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Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services

Mortgage broker · Ponsonby, Central Auckland

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 106 Central Auckland finance businesses.

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Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services

Mortgage broker · Ponsonby, Central Auckland

Where you stand#59of 106 finance businesses
Overall health4.5/10across the eight areas

Going well

02Reviews9.105Facebook page8.703Map positions6.604Listings and social6.2

Where we can help

01Google listing5.708Opening hours4.107Google search and traffic0.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services is a Ponsonby-based mortgage advisory practice in Auckland. The team specialises in home loans, refinancing and investment lending, with access to over 30 banks and lenders. Customers commonly cite clear communication and responsive support throughout the lending process, and the advisers focus on tailored recommendations to help clients navigate mortgage options.

Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services is a mortgage advisory practice located in Ponsonby, Auckland. The firm works with clients seeking home loans, refinancing and investment lending, presenting itself as a specialist mortgage adviser in the local area.

The advisers have access to more than 30 banks and lenders and thousands of loan products, which they use to present a range of options. Services include first-home guidance, refinancing strategies and assistance for investors, with advisers aiming to make lenders work hard for clients.

Customers frequently describe the team as professional and highly responsive, noting clear explanations of lending options and tailored recommendations. Several recent reviews highlight support through the entire home loan process, helpful communication during complex steps and satisfaction with the options presented.

Locally, Loan Market Ashkettle stands out for its Ponsonby location, specialist focus on mortgage advice and broad lender access. Clients seeking hands-on guidance through first-home purchases, refinancing or investment lending will find advisers who emphasise responsiveness, clarity and personalised lending solutions.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

The Google Business Listing for Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services shows a moderate overall health, indicating several basics are in place but room for improvement remains. Key strengths include the claimed status, a visible business title, an active phone number, and a link to the website, which support initial customer engagement. The main opportunity areas relate to visuals, description quality, and category fit.

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 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.
5.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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5.0 ★★★★★ (421)
Mortgage broker · Ponsonby3
Open 5 days ✓
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From the business

At Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services, we are specialist Mortgage Advisers in Auckland passionate about helping our clients take charge of their finances and achieve their home ownership dreams. Whether you are looking for your first home, investing in another one or are wanting to refinance, we will be with you every step of the way. With access to over 30 banks and lenders and thousands of products, we will make the lenders work hard for you.

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Google listingCentral Auckland personal & business finance · 106 businesses
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services shows a very high Google review health score with strong ratings and a solid volume of reviews. The two key findings are: an excellent overall rating confidence that blends score and review count, and a top star rating that remains visible and credible. Maintaining current engagement is essential as the market's dynamics can shift.

Strengths

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    Review confidenceRating and volume together put you at the head of this market: well rated, with enough reviews behind it that a customer takes the number seriously.
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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.

Top two opportunities

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    Response rateYou answer more of your reviews than the middle of this market, so a customer scrolling your page mostly finds you there.
  • 2
    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.
9.1Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Tee S.★★★★★ · 3 weeks ago

We cannot recommend Andrew Ashkettle and his team highly enough! As first-home buyers, the whole process of securing a mortgage and purchasing our very first home felt overwhelming at times, but Andrew made the journey so much easier. His...

Response from the owner1

Thank you so much, Natasha and Andre! We really appreciate your kind words. It was an absolute pleasure helping you navigate your first mortgage and turn your dream home into a reality. Wishing you an...

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Thomas S.★★★★★ · a month ago

We had a fantastic experience with Andrew at Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services. He was extremely well informed and took the time to explain our lending situation in detail. Andrew presented multiple options for us to consider and gav...

Response from the owner

Thanks so much Thomas and Jaquetta! It was a real pleasure working with you both and helping navigate your lending options. I am glad the tailored recommendations were clear and helpful, and I truly a...

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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Overall health remains above average with a 6.6 out of 10, indicating solid visibility in Google Maps searches for Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services. The strongest opportunities lie in expanding presence beyond Ponsonby and ensuring nearby residents see the business in local results, particularly by maintaining ongoing reviews and testing searches from the main service area.

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top two opportunities

  • 1
    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
  • 2
    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.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
6.6Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Top three for "finance broker" in 1 suburb, seen in 6
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Common Ground Financial Solutions5.0 ★ (25) · Mortgage broker
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Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services25.0 ★ (421) · Mortgage broker
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Flax Financial - Mortgages and Kiwisaver5.0 ★ (62) · Mortgage broker
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Finance In NZ0.0 ★ (0) · Mortgage broker
Map positionsCentral Auckland personal & business finance · 106 businesses
You are #37 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Citations & Social Presence shows an above-average health score that reflects a solid digital footprint, with strong evidence from Facebook, LinkedIn Company and LinkedIn Profile. Key strengths include consistent business information across major profiles and a verified Facebook presence. Primary opportunities are to claim or create Yellow Directory and Yellow Profile listings and ensure Instagram is properly linked to owned assets.

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.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Instagram ProfileWe found your Instagram Profile page through search rather than through anything you own.
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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
    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.
5 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
6.2Good
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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LinkedInrobyn-ashkettle-ba33a011Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services | LinkedIn3
FacebookashfinserLoan Market Ashkettle Financial Services | Facebook✓
InstagramashfinserLoan Market Ashkettle Financial Services | Instagram1
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Listings and socialCentral Auckland personal & business finance · 106 businesses
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services has a High Facebook health score (8.2/10). The page lists a business-owned website link, a chosen page address, phone, email and street address, so customers can contact or locate the business directly. Two key issues remain: followers are below the local median, limiting reach beyond regulars, and the page intro is shorter than most peers and could be clearer about services or suburbs served.

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

  • 1
    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than follow half the pages here.
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    What your page says about youYour intro is shorter than half the pages here.
8 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.7Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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600 followers 1
Over 35 years of experience and $1 billion in settled loans helping people just like you!2
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🌐 adviser.loanmarket.co.nz/ashkettle-financial-services✓
☎ +64 21 222 2226✓
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Facebook pageCentral Auckland personal & business finance · 106 businesses
You are #15 for your Facebook page
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Your website

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    On-page scoreYour home page did not return anything we can measure, and a page that will not answer a scanner is usually the same page that keeps a customer waiting.
  • 2
    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
  • 3
    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.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 3 of them.
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What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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3Meta description
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How people find you on Google

Strengths

Your first one is close. Sort an opportunity below and it moves up here.

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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You are #72 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Hours already align well with local demand, covering 71% of the week's customer traffic and leaving one clear gap. Sunday 12pm to 4pm is closed, where a customer meets a closed door and must go elsewhere. Open Sunday 12pm to 4pm would let customers arrive and be served during that busy midday window.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandYour hours cover some of the busy stretches but fewer than half the businesses here, which means someone ringing round on a Saturday morning reaches your competitors and your voicemail.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
4.1Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
Loan Market Ashkettle Financial Services
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Hours 1
Monday8:30am-6:30pm
Tuesday8:30am-6:30pm
Wednesday8:30am-6:30pm
Thursday8:30am-6:30pm
Friday8:30am-6:30pm
SaturdayClosed
SundayClosed
Opening hoursCentral Auckland personal & business finance · 106 businesses
You are #63 for opening hours
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02Reviews2 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#59of 106 Central Auckland finance businesses
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