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Case Study — Mortgage Broking Auckland, New Zealand

Fifteen years of credibility. Access to 20+ lenders. All of it buried in a paragraph nobody scrolled to

Mukhtar Kiyani built genuine expertise at Finch Mortgages — 15 years in the industry, experience inside the banks he now negotiates with, and access to over 20 lenders for a better rate. None of it showed up until a visitor scrolled well past the homepage. Webstacy rebuilt the site to put that credibility first — and Finch Mortgages has been climbing steadily in local Google Maps rankings ever since.

Scope Identity & Credibility· Trust Signal Placement· Local Search Visibility
before — old homepage
Finch Mortgages old homepage
Before — Credibility Buried
after — new homepage
Finch Mortgages new homepage
After — Credibility Surfaced
The Situation

The expertise was real. Nobody could see it.

Fifteen years, a background inside the banks, a network of 20+ lenders — a genuinely strong case for why someone should choose Finch. It just wasn't anywhere a visitor would look.

Before
  • 15 years of experience and a multi-bank background — not mentioned anywhere near the homepage
  • Access to 20+ lenders for better rates, buried in a paragraph instead of shown as a headline benefit
  • No visible reviews, no client numbers, no proof above the fold
  • Visitors landed on a generic welcome message and left before finding any of it
After
  • "Kiwis Most Trusted Mortgage Broker" and 15-years-experience badges visible in the first screen
  • 20+ lenders compared and 500+ families helped shown as concrete numbers, not buried claims
  • A dedicated "Meet Your Adviser" section putting a name, face and story behind the business
  • Real Google reviews surfaced directly on the homepage, not left in a separate tab
The Real Problem

His best asset was invisible

Fifteen years, a background inside the banks he now negotiates against, access to over 20 lenders — this is exactly what makes a mortgage broker worth choosing over the next one. All of it was true. None of it was visible. It sat in a paragraph a visitor would only reach after scrolling past a generic welcome message — by which point most had already decided there was nothing here worth reading further.

Our Method

One rebuild. Making 15 years impossible to miss.

Phase 01

Identity & Credibility — The Website

Not built to add anything new — built to finally show what was already true.

  • 15 years of experience and bank-side background moved to the first screen, not paragraph three
  • "20+ lenders compared" turned into a headline proof point, not a footnote
  • A named "Meet Your Adviser" section replacing an anonymous welcome message
  • Real reviews and trust badges placed where a visitor actually looks
15 Yrs, Multi-Bank Background
20+ Lenders Compared
Credibility, Surfaced
Rising Google Maps Ranking
See It In Action

The system, page by page

finchmortgages.co.nz — trust bar
Finch Mortgages lender trust bar and stats

Proof, not claims — real lender logos and hard numbers, visible before any scrolling.

finchmortgages.co.nz — meet your adviser
Finch Mortgages meet your adviser section

A name and a face — 15 years of experience told as a story, not a stat buried in text.

finchmortgages.co.nz — reviews
Finch Mortgages client reviews

Trust that already existed, finally shown — real client reviews, front and center.

The Numbers

What the rebuild produced

15 Yrs
Experience, Now Front & Center
20+
Lenders Compared
500+
Families Helped
5.0★
Google Rating
Climbing
Local Google Maps Ranking
250+
Organic Clicks, First 60 Days On A New Domain
Search Console — The Proof

A brand-new domain, already climbing

finchmortgages.co.nz had zero search history before the rebuild — no backlinks, no ranking data, nothing for Google to go on yet. Within the first two months of hosting, the rebuilt site had already pulled in 250+ organic clicks, with impressions climbing steadily week over week.

Google Search Console — performance, last 28 days
Google Search Console performance report for Finch Mortgages showing 121 clicks and 43.3k impressions over 28 days

121 clicks and 43.3k impressions in a single 28-day window — on a domain that didn't exist two months earlier.

Google Search Console — top countries
Google Search Console top countries report showing 83 percent of clicks from New Zealand

83% of clicks from New Zealand — exactly the local market the rebuild was built to win, not scattered irrelevant traffic.

Finch Forms — submissions inbox
Finch Forms submissions inbox showing a real enquiry received through the rebuilt website, with contact details redacted

Clicks turning into real enquiries — a genuine lead landing in the inbox through the rebuilt site, contact details redacted for privacy.

In His Words

Straight from Finch Mortgages

founder
Mukhtar Kiyani — Founder & Adviser, Finch Mortgages

"I had the experience and the lender network to back it up — I just never had a website that led with it. Now it's the first thing people see, and I'm not competing on a generic welcome message anymore."

Mukhtar Kiyani — Founder & Adviser, Finch Mortgages
How It Happened

From buried credibility to a rising local ranking

  • 01

    Credibility audit

    Reviewed the existing site and found 15 years of experience and a 20+ lender network buried past the fold.

  • 02

    Homepage rebuilt around proof

    Trust badges, experience and real numbers moved to the first screen.

  • 03

    "Meet Your Adviser" introduced

    A named, human story replacing a generic welcome message.

  • 04

    Real reviews surfaced

    Google reviews placed directly on the site, not left in a separate tab.

  • 05

    Local visibility improved

    Clearer structure and stronger signals fed into Google's local ranking.

  • 06

    A consistent climb

    Finch Mortgages has been steadily rising in regional Google Maps results since.

Is Your Best Asset Buried Too?

What credibility are you sitting on that nobody can see?

The same rebuild — putting your real experience and proof where a visitor actually looks, first.

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