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title: "Mortgage Link vs NZHL: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Mortgage Link or NZHL? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Whanganui mortgage advisers set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Mortgage Link vs NZHL: Which is more popular by branded search in New Zealand?

Which is more popular in search, Mortgage Link or NZHL? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Whanganui mortgage advisers set in New Zealand. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Mortgage Link and NZHL
- **Competitive set**: Whanganui mortgage advisers
- **Market**: New Zealand
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Mortgage Link Share of Search**: 7.7%
- **NZHL Share of Search**: 82.2%

## Which is more popular in search, Mortgage Link or NZHL?

- In August 2026, NZHL had more branded searches than Mortgage Link among whanganui mortgage advisers in New Zealand. NZHL was estimated to have 6.4K branded searches compared to Mortgage Link’s 600, and held an 82.2% Share of Search versus Mortgage Link’s 7.7%.
- NZHL was ahead of Mortgage Link in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Mortgage Link’s estimated Share of Search among whanganui mortgage advisers in New Zealand moved from 9.7% to 7.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 860 to 600.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, NZHL’s estimated Share of Search among whanganui mortgage advisers in New Zealand moved from 80.1% to 82.2%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 7.1K to 6.4K.

## How did search popularity change for New Zealand whanganui mortgage advisers in August 2026?

- In August 2026, NZHL gained estimated Share of Search among whanganui mortgage advisers in New Zealand, from 81.4% to 82.2%.
- Estimated monthly branded searches for Mortgage Link in New Zealand fell 30.2% over 11 measured months, from 860 to 600 in August 2026.

## Month by month

| Month | Mortgage Link estimated searches | Mortgage Link Share of Search | Mortgage Link rank | NZHL estimated searches | NZHL Share of Search | NZHL rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 860 | 9.7% | 3 | 7.1K | 80.1% | 1 |
| Nov 2025 | 680 | 7.9% | 3 | 7.2K | 83.2% | 1 |
| Dec 2025 | 560 | 8.7% | 2 | 5.3K | 82.1% | 1 |
| Jan 2026 | 730 | 9.1% | 2 | 6.5K | 81.7% | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 800 | 9.2% | 2 | 7.1K | 81.6% | 1 |
| Mar 2026 | 860 | 9.7% | 3 | 7.1K | 79.9% | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 720 | 9.9% | 3 | 5.7K | 79% | 1 |
| May 2026 | 840 | 10.2% | 2 | 6.5K | 79.7% | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 760 | 10.6% | 3 | 5.6K | 78% | 1 |
| Jul 2026 | 640 | 8.1% | 3 | 6.4K | 81.4% | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 600 | 7.7% | 3 | 6.4K | 82.2% | 1 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Mortgage Link’s and NZHL’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Mortgage Link**: Measured on the search terms “mortgage link”, “mortgage link dunedin”, “mortgage link feilding”, “mortgage link kapiti”, “mortgage link manawatu”, “mortgage link nz”, “mortgage link otago”, “mortgage link palmerston north”, “mortgage link taupo” and “mortgagelink”, summed into one figure.
- **NZHL**: Measured on the search terms “new zealand home loans”, “new zealand home loans blenheim”, “new zealand home loans near me”, “new zealand home loans whakatane”, “nz home loans”, “nz home loans blenheim”, “nz home loans christchurch”, “nz home loans gisborne”, “nz home loans hamilton”, “nz home loans hawkes bay”, “nz home loans nelson”, “nz home loans papamoa”, “nz home loans pukekohe”, “nz home loans rotorua”, “nz home loans takapuna”, “nz home loans tauranga”, “nz home loans wellington”, “nz home loans whakatane”, “nz home loans whangarei”, “nzhl”, “nzhl blenheim”, “nzhl cambridge”, “nzhl canterbury metro”, “nzhl christchurch”, “nzhl co nz”, “nzhl gisborne”, “nzhl hamilton”, “nzhl hawkes bay”, “nzhl home loans”, “nzhl karaka”, “nzhl kiwibank”, “nzhl mortgage”, “nzhl nelson”, “nzhl nz”, “nzhl ormiston”, “nzhl papamoa”, “nzhl papanui”, “nzhl pukekohe”, “nzhl rotorua”, “nzhl takapuna”, “nzhl tauranga”, “nzhl te awamutu”, “nzhl wellington”, “nzhl whakatane”, “nzhl whangarei”, “nzhl whitmore” and “nzhl.co.nz”, summed into one figure.

- [Mortgage Link profile](/demand/nz/brands/mortgage-link)
- [NZHL profile](/demand/nz/brands/nzhl)
- [All whanganui mortgage advisers in New Zealand](/demand/nz/categories/nz-whanganui-mortgage-advisers): The set both shares are measured inside, 5 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Mortgage Link or NZHL?

In August 2026, NZHL had more branded searches than Mortgage Link among whanganui mortgage advisers in New Zealand. NZHL was estimated to have 6.4K branded searches compared to Mortgage Link’s 600, and held an 82.2% Share of Search versus Mortgage Link’s 7.7%.

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