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 May 28, 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 | $253.9M | 170 | $1.5M |
| #2 | Steve Chen | 714948 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $222.6M | 137 | $1.6M |
| #3 | Claudia Castillo | 529944 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $194.6M | 35 | $5.6M |
| #4 | Christian Young | 1704495 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $187.9M | 41 | $4.6M |
| #5 | Sheng Hua | 1552269 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $185.1M | 122 | $1.5M |
| #6 | Scott Evans | 256163 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | San Diego, CA | $163.2M | 230 | $710K |
| #7 | Alber Saleh | 479975 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Corte Madera, CA | $148.7M | 83 | $1.8M |
| #8 | Satish Dadral | 450886 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Altos, CA | $146.4M | 82 | $1.8M |
| #9 | Risha Kilaru | 249676 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $140.9M | 106 | $1.3M |
| #10 | Clifton Kochinsky | 1229746 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $129.4M | 37 | $3.5M |
| #11 | Kashif Shamshad | 1492490 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $123.6M | 83 | $1.5M |
| #12 | Mark Cohen | 37230 | Cohen, Mark Howard | 1593077 | Beverly Hills, CA | $120.8M | 86 | $1.4M |
| #13 | Sheila Berger | 1493332 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Angeles, CA | $118.1M | 37 | $3.2M |
| #14 | Bruce Brewer | 514039 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $115.5M | 37 | $3.1M |
| #15 | Firouzeh Ghobadian | 110501 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $115.1M | 117 | $984K |
| #16 | Christopher Yu | 1006860 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cupertino, CA | $108.6M | 68 | $1.6M |
| #17 | Matthew Izaddoust | 8385 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Mountain View, CA | $108.4M | 80 | $1.4M |
| #18 | Peter McNally | 459955 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | $108.0M | 19 | $5.7M |
| #19 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $107.3M | 101 | $1.1M |
| #20 | Adam Liebross | 1885282 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $105.4M | 70 | $1.5M |
| #21 | Nader Chahine | 259628 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Manhattan Beach, CA | $103.6M | 67 | $1.5M |
| #22 | Xiaofan Zheng | 253492 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Palo Alto, CA | $102.7M | 58 | $1.8M |
| #23 | Gregory Lichtenberger | 348429 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $102.3M | 42 | $2.4M |
| #24 | kory kavanewsky | 284503 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Coronado, CA | $102.2M | 111 | $921K |
| #25 | Craig Quicksall | 900541 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $100.8M | 44 | $2.3M |
| #26 | Ryan Purpero | 68409 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | $97.6M | 81 | $1.2M |
| #27 | Choe Hung | 450736 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Pasadena, CA | $93.7M | 89 | $1.1M |
| #28 | Sherry Ho | 834686 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Pasadena, CA | $88.3M | 67 | $1.3M |
| #29 | Fernando Cortez | 485588 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | $88.1M | 21 | $4.2M |
| #30 | Keying Wang | 1757568 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | $87.6M | 48 | $1.8M |
| #31 | Christopher Frederick | 30003 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $85.8M | 63 | $1.4M |
| #32 | Jeremy Engle | 293517 | Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. | 2427 | Visalia, CA | $84.8M | 237 | $358K |
| #33 | Yuanzhu Li | 2005118 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $83.7M | 50 | $1.7M |
| #34 | CHENRAN DAI | 1606747 | Morgan Real Estate & Financial, Inc. | 1042844 | San Jose, CA | $82.5M | 93 | $887K |
| #35 | Michael Cain | 1062241 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $82.3M | 113 | $728K |
| #36 | Thuan Nguyen | 320775 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $80.1M | 143 | $560K |
| #37 | Wenjie Sui | 1578127 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Palo Alto, CA | $79.5M | 48 | $1.7M |
| #38 | Tony Truong | 482997 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Foster City, CA | $78.4M | 54 | $1.5M |
| #39 | Tina Jing Chen | 845902 | Fidelity Lending Solutions, Inc. | 922372 | Los Angeles, CA | $77.7M | 109 | $713K |
| #40 | Jennifer Abele | 1636944 | Raymond James Bank | 405712 | Saint Petersburg, FL | $77.0M | 20 | $3.9M |
| #41 | Christopher Zolezzi | 459881 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 208156 | San Francisco, CA | $76.5M | 24 | $3.2M |
| #42 | Oscar Abalahin | 695434 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $76.2M | 40 | $1.9M |
| #43 | Melissa Velasquez | 633920 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | $75.5M | 37 | $2.0M |
| #44 | James Nesmith | 814695 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $73.5M | 47 | $1.6M |
| #45 | Xiao Zhang | 2185722 | AITON CAPITAL INC | 2471360 | Alhambra, CA | $73.4M | 103 | $712K |
| #46 | Eric Goren | 278839 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $73.2M | 53 | $1.4M |
| #47 | Anthony Musante | 632970 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $72.5M | 45 | $1.6M |
| #48 | DRITAN KAPIDANJA | 317385 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $72.2M | 91 | $793K |
| #49 | Padideh Goodspeed | 191659 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Roseville, CA | $72.2M | 101 | $714K |
| #50 | thomas marckwardt | 242073 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Walnut Creek, CA | $71.7M | 70 | $1.0M |
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 May 28, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-overall-by-volume/2026
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