She started as a loan processor at 18. Today, Mariane Leyson is one of Northern California's most trusted mortgage professionals — SF DALP-approved, award-winning, and still personally committed to every client she serves.
Mariane didn't inherit this business. She built it from the ground up, starting as a loan processor at 18 years old in 1992. When she says she knows this industry — she means she has lived every part of it, from the ground floor up.
What separates Mariane from every other mortgage professional in NorCal isn't just her years — it's her licenses. She holds both a California Mortgage Broker license and a California Real Estate Broker license. That dual license is rare. It means she can represent you on both sides of a transaction when appropriate, with full transparency and proper disclosure.
Her CalHFA expertise is unmatched in the Bay Area. She's SF DALP-approved — one of the most demanding approvals in NorCal mortgage. When vouchers drop, she moves without hesitation because she's already done this hundreds of times.
Enters the mortgage industry in Northern California. Learns the full loan cycle from the ground up — processing, underwriting requirements, lender relationships.
Builds a Bay Area reputation for speed, transparency, and unwavering client advocacy. Becomes known as the broker who closes when others can't.
One of very few NorCal mortgage professionals to hold both licenses — enabling dual representation and giving clients a single trusted advisor for the full transaction.
Establishes her own brokerage in Daly City, CA. The name — and the promise — is speed. Company NMLS #1499621.
San Francisco designates Presto as an approved Down Payment Assistance Loan Program lender — one of the most demanding lender approvals in the Bay Area.
Presto deploys advanced AI operations — faster intake, smarter processing, 24/7 client communication. Positioned as NorCal's CalHFA leader as Dream For All vouchers drop.
"Every family that wants a home should have a path to get there.
My job is to find that path — and close it."
— Mariane Leyson, Founder & CEO, Presto Home Loans
Every day a family waits to close is a day of uncertainty. Presto's speed isn't a marketing claim — it's the deepest form of client respect.
Mariane doesn't cherry-pick easy loans. She takes the complex ones — challenging credit, non-standard income, layered assistance programs — and finds a way.
Every Presto client is Mariane's client. The AI handles intake and communication. The judgment, the advocacy, and the closing — that's always her.
30 years. Every loan type. Every NorCal market. Get started today — no credit pull, no commitment.
