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Better Finance

Loan agency · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 123 Christchurch mortgage brokers.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Better Finance

Loan agency · Brookhaven-Ferrymead, Christchurch

Where you stand#24of 123 mortgage brokers
Overall health8.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours10.007Google search and traffic9.604Listings and social8.905Facebook page8.3

Where we can help

01Google listing4.303Map positions2.002Reviews1.106Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Better Finance is a mortgage broker based in Ferrymead, Christchurch that offers tailored lending solutions for Kiwis. They state they avoid application and early repayment fees and focus on helping clients secure competitive interest rates. Offerings include personal and vehicle loan options and online tools to simplify borrowing. The firm presents a streamlined application process and local support.

Better Finance is a mortgage broker located in Ferrymead, Christchurch that aims to provide lending solutions for Kiwis seeking financial flexibility. The firm states it challenges the usual approach to borrowing and operates from a local base in Christchurch to advise on loan options and terms.

Services promoted include tailored home lending and broader loan options such as personal and vehicle loans, plus online calculators and application support. The business describes practices that eliminate application fees and early repayment penalties, and it emphasises arranging competitive interest rates and loans matched to a client's circumstances.

Review themes suggest customers commonly experience quick responses, clear communication and efficient service from named staff members. Multiple comments reference helpful, responsive team members who make the process straightforward, while a small number of reviews express frustration with the business's advertising. Overall the customer feedback highlights speed and personal contact alongside a few marketing-related complaints.

Locally, Better Finance is positioned as a Christchurch-based mortgage broker offering fee-avoiding loan options and hands-on assistance through the application and approval stages. Clients seeking tailored loan terms, straightforward online tools and prompt contact from local advisors would find the firm's stated approach and service style relevant to borrowing needs.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Better Finance's Google Business Listing shows a solid overall health score of 5.8 out of 10, indicating above-average completeness but clear room for improvement. Key strengths include a claimed listing with an enabled open-for-business status, a listed phone number, and a website link that directs customers to services. The main area to advance is adding photos to better showcase offerings.

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

  • 1
    Photos on the listingYou have no photos on your listing, or close to none, so a customer scrolling past sees a blank where every other business shows their work.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3.7 ★★★★★ (6)
Loan agency · Brookhaven-Ferrymead3
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From the business

To help Kiwis achieve financial freedom, we must challenge the status quo. We believe that to provide better® finance, we must be different. And we are different. From cutting out the usual practice of charging application or early repayment fees, through to helping Kiwis get a sharp interest rate and a loan tailored to their needs, we're committed to delivering a better® way to borrow. So, here’s to being better®.

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Google listingChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Better Finance shows a very low overall Google review health score, indicating limited engagement and moderate risk in reputation. The top findings are a lack of owner responses to reviews and only a minimal number of collected reviews, though some rating confidence is improving and there is a small base of customer feedback.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceRating and review volume together sit well behind this market, which means a customer comparing you has both halves of the picture reading thin.
  • 2
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
  • 3
    Star ratingYour rating sits well below what customers here are used to seeing, and it is the first number they compare when two businesses look otherwise equal.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
1.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3.7★★★★★6 reviews
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Google reviewsChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Better Finance shows an above-average health score of 6.9 out of 10, indicating solid visibility in Google Maps searches with room to grow locally. The top findings highlight a strong presence for several finance broker queries in Aranui, Bromley, Wainoni, and Woolston, while borough and city-wide results remain limited and could improve.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou barely turn up in Google Maps searches across the suburbs around you, so the customers who search by what they need rather than by your name never see you at all.
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    Maps visibility in your own suburbWe are not seeing you in Maps searches in your own suburb, which is the search a customer standing a street away actually makes.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
2.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "finance broker" in 6 suburbs, seen in 23
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Loan Market Agile - Ferrymead5.0 ★ (150) · Loan agency
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Finsol Financial Advisers5.0 ★ (143) · Loan agency
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Better Finance23.7 ★ (6) · Loan agency
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Stephanie Murray Mortgages5.0 ★ (114) · Loan agency
Map positionsChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
You are #98 for map positions
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04Listings and socialMarketbase business report

Where customers find you

Better Finance shows a solid health score with an above-average standing in Marketbase's social presence assessment. The strongest current strengths are outstanding Instagram and Facebook profiles, supported by a well-regarded LinkedIn Company listing. The main opportunity lies in expanding presence on TikTok, Neighbourly, Yellow Directory, and GrabOne to broaden reach and trust among local 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/onepartner-limited) found via: Your website.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    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.
8.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Instagrambetter.nzBetter Finance | Instagram✓
FacebookBetterFinanceNZBetter Finance | Facebook✓
LinkedInonepartner-limitedBetter Finance | LinkedIn✓
Cylexbetter+finance%E2%84%A2+christchurch-18258525Better Finance | Cylex
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
LinkedInNo listing found✓
Listings and socialChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

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 two opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageA couple of recommendations have landed on the page, fewer than most here.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.3Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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346 followers 2
To help Kiwis achieve financial freedom we must challenge the status quo. We believe that to provide Better finance, we must be different. Helping Kiwis get a loan tailored to their needs and more. We...
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★ 2 reviews · recommended 1
🌐 better.co.nz✓
☎ +64 800 666 065✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Better Finance shows a very strong on-page health score of 9.9 out of 10, indicating solid technical foundations for search visibility. The most notable findings are the perfect title tag length and an excellent meta description, both well aligned with user intent, and a valid favicon plus an H1 tag that clarifies the page content.

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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    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.
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    Page titleYour home page headline fits a search result exactly, so the whole line reads to someone scanning a page of results rather than cutting off mid-phrase.

Top three opportunities

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    The shape of your link profileYour links are piled onto a small number of sites for a profile this size, so they are doing less for you than the count suggests.
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    On-page scoreYour home page passes more of these checks than most sites in this market: it opens fast, it says what it is, and there is real text on it for Google to read.
  • 3
    Separate sites linking to youMore separate websites link to you than most of this market, so search engines see a wide spread of independent sites vouching for you.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3Separate sites linking to you
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How people find you on Google

Better Finance's website shows a very high overall health score, indicating strong traffic and keyword presence relative to local peers. The strongest findings are exceptional organic traffic value and top local rankings, with organic traffic total landing in the top 10 percent. These solid foundations support ongoing visibility and client reach while opportunities focus on paid search expansion and optimization.

Strengths

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    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth more than almost any business in this market - an enquiry stream with no cost per click behind it.
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    Monthly search visitsYour site draws more visitors from search than almost any business in this market - a stream of enquiries arriving at no cost per visit.
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    Search terms you rank forYour site appears for more search terms than almost any business in this market, so there are more ways to find you than to find anyone else here.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What you spend on adsYour paid search activity is larger than the middle of the businesses advertising here, so ads are a real line in your marketing rather than a trial.
  • 2
    Search terms you advertise onYour ads cover more search terms than the middle of the businesses advertising here, so you appear at the top for a decent spread of searches.
  • 3
    Monthly ad visitsYou are getting more visitors from paid search than most businesses advertising here, so ads are a substantial channel for you.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing all of them.
9.6Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Better FinanceNot in these results✓
✓✓About 4,216 visits a month from search, across 1,008 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Better Finance shows a low temporal alignment score (2.1/10) and city-level demand data is not available, so specific peak-match hours cannot be identified. The absence of local popularity data means no clear strong-alignment or missed-opportunity hours can be named. A focused audit of opening times against local enquiry patterns is recommended to fix likely mismatches and reduce inefficiency.

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
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-5:30pm
Tuesday8:30am-5:30pm
Wednesday8:30am-5:30pm
Thursday8:30am-5:30pm
Friday8:30am-5:30pm
Saturday8:30am-5pm
Sunday9am-4:30pm
Opening hoursChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page2 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#24of 123 Christchurch mortgage brokers
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