harold Yang | 248857 | AAA CAPITAL INVESTMENT, INC. | 295075 | Richmond, TX | $198.4M | 277 | $716K |
| #41 | Gregory Krolikowski | 801940 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 208156 | Los Angeles, CA | $196.7M | 58 | $3.4M |
| #42 | William Nisius | 966465 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $196.6M | 184 | $1.1M |
| #43 | Brian McClane | 1517218 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | O Fallon, MO | $194.6M | 97 | $2.0M |
| #44 | Sheng Hua | 1552269 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $194.2M | 138 | $1.4M |
| #45 | Eric Goren | 278839 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $190.0M | 127 | $1.5M |
| #46 | Aimee Duong | 674130 | SchoolsFirst Federal Credit Union | 405503 | Tustin, CA | $187.8M | 442 | $425K |
| #47 | Nicholas Palmer | 637465 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Lake Oswego, OR | $186.3M | 37 | $5.0M |
| #48 | Sara Tehrani | 658627 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $184.7M | 123 | $1.5M |
| #49 | Brady Thomas | 396946 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Oakland, CA | $180.9M | 191 | $947K |
| #50 | Christopher Zolezzi | 459881 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 208156 | San Francisco, CA | $180.7M | 57 | $3.2M |
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 (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-overall-by-volume/2025
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