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 August 27, 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 | $361.7M | 266 | $1.4M |
| #2 | Steve Chen | 714948 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $355.6M | 225 | $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 | $333.9M | 71 | $4.7M |
| #5 | Scott Evans | 256163 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | San Diego, CA | $281.6M | 408 | $690K |
| #6 | Alber Saleh | 479975 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Corte Madera, CA | $271.7M | 168 | $1.6M |
| #7 | Satish Dadral | 450886 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Altos, CA | $243.3M | 132 | $1.8M |
| #8 | Clifton Kochinsky | 1229746 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $242.3M | 67 | $3.6M |
| #9 | Sheila Berger | 1493332 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Los Angeles, CA | $242.3M | 80 | $3.0M |
| #10 | Craig Quicksall | 900541 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $215.5M | 77 | $2.8M |
| #11 | Risha Kilaru | 249676 | OriginPoint LLC | 2185899 | San Francisco, CA | $214.2M | 164 | $1.3M |
| #12 | Bruce Brewer | 514039 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $211.8M | 66 | $3.2M |
| #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 | $194.5M | 197 | $987K |
| #16 | Tomer Yeyni | 1603612 | OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. | 1101290 | Sherman Oaks, CA | $184.7M | 163 | $1.1M |
| #17 | Xiaofan Zheng | 253492 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Palo Alto, CA | $175.9M | 96 | $1.8M |
| #18 | Joseph Colarusso | 1664386 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Houston, TX | $171.7M | 27 | $6.4M |
| #19 | Nader Chahine | 259628 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Manhattan Beach, CA | $169.3M | 115 | $1.5M |
| #20 | Gregory Lichtenberger | 348429 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $168.6M | 68 | $2.5M |
| #21 | Peter McNally | 459955 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Beverly Hills, CA | $166.0M | 36 | $4.6M |
| #22 | kory kavanewsky | 284503 | CMG Mortgage, Inc. | 1820 | Coronado, CA | $163.2M | 168 | $971K |
| #23 | Jeremy Engle | 293517 | Golden Empire Mortgage, Inc. | 2427 | Visalia, CA | $162.4M | 439 | $370K |
| #24 | Matthew Izaddoust | 8385 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 399798 | Mountain View, CA | $161.3M | 121 | $1.3M |
| #25 | Kashif Shamshad | 1492490 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Earth City, MO | $156.7M | 104 | $1.5M |
| #26 | Todd Le Pique | 526837 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Winter Park, FL | $155.9M | 33 | $4.7M |
| #27 | Adam Liebross | 1885282 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $154.4M | 101 | $1.5M |
| #28 | Padideh Goodspeed | 191659 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Roseville, CA | $150.2M | 192 | $782K |
| #29 | Christopher Yu | 1006860 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Cupertino, CA | $149.1M | 95 | $1.6M |
| #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 | $142.3M | 44 | $3.2M |
| #32 | Michael Cain | 1062241 | C2 Financial Corporation | 135622 | San Diego, CA | $135.0M | 190 | $711K |
| #33 | Tony Truong | 482997 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | Foster City, CA | $134.5M | 93 | $1.4M |
| #34 | Ryan Purpero | 68409 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Hopkins, MN | $131.3M | 109 | $1.2M |
| #35 | Yuanzhu Li | 2005118 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | Sunnyvale, CA | $128.9M | 80 | $1.6M |
| #36 | thomas marckwardt | 242073 | CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC | 3029 | Walnut Creek, CA | $127.9M | 123 | $1.0M |
| #37 | James Nesmith | 814695 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $127.8M | 72 | $1.8M |
| #38 | Sara Tehrani | 658627 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $127.1M | 86 | $1.5M |
| #39 | Keying Wang | 1757568 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 399801 | San Jose, CA | $125.6M | 69 | $1.8M |
| #40 | Weina Su | 877494 | Bank of America, N.A. | 399802 | San Jose, CA | $125.5M | 66 | $1.9M |
| #41 | Choe Hung | 450736 | U.S. Bank National Association | 402761 | Pasadena, CA | $121.5M | 118 | $1.0M |
| #42 | Rodney Doudt | 381707 | Morgan Stanley Private Bank, National Association | 663185 | Coppell, TX | $121.5M | 57 | $2.1M |
| #43 | Jennifer Abele | 1636944 | Raymond James Bank | 405712 | Saint Petersburg, FL | $120.2M | 37 | $3.2M |
| #44 | Christopher Frederick | 30003 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 3030 | Detroit, MI | $118.9M | 85 | $1.4M |
| #45 | DRITAN KAPIDANJA | 317385 | EZ FUNDINGS Inc. | 1156892 | NEWPORT BEACH, CA | $118.8M | 150 | $792K |
| #46 | Gregory Krolikowski | 801940 | Goldman Sachs Bank USA | 208156 | Los Angeles, CA | $118.1M | 40 | $3.0M |
| #47 | Thuan Nguyen | 320775 | Loan Factory, Inc. | 320841 | San Jose, CA | $117.6M | 209 | $563K |
| #48 | Sherry Ho | 834686 | Citibank, NA | 412915 | Pasadena, CA | $116.0M | 89 | $1.3M |
| #49 | Michael Most | 363202 | United American Mortgage Corporation | 1942 | Costa Mesa, CA | $115.1M | 83 | $1.4M |
| #50 | Eric Goren | 278839 | City National Bank | 536994 | Los Angeles, CA | $114.4M | 81 | $1.4M |
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 August 27, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-overall-by-volume/2026
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