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Clark Lending Services

Mortgage broker · Upper Riccarton, 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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Clark Lending Services

Mortgage broker · Upper Riccarton, Christchurch

Where you stand#107of 123 mortgage brokers
Overall health1.3/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours10.0

Where we can help

04Listings and social5.103Map positions3.305Facebook page2.402Reviews0.901Google listing0.607Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

Clark Lending Services is a Riccarton-based mortgage broker in Christchurch offering long-term relationship lending. With over 40 years of banking and finance experience, the firm arranges home, investment and business loans, and provides personal and business insurance, backed by access to a network of property professionals and a free initial consultation.

Clark Lending Services is a mortgage broker located in Riccarton, Christchurch. The company describes itself as built on long-term relationship lending and notes over 40 years of experience in the banking and finance industry.

The firm specialises in arranging home loans, investment property loans and business loans. It states it provides personal and business insurance and can connect clients to a network of professionals for property-related needs.

Customers can expect professional, personal service and a free consultation to discuss goals and options. The company notes its approach is focused on working with clients to achieve their financial goals and suggests the process can be straightforward.

Locally, Clark Lending Services is identified by its long industry experience and relationship-focused model. It operates from Riccarton and is listed with an FSP number (FSP116904), offering mortgage broking, insurance and referral access as core local services.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Clark Lending Services shows a partial Google Business presence with a current health score of 0.6 out of 10, indicating substantial room for improvement. The listing already includes a title, open status, a website link, a phone number and a full address, which are solid foundations. The most important findings are that the listing is largely incomplete on branding and media assets, and ownership status is not yet claimed.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    WebsiteYour listing links to your website, so a customer can move from Google to your own pages in one tap and read your account of the work before they ring.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
  • 2
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
  • 3
    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.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
0.6Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Own this business?
0.0 ★★★★★ (0)
Mortgage broker · Upper Riccarton
Open 6 days ✓
DirectionsCall Website ✓
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Clark Lending Services shows a very low health score on Google Business Reviews, indicating weak overall performance and visible trust issues. Key findings include a lack of reviews and no responses to existing ones, plus a low rating confidence. These factors suggest potential customers may hesitate to engage until ratings, feedback, and engagement improve.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
  • 2
    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
  • 3
    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.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.9Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Clark Lending Services shows a below-average overall health on Google Maps with a 2.9 out of 10. This indicates limited visibility across maps in general, though borough visibility has improved and sits above the bottom quartile. Top performers include keywords around being a finance or mortgage broker in upper Riccarton, which suggests focus areas for growth.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou appear in a handful of Maps searches across the suburbs around you, far fewer than most businesses here.
  • 2
    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches, but below most businesses in your suburb, so a customer looking from a nearby street is shown someone else first.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
3.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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Map positionsChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
You are #83 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Clark Lending Services shows an average health score for social presence and directories, indicating some established profiles but gaps in newer platforms. The strongest asset is a very high-trust Facebook profile, with other listed profiles on LinkedIn and Yellow Directory helping reach local customers. Key opportunity areas include adding Instagram, TikTok, and more directory listings to improve visibility and trust.

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.
  • ✓
    Yellow ProfileWe can see your Yellow Profile listing (https://yellow.co.nz/y/clark-lending-services-ltd-579452354) found via: Google search results.
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    Cylex ListingWe can see your Cylex Listing listing (https://cylex.co.nz/clark+lending+services+ltd-18083439) found via: Google search results.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 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.
5.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Finance Advisers Providerclark-lending-services-limited-christchurch-FSP116904Clark Lending Services | Finance Advisers Provider
Cylexclark+lending+services+ltd-18083439Clark Lending Services | Cylex✓
Wedding Guideclark-lending-servicesClark Lending Services | Wedding Guide
Yellowclark-lending-services-ltd-579452354Clark Lending Services | Yellow✓
LinkedInmartin-clark-63358937Clark Lending Services | LinkedIn
FacebookClark-Lending-Services-Ltd-100063800863558Clark Lending Services | Facebook✓
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
NeighbourlyNo listing found3
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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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.
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    A street addressA street address sits in your page details, so someone deciding between you and a business two suburbs over can see which of you is closer.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
  • 2
    A page address you choseYour page address is one Facebook generated rather than one you chose - your business name with a long number bolted on, or just the number.
  • 3
    An email addressA customer who would rather put a request in writing at ten at night has only Messenger to work with, because the page carries no email address.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
2.4Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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facebook
people2
6 followers 1
We are Mortgage Advisers and work long term with our customers We are Martin Clark and Jeff Clark a
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☎ +64 3-341 6260✓
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Facebook pageChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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Your website

Clark Lending Services shows a below-average on-page SEO health score of 3.1 out of 10, indicating several issues and room for improvement. The page already has an H1 tag and uses HTTPS, which helps clarity and security. Strengths include a fast load time and no use of frames, supporting user experience and crawlability. The top priority is adding a meta description and improving meta tags and title tag length.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    Page load speedYour home page appears in under three seconds, so someone tapping through from a search result meets your business rather than a blank screen while they decide whether to wait.
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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Meta descriptionYour pages carry no summary line of your own, so the two lines under your name in search results are whatever Google decides best fits the search.
  • 2
    Separate sites linking to youOnly a handful of separate websites link to yours, well behind most of this market.
  • 3
    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.
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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✓Page load speed
✓Page file size
1Meta description
2Separate sites linking to you
3The shape of your link profile
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How people find you on Google

Clark Lending Services shows very low website traffic health, with a score of 0.3 out of 10. The most important findings point to near-zero organic and paid traffic value, and no organic keywords ranking in the top 100. Focus should be on building local content, on-page SEO, and basic backlinks to start improving rankings and traffic.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
  • 2
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws no measurable visitors from search, so the only people reaching it are ones you sent yourself.
  • 3
    Search terms you rank forYour site does not appear in search results for any terms we can measure, so nobody is finding it by searching for what you do.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
0.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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No ads from you on any search
Clark Lending ServicesNot in these results3
21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Clark Lending Services' published hours cannot be matched to local peak demand because city-level popularity data is not available. The health score is very low (1.1/10), indicating potential misalignment. Without demand data, no specific hours of strong alignment or clear missed peak windows can be confirmed; a data-driven review of search and booking patterns is recommended to prioritise changes.

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
Clark Lending Services
OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
Hours 1
Monday8am-5pm
Tuesday8am-5pm
Wednesday8am-5pm
Thursday8am-5pm
Friday8am-5pm
Saturday8am-5pm
SundayClosed
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02Reviews3 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#107of 123 Christchurch mortgage brokers
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