Los Angeles, CA · mortgage lenders and licensed loan officers
Mortgage brokers and lenders in Los Angeles, CA
Comparing mortgage brokers and lenders in Los Angeles, CA? Check who is licensed first. 2,270 active loan officer license records list a business address here, naming 311 companies, and federal HMDA data shows which lenders made the most home loans in the area.
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Key facts
- 2,270 active license records for 1,749 people (counted once by NMLS ID) with a business address in the Los Angeles, CA area, from the California DRE, Florida OFR, Colorado DORA, Division of Real Estate, Missouri Division of Finance and Pennsylvania DoBS (data.pa.gov) rosters. Source: state license rosters.
- United Shore Financial Services, LLC reported the most home-loan originations here in 2024 (12,802), followed by Rocket Mortgage, LLC (10,010). Source: HMDA 2024.
- 311 companies are named on 502 active records; the 10 named most often appear on 17.1% of those records. Source: state license rosters.
- 168 of 439 dated active records carry a license year of 2025 or later. Source: state license rosters.
- 788 California DRE records here are held under a real estate broker license, the license a California mortgage broker usually operates under. Source: state license rosters.
Lenders that made the most home loans in Los Angeles, CA
United Shore Financial Services, LLC reported 12,802 home-loan originations in the Los Angeles, CA metro area (HMDA area code 31084) in 2024, the most of any lender in HMDA data; the 8 lenders below made 57,339 loans between them. HMDA covers the whole metropolitan area, which can reach past the cities counted below. Brokered loans count under the lender that funded them, so brokers are not listed. Loan count says nothing about rates or service.
| Rank | Lender | 2024 loans |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Shore Financial Services, LLC | 12,802 |
| 2 | Rocket Mortgage, LLC | 10,010 |
| 3 | Bank of America, National Association | 9,478 |
| 4 | U.S. Bank National Association | 7,378 |
| 5 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 5,031 |
| 6 | Spring Eq, LLC | 4,643 |
| 7 | Discover Bank | 4,006 |
| 8 | Newrez LLC | 3,991 |
Companies named on Los Angeles, CA license records
502 active license records here name the company the loan officer works for (for California salespersons, the sponsoring broker, which can be a real estate brokerage): 311 companies in all. The 10 named most often hold 17.1% of those records. A count of license records is not loan volume or a recommendation.
| Company on public record | Active records |
|---|---|
| Equity Smart Home Loans, Inc. | 18 |
| A C G Funding INC | 11 |
| The Turnkey Foundation INC | 9 |
| Callisto Group INC | 8 |
| The Mortgage Guy Inc. | 7 |
| Arcstone Financial INC | 7 |
| West Capital Lending, Inc. | 7 |
| Kam Financial & Realty, Inc. | 7 |
| E Mortgage Capital, Inc. | 6 |
| C2 Financial Corporation | 6 |
Broker or lender in Los Angeles, CA?
A broker arranges your loan with one of several lenders; a lender funds it. Either way, the loan officer you deal with needs a state license and an NMLS ID, and the NMLS ID must match the one on your Loan Estimate. Compare same-day estimates with the Loan Estimate comparison tool.
California licenses mortgage loan originators through two regulators: the Department of Real Estate (a real estate license with an MLO endorsement, the usual route for mortgage brokers) and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation. KeysAhead loads the DRE file only. Of its active records here, 788 are broker licenses, 502 are salesperson licenses sponsored by a broker, and 453 are corporation officers.
Cities counted for Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, Pasadena, Santa Monica, Burbank, Torrance, Inglewood, Whittier, Downey, El Monte, West Covina or Pomona (the business city on the license record).
Licensed loan officers in Los Angeles, CA
60 of the 1,749 people with an active record and an NMLS ID here, one row each: the California DRE roster before other states, longest-licensed first where the roster gives a year. Only records with an NMLS ID are listed. A roster, not a ranking or an endorsement.
Los Angeles, CA ยท licensed loan officers
| Loan officer | Status | Location | Company | Licensed | NMLS # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Abassian | Active | Burbank, CA | n/a | n/a | #1106295 |
| Hasan Abbas | Active | Whittier, CA | Jra & Associates INC | n/a | #1400443 |
| Estephan Abeja | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #1723496 |
| Zareh Abnoosi | Active | Burbank, CA | n/a | n/a | #369109 |
| Ashot Abovian | Active | Glendale, CA | Golden West Alliance INC | n/a | #278837 |
| Sasan Aboudi Abrams | Active | Los Angeles, CA | Mark Howard Cohen | n/a | #1194434 |
| Edwin Acevedo | Active | Downey, CA | n/a | n/a | #822417 |
| Julio C Aceves | Active | Los Angeles, CA | Alejandro Arevalo | n/a | #313570 |
| Hugo Alberto Aceves Lara | Active | Downey, CA | Miguel Angel Vazquez | n/a | #1898686 |
| Flavio S Acosta | Active | Downey, CA | Real Consultants Mortgage And Real Estate Services INC | n/a | #1376809 |
| Noah James Acosta | Active | Whittier, CA | n/a | n/a | #1248160 |
| Jeffrey Keith Acres | Active | Torrance, CA | n/a | n/a | #325999 |
| Dean Michael Adame | Active | Long Beach, CA | Gene W Burd Enterprises INC | n/a | #354228 |
| Armen Adamyan | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #1547410 |
| Samvel Adamyan | Active | Los Angeles, CA | Hillcrest Lending INC | n/a | #1618916 |
| Kenneth Martin Adler | Active | Torrance, CA | n/a | n/a | #240317 |
| Peter M Adler | Active | Long Beach, CA | n/a | n/a | #1681264 |
| Amir D Aghevli | Active | Glendale, CA | n/a | n/a | #328284 |
| Angel Aguayo | Active | West Covina, CA | n/a | n/a | #276654 |
| Luis Aguiar | Active | Inglewood, CA | n/a | n/a | #1713251 |
| Shahriyar Ahmadi | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #363438 |
| Stefen Lawrence Aizumi | Active | West Covina, CA | Canny Holdings | n/a | #2153582 |
| Edward Varoujan Ajamian | Active | Pasadena, CA | Journey Mortgage Advisors, INC | n/a | #342821 |
| Sally Ajdar | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #342694 |
| Kevin Hesam Akbari | Active | Los Angeles, CA | Trilogy Partners, Inc. | n/a | #2005823 |
| Armine Akcheian-Luka | Active | Glendale, CA | Glendale Federal Mortgage | n/a | #273794 |
| Irma Akers | Active | Los Angeles, CA | Promise Home Loans, Inc. | n/a | #319371 |
| Paul Bryant Akers | Active | Los Angeles, CA | Dorian John Calderon | n/a | #34250 |
| Akinyemi William Akinwumi | Active | Inglewood, CA | n/a | n/a | #1076364 |
| Zhorzh Aladadyan | Active | Glendale, CA | n/a | n/a | #389159 |
| Howard Paul Alan-Lee | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #236995 |
| Rogin Torno Albania | Active | Glendale, CA | n/a | n/a | #382274 |
| Octavio Eliasar Aldapa Araujo | Active | Whittier, CA | Anthony A Amodeo | n/a | #2474812 |
| Christina Andrea Aleman | Active | Downey, CA | n/a | n/a | #2010832 |
| Jimmy Dale Alexander | Active | Inglewood, CA | n/a | n/a | #254316 |
| Haik Alexanians | Active | Glendale, CA | n/a | n/a | #331400 |
| Mohammad Ali | Active | Los Angeles, CA | Eagles Mortgage Company INC | n/a | #887326 |
| Majid Alihaji | Active | Pasadena, CA | Ali Reza Tehranian | n/a | #257034 |
| Dawar David Alimi | Active | Pasadena, CA | n/a | n/a | #302016 |
| Saman Alishahi | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #2535168 |
| Jorge Roque Almaguer | Active | Whittier, CA | n/a | n/a | #322320 |
| Natalie Loucia Alpakli | Active | Glendale, CA | n/a | n/a | #1084163 |
| Adam Altamirano | Active | Whittier, CA | Xpert Home Lending Inc. | n/a | #301592 |
| Elizabeth Alvarez | Active | Whittier, CA | n/a | n/a | #1986784 |
| Nicholas Andrew Alvarez | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #2354951 |
| Luis Alberto Alvarez Guevara | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #1473368 |
| John Peter Alvin | Active | Torrance, CA | n/a | n/a | #293150 |
| Karmen Vartanian Amadian | Active | Glendale, CA | n/a | n/a | #343395 |
| Oscar Amaya | Active | Whittier, CA | Premier Wholesale Mortgage Inc. | n/a | #2366812 |
| Robert Grachikovich Ambartsumyan | Active | Glendale, CA | Affinity Home Loans, Inc. | n/a | #1827951 |
| Sonia Elena Amin | Active | Glendale, CA | n/a | n/a | #1989717 |
| Donny Aminizar | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #247868 |
| Jonathan Amirieh | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #1675591 |
| Anthony A Amodeo | Active | Whittier, CA | n/a | n/a | #1934515 |
| Stacy Marie Anderson | Active | Torrance, CA | n/a | n/a | #251420 |
| Juan Carlos Andrade | Active | Downey, CA | 1st Choice Lending & Real Estate INC | n/a | #1003275 |
| Sydney William Andrews | Active | Los Angeles, CA | n/a | n/a | #47982 |
| John Joseph Angel | Active | Long Beach, CA | n/a | n/a | #328239 |
| Julie N Aragon | Active | Long Beach, CA | The Turnkey Foundation INC | n/a | #250691 |
| Rick Arciniega | Active | Whittier, CA | n/a | n/a | #316512 |
Data source California DRE public record. 21,122 mortgage loan originators licensed in this state (20,495 active). Last refreshed 2026-08-22. KeysAhead republishes public-record licensing facts only; confirm any record on the official NMLS Consumer Access. View the source file.
Our data
Contribution: derived analysis, downloadable dataset
- Collected: 3,007 public license records whose business city is in the Los Angeles, CA area, from the state regulator rosters KeysAhead loads (active records by roster: CA 1,743, FL 316, CO 123, MO 63, PA 25), plus the federal HMDA lender list for the metro. Observed: California DRE roster 2026-08-22; Florida OFR roster 2026-08-22; Colorado DORA, Division of Real Estate roster 2026-08-23; Missouri Division of Finance roster 2026-08-22; Pennsylvania DoBS (data.pa.gov) roster 2026-08-22; HMDA 2024 data (loaded 2026-05-22).
- Published: aggregate counts; individual records stay on NMLS Consumer Access.
- Computed: 3 derived shares, each with its formula and arithmetic in the dataset.
- Method: data sources and limits.
- Reproduce it: download the data as JSON (22 rows; license CC BY 4.0).
| Figure | Count |
|---|---|
| License records with a business address in the metro | 3,007 |
| Active license records | 2,270 |
| Inactive or expired records still on file | 737 |
| Distinct people with an active record (by NMLS ID) | 1,749 |
| Active records that name a company | 502 |
| Distinct companies named on active records | 311 |
| Active records naming one of the 10 most-named companies | 86 |
| Active records with a license year on the roster | 439 |
| Active records with a license year of 2025 or later | 168 |
| Lenders shown from HMDA (largest by home-loan originations) | 8 |
| Home loans originated by the lenders shown (HMDA) | 57,339 |
| California DRE records held under a broker license | 788 |
| California DRE records held under a salesperson license | 502 |
| California DRE records held as a corporation officer | 453 |
Frequently asked questions
How do I check a mortgage broker or lender in Los Angeles, CA?
Look up the loan officer's NMLS number, then check that the company on the official record is the one on your Loan Estimate.
Which lenders made the most home loans in Los Angeles, CA?
In HMDA 2024 data, United Shore Financial Services, LLC reported the most originations in the Los Angeles, CA metro area (12,802), followed by Rocket Mortgage, LLC and Bank of America, National Association. The count is loan volume only, not a measure of rates or service.
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