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Stephanie Murray Mortgages

Mortgage broker · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

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Stephanie Murray Mortgages

Mortgage broker · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

Where you stand#12of 123 mortgage brokers
Overall health9.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours10.002Reviews9.203Map positions8.604Listings and social8.407Google search and traffic8.105Facebook page6.7

Where we can help

01Google listing5.606Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Stephanie Murray Mortgages is a Christchurch mortgage brokerage based in Ferrymead that helps first-home buyers, home builders and commercial property investors. They offer 24/7 service and arrange loans through major banks and non-bank lenders. The team states it has over two decades of combined experience and describes itself as a fast-growing regional brokerage.

Stephanie Murray Mortgages is a mortgage brokerage based in Ferrymead, Christchurch, that works with first-home buyers, home builders, investors and commercial property purchasers. They state they operate 24/7 and arrange borrowing solutions through major banks such as ANZ, Westpac, ASB, BNZ and TSB, plus non-bank providers including Bluestone Mortgages and First Mortgage Trust.

The firm describes services for first-home buyers, dream-home builders, investment property purchasers and commercial property investors. They say they provide expert advice, lender options and help clients obtain pre-approval, refinancing, top-ups and loans suited to individual circumstances. The website lists a broad lender panel and emphasises tailored borrowing solutions.

Customer feedback highlights quick communication, clear explanations and practical help through the lending process. Review themes note advisors who make buying or refinancing less stressful, respond promptly, and work to secure approvals even for complex situations such as self-employed income or extended processing requirements. Clients commonly mention supportive service during first-home purchases and investment transactions.

Locally, Stephanie Murray Mortgages positions itself as a reachable Christchurch broker with a multi-decade team background and round-the-clock availability. The combination of a broad lender panel, stated 24/7 access and a focus on first-home, building and investment lending defines how the firm presents its services to customers in the Ferrymead and greater Christchurch area.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Stephanie Murray Mortgages shows average health on Google Business Listing with room for improvement. The most notable results are that the listing is claimed and the phone number and website are present, and the listing indicates open status. The top opportunities are improving the listing description and continuing to add high-quality photos to lift the local standing.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    ClaimedYour listing is claimed, so you control what it says, you can reply to reviews, and edits suggested by the public come to you first.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.

Top three opportunities

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    Description lengthYour description gives a reader less than half the listings here do, so someone reading yours and then a competitor's gets less to go on from you.
  • 2
    Category fitYour categories cover less of this market than nearly every competitor, so someone searching for a job you actually do is shown a list your listing was never entered into.
  • 3
    Photos on the listingThere are more pictures on most listings around you than on yours, so a customer flicking between them gets a fuller look at the businesses either side of you.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
5.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (114)
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From the business

Stephanie Murray Mortgages offer first home buyers, commercial property investors and home builders a 24/7 service in finding the best mortgage to suit their individual circumstances. As the fastest growing mortgage brokerage firm in the region, and with over 2 decades of experience across the team you couldn't be in better hands. For a free, no obligation discussion contact a member of the team today.

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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Stephanie Murray Mortgages shows a very high health score on Google reviews, indicating strong customer satisfaction and engagement. The most notable finding is a top-10% star rating, with solid performance also reflected in a high response rate and solid total review count. The business should maintain these standards to stay highly competitive.

Strengths

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    Star ratingYour rating is among the highest in this market and it does its own selling - a customer sees it before they read anything else.
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    Response rateYou answer virtually every review, which almost nobody in this market does, and the page reads as a business that is present.

Top two opportunities

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you ahead of most of this market, which means a customer sees a well-rated business with enough reviews behind it to be believed.
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    Review countYou hold more reviews than most of this market - depth buyers read as proof.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
9.2Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Thomas B.★★★★★ · a week ago

My partner and I had Michelle as our mortgage advisor and she was excellent to work with, helping make our first home buying experience much easier and stress-free. I would recommend to anyone purchasing a first home.

Response from the owner✓

Thanks Thomas Wishing you and Rebecca all the best in your First Home :)

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Cathy D.★★★★★ · 3 weeks ago

Peter has done it again! He managed to get us pre-approved in 24hrs, even though we thought that our chances were very slim with a single self-employed income and a wife who is currently at home looking after the kids with a 3rd on the way....

Response from the owner

Hi Cathy and Duan, it has been a pleasure to work with you both on your investment property purchase. Thank you for the kind words! Glad you can keep working towards your financial goals. Thanks, Pete...

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Stephanie Murray Mortgages shows a high overall health score for Google Maps search, indicating strong visibility across local searches. Key findings include top rankings for multiple local mortgage search terms, notably mortgage broker in redcliffs and woolston, with solid positions across surrounding suburbs. The business is well placed, but additional emphasis on maintaining borough presence could further boost local reach.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches more often than the middle of your suburb, so a customer searching nearby is likely to see you in the first handful.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than nearly everyone here, so a customer searching well outside your own patch still sees you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
8.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "mortgage broker" in 5 suburbs, seen in 15
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Loan Market Agile - Ferrymead5.0 ★ (150) · Mortgage broker
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Stephanie Murray Mortgages15.0 ★ (114) · Mortgage broker
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Finsol Financial Advisers5.0 ★ (143) · Mortgage broker
Map positionsChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
You are #18 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The overall health remains very high, reflecting strong social presence and trusted profiles. The most notable findings are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, and accurate, up-to-date LinkedIn Company and Profile listings that help reach more customers.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page, and the trail between you and it is unambiguous - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.
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    LinkedIn CompanyWe can see your LinkedIn Company listing (https://linkedin.com/company/stephanie-murray-mortgages) found via: Google search results, Your website.

Top three opportunities

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    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
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    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
  • 3
    Neighbourly ProfileWe could not find an active Neighbourly Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
14 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 6 of them.
8.4Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Instagramstephaniemurray_mortgagesStephanie Murray Mortgages | Instagram✓
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FacebookstephaniemurraymortgagesStephanie Murray Mortgages | Facebook✓
Finance Advisers Providerstephanie-murray-mortgages-limited-new-plymouth-FSP755132Stephanie Murray Mortgages | Finance Advisers Provider
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
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Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    A street addressYour page publishes no street address, so someone deciding whether you are near enough to bother with has nothing to check and moves on to a page that tells them.
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    What your page says about youThere is more in your intro than in half the pages here, so a visitor has a real sense of the business before they reach the photos.
  • 3
    People following your pageMore people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post can travel past your own customers when one of them shares it into a local group.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 6 of them.
6.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Facebook pageChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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Your website

The on-page health for Stephanie Murray Mortgages is 6.9 out of 10, which is above average and indicates solid technical foundations with room for improvement. The strongest finding is a perfect meta description and a valid favicon, while the page shows an outstanding H1 tag and fast load times. The main opportunity is refining the title tag length and addressing mixed content and non-frame usage.

Strengths

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    Domain HealthYour site answers cleanly over a secure connection, so a customer clicking through from Google lands where they expect with nothing in the way.
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    The shape of your link profileYour links come from about as wide a range of sites as anything in this market, and the mix of link types looks entirely natural.
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    Meta descriptionYour search summary sits in the length that reads in full on most screens, which is as far as length alone can take it - a narrow phone still cuts the tail off a line this size.

Top three opportunities

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    Page titleThe headline on your home page is either a single word or long enough that a search result cuts it off part way through.
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    On-page scoreMost checks on your home page pass, so someone clicking through from a search gets a page that opens quickly and says what it is.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than half the businesses here, so a reasonable spread of places vouch for you.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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How people find you on Google

The Website Traffic health for Stephanie Murray Mortgages is solid, with a health score of 7.8 out of 10. This indicates generally strong performance relative to peers, though there are clear opportunities to expand paid traffic and sustain organic growth. The most notable finding is that organic traffic value is in the 50-75% band, while paid traffic shows potential room for growth.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 2
    Monthly ad visitsYour site receives no visitors from paid search, which for most local businesses in this market is the norm rather than a problem.
  • 3
    Search terms you advertise onYou are not covering any search terms with ads, which for most local businesses here is normal.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
8.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Stephanie Murray MortgagesNot in these results
About 243 visits a month from search, across 121 searches
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Your hours against demand

Stephanie Murray Mortgages reports 24/7 service but city-level demand data is not available, so alignment with local search peaks cannot be precisely measured. Health score sits at 5.0/10, indicating average temporal fit. The always-open claim suggests possible inefficiency during low-demand hours; a focused review of enquiry timing could reveal whether staffed hours can be tuned to match customer activity more closely.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
10.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Stephanie Murray Mortgages
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Hours 1
Monday12am-12am
Tuesday12am-12am
Wednesday12am-12am
Thursday12am-12am
Friday12am-12am
Saturday12am-12am
Sunday12am-12am
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02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#12of 123 Christchurch mortgage brokers
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