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 October 11, 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 | $420.0M | 308 | $1.4M |
| #2 | Steve Chen | 714948 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $418.3M | 268 | $1.6M |
| #3 | Claudia Castillo | 529944 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $382.4M | 83 | $4.6M |
| #4 | Christian Young | 1704495 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $373.3M | 81 | $4.6M |
| #5 | Scott Evans | 256163 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | San Diego, CA | $327.1M | 474 | $690K |
| #6 | Alber Saleh | 479975 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Corte Madera, CA | $321.2M | 196 | $1.6M |
| #7 | Clifton Kochinsky | 1229746 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $297.2M | 75 | $4.0M |
| #8 | Satish Dadral | 450886 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Altos, CA | $287.9M | 152 | $1.9M |
| #9 | Bruce Brewer | 514039 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $287.5M | 84 | $3.4M |
| #10 | Risha Kilaru | 249676 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $268.7M | 202 | $1.3M |
| #11 | Sheila Berger | 1493332 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Angeles, CA | $267.5M | 93 | $2.9M |
| #12 | Craig Quicksall | 900541 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $249.6M | 84 | $3.0M |
| #13 | Firouzeh Ghobadian | 110501 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $227.1M | 228 | $996K |
| #14 | Mark Cohen | 37230 | Cohen, Mark Howard | 1593077 | Beverly Hills, CA | $226.2M | 173 | $1.3M |
| #15 | Peter McNally | 459955 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | $222.4M | 43 | $5.2M |
| #16 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $213.7M | 189 | $1.1M |
| #17 | Sheng Hua | 1552269 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $209.7M | 139 | $1.5M |
| #18 | Todd Le Pique | 526837 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Winter Park, FL | $206.2M | 43 | $4.8M |
| #19 | Gregory Lichtenberger | 348429 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $204.3M | 83 | $2.5M |
| #20 | Joseph Colarusso | 1664386 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $203.2M | 32 | $6.4M |
| #21 | Xiaofan Zheng | 253492 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Palo Alto, CA | $202.2M | 111 | $1.8M |
| #22 | Jeremy Engle | 293517 | Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. | 2427 | Visalia, CA | $194.9M | 527 | $370K |
| #23 | Nicholas Palmer | 637465 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Lake Oswego, OR | $193.1M | 28 | $6.9M |
| #24 | Adam Liebross | 1885282 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $191.4M | 123 | $1.6M |
| #25 | Nader Chahine | 259628 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Manhattan Beach, CA | $187.2M | 131 | $1.4M |
| #26 | kory kavanewsky | 284503 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Coronado, CA | $182.9M | 190 | $963K |
| #27 | Matthew Izaddoust | 8385 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Mountain View, CA | $181.0M | 140 | $1.3M |
| #28 | Padideh Goodspeed | 191659 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Roseville, CA | $180.2M | 231 | $780K |
| #29 | Christopher Zolezzi | 459881 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 208156 | San Francisco, CA | $171.2M | 53 | $3.2M |
| #30 | Fernando Cortez | 485588 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | $168.9M | 49 | $3.4M |
| #31 | Kashif Shamshad | 1492490 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $167.1M | 111 | $1.5M |
| #32 | Christopher Yu | 1006860 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cupertino, CA | $160.8M | 104 | $1.5M |
| #33 | Tony Truong | 482997 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Foster City, CA | $157.5M | 108 | $1.5M |
| #34 | Rodney Doudt | 381707 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $151.9M | 72 | $2.1M |
| #35 | Michael Cain | 1062241 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $151.3M | 217 | $697K |
| #36 | Keying Wang | 1757568 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | $151.2M | 86 | $1.8M |
| #37 | Mark Wintheiser | 724181 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Newport Beach, CA | $150.6M | 35 | $4.3M |
| #38 | Yuanzhu Li | 2005118 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $149.9M | 96 | $1.6M |
| #39 | DRITAN KAPIDANJA | 317385 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $147.3M | 186 | $792K |
| #40 | Sara Tehrani | 658627 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $145.8M | 100 | $1.5M |
| #41 | William Nisius | 966465 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $144.6M | 143 | $1.0M |
| #42 | Ryan Purpero | 68409 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | $144.3M | 121 | $1.2M |
| #43 | Gregory Krolikowski | 801940 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 208156 | Los Angeles, CA | $143.6M | 51 | $2.8M |
| #44 | James Nesmith | 814695 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $142.8M | 82 | $1.7M |
| #45 | thomas marckwardt | 242073 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Walnut Creek, CA | $141.8M | 135 | $1.1M |
| #46 | Weina Su | 877494 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $137.0M | 72 | $1.9M |
| #47 | Sam Simani | 765860 | BMO Bank National Association | 401052 | Beverly Hills, CA | $135.6M | 63 | $2.2M |
| #48 | Kathleen Chang | 251333 | Redwood Credit Union | 459184 | Santa Rosa, CA | $133.5M | 119 | $1.1M |
| #49 | Thuan Nguyen | 320775 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $132.9M | 235 | $566K |
| #50 | Choe Hung | 450736 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Pasadena, CA | $132.5M | 131 | $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 October 11, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-overall-by-volume/2026
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