Retention Champions by Volume — California (2025)

Retention champions 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 July 13, 2026, the top 3 include Brian Minkow (CMG Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #256638), Kashif Shamshad (U.S. Bank National Association, NMLS #1492490), and Ryan Purpero (U.S. Bank National Association, NMLS #68409).

Updated · Recorded mortgage transactions typically appear in this dataset approximately 22 days after the recording date.

Retention Champions by Volume — California (2025) — top 50
Rank Loan officer LO NMLS Current Lender / Broker Lender NMLS Location Retained Volume Retained Loans Retention Rate
#1 Brian Minkow 256638 CMG Mortgage, Inc. 1820 Westlake Village, CA $131.2M 95 72.0%
#2 Kashif Shamshad 1492490 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Earth City, MO $120.8M 78 82.1%
#3 Ryan Purpero 68409 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Hopkins, MN $95.8M 71 75.5%
#4 Alber Saleh 479975 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 Corte Madera, CA $89.0M 51 60.0%
#5 Choe Hung 450736 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Pasadena, CA $83.6M 72 75.0%
#6 Liping Yi 1241368 Citibank, NA 412915 Sunnyvale, CA $80.7M 55 70.5%
#7 Risha Kilaru 249676 OriginPoint LLC 2185899 San Francisco, CA $77.4M 60 53.6%
#8 Ritu Chopra 632916 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Irvine, CA $77.1M 61 64.9%
#9 Satish Dadral 450886 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 Los Altos, CA $75.0M 45 52.3%
#10 Jose Magallanes 491678 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 Newport Beach, CA $74.1M 48 57.8%
#11 Matthew Izaddoust 8385 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 399798 Mountain View, CA $70.2M 52 50.0%
#12 Kevin Baboiyan 1837815 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Newport Beach, CA $70.1M 58 85.3%
#13 Christopher Yu 1006860 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Cupertino, CA $68.3M 48 76.2%
#14 Yuanzhu Li 2005118 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 Sunnyvale, CA $67.2M 45 36.3%
#15 Scott Evans 256163 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 San Diego, CA $65.7M 93 45.8%
#16 Limah Mangal 633576 Citibank, NA 412915 Dublin, CA $65.6M 59 77.6%
#17 Sherry Ho 834686 Citibank, NA 412915 Pasadena, CA $65.1M 49 58.3%
#18 Justin Brilman 1137704 loanDepot.com, LLC 174457 Hicksville, NY $64.1M 51 83.6%
#19 Louis Manfredini 243928 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Hopkins, MN $64.1M 45 84.9%
#20 Mohamed Eltawy 450660 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 San Diego, CA $61.5M 42 80.8%
#21 Nader Chahine 259628 Citibank, NA 412915 Manhattan Beach, CA $58.3M 41 78.8%
#22 Sheila Berger 1493332 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 Los Angeles, CA $55.4M 24 75.0%
#23 Xiaofan Zheng 253492 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 Palo Alto, CA $55.4M 34 44.7%
#24 Xueyan Jiang 1778426 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 San Jose, CA $54.2M 38 24.1%
#25 Keyurkumar Parikh 1551916 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 Fremont, CA $53.3M 40 78.4%
#26 Tony Truong 482997 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 Foster City, CA $52.2M 35 64.8%
#27 Steve Chen 714948 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 Sunnyvale, CA $49.6M 35 45.5%
#28 thomas marckwardt 242073 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 Walnut Creek, CA $47.7M 42 67.7%
#29 Yan Xu 339629 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 San Diego, CA $47.3M 42 79.2%
#30 Hong Sha 235461 HSBC Bank USA National Association 399799 Cupertino, CA $47.2M 28 21.7%
#31 Heather Santos 31720 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI $46.7M 27 81.8%
#32 Sujata Singh 413571 Citibank, NA 412915 Dublin, CA $46.1M 31 56.4%
#33 kory kavanewsky 284503 CMG Mortgage, Inc. 1820 Coronado, CA $45.3M 46 73.0%
#34 Sean Kitagawa 98855 JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association 399798 Fremont, CA $45.0M 34 65.4%
#35 James Nesmith 814695 City National Bank 536994 Los Angeles, CA $44.1M 25 54.3%
#36 Nicole Santizo 582907 Guaranteed Rate, Inc. 2611 Los Altos, CA $43.8M 38 61.3%
#37 Christopher Zolezzi 459881 Goldman Sachs Bank USA 208156 San Francisco, CA $43.7M 12 70.6%
#38 Mamta Madaan 485498 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Hopkins, MN $43.1M 38 62.3%
#39 Sheng Hua 1552269 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Earth City, MO $43.0M 33 47.8%
#40 Rashi Jani 1421191 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 Cupertino, CA $42.8M 33 70.2%
#41 Annie Yan 1019071 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 San Leandro, CA $42.7M 30 62.5%
#42 Joshua Krakower 1410556 Wells Fargo Bank, National Association 399801 San Jose, CA $42.6M 23 67.6%
#43 Nicholas Tomas 31699 Rocket Mortgage, LLC 3030 Detroit, MI $42.5M 26 63.4%
#44 Xin Shen 321917 HSBC Bank USA National Association 399799 Cupertino, CA $42.5M 22 18.8%
#45 Viral Vora 1656903 City National Bank 536994 Los Angeles, CA $42.2M 26 68.4%
#46 Sean Herrero 900669 CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC 3029 Danville, CA $42.2M 42 64.6%
#47 Sahar Abassi 419882 U.S. Bank National Association 402761 Hopkins, MN $42.0M 27 77.1%
#48 Shan Wang 1830093 Bank of America, N.A. 399802 Cupertino, CA $41.8M 31 66.0%
#49 Unbreen Farooqui 527380 PNC Bank, National Association 446303 San Francisco, CA $41.8M 32 57.1%
#50 Tomer Yeyni 1603612 OPTION ONE LENDING, INC. 1101290 Sherman Oaks, CA $41.3M 33 71.7%

Frequently asked

Who is the top mortgage loan officer for borrower retention in California in 2025?
Brian Minkow (CMG Mortgage, Inc., NMLS #256638) ranks #1 in California in 2025 with $131.2M in funded mortgage volume based on MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.
Who are the top mortgage loan officers in California in 2025?
1. Brian Minkow (CMG Mortgage, Inc.); 2. Kashif Shamshad (U.S. Bank National Association); 3. Ryan Purpero (U.S. Bank National Association). The full ranking continues on this page, sourced from MMI's public-record mortgage dataset.

About this data

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.

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TopMortgageOriginators.com. Retention Champions by Volume — California (2025). Powered by MMI public record mortgage production data, accessed July 13, 2026. https://topmortgageoriginators.com/lo-leaderboard/california/top-retention-by-volume/2025

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