Top loan officers in California in 2026, 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 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 | 2026 Volume | 2026 Loans | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Brian Minkow | 256638 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Westlake Village, CA | $314.8M | 222 | $1.4M |
| #2 | Steve Chen | 714948 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $290.1M | 181 | $1.6M |
| #3 | Claudia Castillo | 529944 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $246.2M | 48 | $5.1M |
| #4 | Christian Young | 1704495 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $243.4M | 53 | $4.6M |
| #5 | Alber Saleh | 479975 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Corte Madera, CA | $234.3M | 135 | $1.7M |
| #6 | Scott Evans | 256163 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | San Diego, CA | $228.7M | 325 | $704K |
| #7 | Satish Dadral | 450886 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Altos, CA | $209.9M | 114 | $1.8M |
| #8 | Clifton Kochinsky | 1229746 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $199.4M | 54 | $3.7M |
| #9 | Sheng Hua | 1552269 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $197.5M | 130 | $1.5M |
| #10 | Risha Kilaru | 249676 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $181.9M | 136 | $1.3M |
| #11 | Bruce Brewer | 514039 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $170.2M | 52 | $3.3M |
| #12 | Mark Cohen | 37230 | Cohen, Mark Howard | 1593077 | Beverly Hills, CA | $168.2M | 122 | $1.4M |
| #13 | Craig Quicksall | 900541 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $166.1M | 62 | $2.7M |
| #14 | Firouzeh Ghobadian | 110501 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $159.7M | 159 | $1.0M |
| #15 | Sheila Berger | 1493332 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Angeles, CA | $157.6M | 51 | $3.1M |
| #16 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $154.5M | 135 | $1.1M |
| #17 | Gregory Lichtenberger | 348429 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $150.2M | 56 | $2.7M |
| #18 | Nader Chahine | 259628 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Manhattan Beach, CA | $144.1M | 97 | $1.5M |
| #19 | Kashif Shamshad | 1492490 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $142.8M | 96 | $1.5M |
| #20 | Xiaofan Zheng | 253492 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Palo Alto, CA | $139.2M | 78 | $1.8M |
| #21 | Matthew Izaddoust | 8385 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Mountain View, CA | $137.9M | 101 | $1.4M |
| #22 | Christopher Yu | 1006860 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cupertino, CA | $132.6M | 85 | $1.6M |
| #23 | Joseph Colarusso | 1664386 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $132.2M | 17 | $7.8M |
| #24 | Peter McNally | 459955 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | $130.0M | 26 | $5.0M |
| #25 | Adam Liebross | 1885282 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $129.6M | 86 | $1.5M |
| #26 | kory kavanewsky | 284503 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Coronado, CA | $121.5M | 134 | $907K |
| #27 | Christopher Zolezzi | 459881 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 208156 | San Francisco, CA | $119.3M | 35 | $3.4M |
| #28 | Fernando Cortez | 485588 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | $117.3M | 29 | $4.0M |
| #29 | Michael Cain | 1062241 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $117.0M | 162 | $722K |
| #30 | Jeremy Engle | 293517 | Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. | 2427 | Visalia, CA | $115.8M | 315 | $367K |
| #31 | Padideh Goodspeed | 191659 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Roseville, CA | $115.2M | 154 | $748K |
| #32 | Yuanzhu Li | 2005118 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $113.7M | 68 | $1.7M |
| #33 | Jennifer Abele | 1636944 | Raymond James Bank | 405712 | Saint Petersburg, FL | $112.7M | 33 | $3.4M |
| #34 | Ryan Purpero | 68409 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | $110.3M | 93 | $1.2M |
| #35 | Tony Truong | 482997 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Foster City, CA | $107.6M | 74 | $1.5M |
| #36 | Choe Hung | 450736 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Pasadena, CA | $106.2M | 103 | $1.0M |
| #37 | Keying Wang | 1757568 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | $105.6M | 59 | $1.8M |
| #38 | James Nesmith | 814695 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $105.1M | 62 | $1.7M |
| #39 | Sara Tehrani | 658627 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $104.6M | 71 | $1.5M |
| #40 | thomas marckwardt | 242073 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Walnut Creek, CA | $103.6M | 97 | $1.1M |
| #41 | Sherry Ho | 834686 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Pasadena, CA | $102.9M | 79 | $1.3M |
| #42 | Eric Goren | 278839 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $101.7M | 70 | $1.5M |
| #43 | Thuan Nguyen | 320775 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $101.1M | 177 | $571K |
| #44 | Weina Su | 877494 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $100.2M | 55 | $1.8M |
| #45 | CHENRAN DAI | 1606747 | Morgan Real Estate & Financial, Inc. | 1042844 | San Jose, CA | $99.9M | 110 | $908K |
| #46 | Nicholas Palmer | 637465 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Lake Oswego, OR | $99.4M | 22 | $4.5M |
| #47 | Christopher Frederick | 30003 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $98.0M | 72 | $1.4M |
| #48 | DRITAN KAPIDANJA | 317385 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $97.0M | 123 | $788K |
| #49 | Michael Most | 363202 | United American Mortgage Corporation | 1942 | Costa Mesa, CA | $96.6M | 69 | $1.4M |
| #50 | James Moore | 621597 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $96.2M | 26 | $3.7M |
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 (2026). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-overall-by-volume/2026
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