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DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance

Mortgage broker · Cashmere, 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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DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance

Mortgage broker · Cashmere, Christchurch

Where you stand#53of 123 mortgage brokers
Overall health5.7/10across the eight areas

Going well

08Opening hours10.003Map positions8.904Listings and social7.7

Where we can help

02Reviews5.301Google listing4.005Facebook page2.507Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
How AI describes youMarketbase business report

What AI tells people about you

DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance is a Cashmere, Christchurch mortgage and insurance adviser offering tailored home loan and personal risk insurance solutions. They work with major New Zealand lenders and insurers to arrange first-home, refinance and investment loans alongside life, health and income protection cover, aiming for clear, straightforward advice and a simple process.

DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance is a mortgage and insurance adviser based in Cashmere, Christchurch. The practice focuses on home loans and personal risk insurance, working with New Zealand's major lenders and insurers to provide access to a broad range of products.

Services include first-home, refinance and investment loans as well as life, health and income protection cover. The business states it provides mortgage and insurance advice under one roof and aims to deliver personalised solutions tailored to individual goals and situations.

Clients commonly report clear communication and professional, knowledgeable service. Reviews indicate the adviser is seen as friendly, patient and willing to guide clients through the home loan process, answering questions promptly and explaining options in straightforward terms.

Locally, DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance presents itself as a Christchurch-based adviser combining mortgage and personal insurance services, with a focus on a simple, stress-reducing process and personalised support for clients seeking lending or risk cover.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The Google Business Listing health for DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance is below average, with a health score of 4.0 out of 10. The business has strong foundations such as a claimed listing, an active phone number, a website link, and an open-for-business status, which support visibility and trust. The key opportunity is to improve the description and keep growing photo content to raise 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

  • 1
    Description lengthYour description is far shorter than what most businesses here have written, which means a customer comparing listings gets a line from you and three paragraphs from the business beside you.
  • 2
    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.
  • 3
    Category fitYour categories cover this market better than the middle of the field, so you appear in most of the searches your competitors appear in.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
4.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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5.0 ★★★★★ (8)
Mortgage broker · Cashmere3
Open 7 days ✓
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
From the business

An experience Financial Adviser(Mortgage & Insurance), who believe in working alongside the clients to tailor their Home Loan & Personal Risk Insurances to ensure their individual needs are met.

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Google listingChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance shows an above-average health score of 6.1/10 in Google reviews, signalling solid performance with room to grow. The standout finding is a top 10% star rating, indicating high customer satisfaction. The business should continue to sustain excellent service to maintain momentum and drive further improvements.

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

  • 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
    Review countYour review count sits well below what buyers here are used to seeing, which means a customer comparing options side by side reads you as the less proven choice.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing all of them.
5.3Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1How far your rating and your review count together can be trusted
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Jagat L.★★★★★ · 2 weeks ago

I had a great experience working with Dharam Devkota. He is a very professional, friendly, and knowledgeable mortgage and insurance broker. He explained everything clearly, answered all my questions patiently, and made the entire process sm...

Response from the owner✓

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Maxwell D.★★★★★ · 3 weeks ago

I had an excellent experience working with Dharam. He was professional, knowledgeable, and guided me through the home loan process with clear communication and timely responses to all my questions. He worked diligently to secure a competit...

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Thanks Maxwell for your valuable comments .

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

The Maps Search Performance health is very high, indicating strong visibility in Google Maps for the business. Top opportunities include maintaining strong aggregate local visibility and pushing the suburb/borough score into the top 10% by refining the listing. This combination supports consistent exposure to local customers and potential new clients.

Strengths

  • ✓
    Maps visibility in your own suburbNo business in your suburb turns up in local Maps searches more often than you do - for a customer searching nearby, you are among the first names on the screen.

Top opportunity

  • 1
    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.
8.9Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "insurance broker" in 10 suburbs, seen in 25
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DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance✓5.0 ★ (8) · Mortgage broker
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Gerrards Insurance Brokers5.0 ★ (430) · Mortgage broker
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General Insurance Ltd5.0 ★ (1) · Mortgage broker
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QuoteHub5.0 ★ (2) · Mortgage broker
Map positionsChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
You are #14 for map positions
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Where customers find you

The overall health is high, indicating solid social and directory presence for the business. Key positive signs include outstanding Facebook and Instagram profiles and a well-listed Neighbourly profile, which support trust and visibility. The most important takeaway is that owned profiles are strong, while opportunities lie in adding missing directory and LinkedIn presences to broaden reach.

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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    Neighbourly ProfileWe can see your Neighbourly Profile listing (https://www.neighbourly.co.nz/business/devkota-mortgages-insurance) found via: Google search results.

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
    LinkedIn CompanyWe could not find an active LinkedIn Company 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.
7.7Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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InstagramdharamdevkotaDEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance | Instagram✓
Facebook61559347861464DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance | Facebook✓
Neighbourlydevkota-mortgages-insuranceDEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance | Neighbourly✓
TiktokNo account found1
YellowNo listing found2
LinkedInNo listing found3
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

  • ✓
    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.

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
    Recommendations on your pageYour count sits above the middle of this market, so a visitor reading the page finds enough written by other people to stop needing anything written by you.
5 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 4 of them.
2.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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An experienced Financial Adviser, who believes in working alongside the clients to tailor their Mortgages (Home Loan) & Insurances (Life Insurance & more) to ensure their individual needs are met.
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Facebook pageChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
You are #92 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

DevKota Mortgages | Insurance shows average on-page health at 4.3 out of 10, indicating room for improvement in technical SEO. The most important findings are the absence of a meta description on the homepage and a suboptimal Title Tag length, which could affect click-through and relevance.

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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    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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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.

Top three opportunities

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    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    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.
  • 3
    The shape of your link profileNo links to your site were found, so there is no shape to read yet.
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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2Meta description
3The shape of your link profile
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How people find you on Google

The website health for DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance is 2.5 out of 10, indicating weak overall performance in traffic and visibility. The strongest finding is that organic traffic value is near zero, suggesting minimal earned traffic. A secondary takeaway is there is no measurable paid traffic yet, indicating opportunities to start targeted campaigns.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

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    What that traffic is worthSearch is delivering you nothing you would otherwise have to pay for.
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    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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DEVKOTA Mortgages | InsuranceNot in these results3
21About 0 visits a month from search, across 0 searches
Google search and trafficChristchurch mortgage brokers · 123 businesses
You are #77 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

No city-level popularity data is available, so specific hour-by-hour alignment cannot be determined. The business has a high temporal health score (8.0/10), suggesting opening hours are broadly reasonable. To refine alignment, collect local search-time data and test shifting a small number of hours into before-work or after-work windows to see if enquiries increase. Update online hours and monitor performance.

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
DEVKOTA Mortgages | Insurance
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Hours 1
Monday9am-5pm
Tuesday9am-5pm
Wednesday9am-5pm
Thursday9am-5pm
Friday9am-5pm
Saturday9am-5pm
Sunday9am-5pm
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews2 opportunities

03Map positions1 opportunity

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page3 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#53of 123 Christchurch mortgage brokers
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