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themortgagefirm.com website review
Visit site (opens in a new tab)Reviewed 27 October 202624 issues · 79 checks
This review found 24 issues worth fixing on themortgagefirm.com, 9 of them high impact, across 79 checks. The most urgent: use efficient cache lifetimes. Your full playbook turns these into prioritised fixes alongside reviews, competitors and channels.
- Homepage
- Phone render
- Links and pages
- Google PageSpeed
Google PageSpeed Insights (opens in a new tab), mobile
Site score
88BClosest competitors among reviewed websites
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| Date | Real-visitor load time (LCP) |
|---|---|
| May 9, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| May 23, 2026 | 2.3 s |
| May 30, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jun 6, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Jun 27, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 11, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Jul 25, 2026 | 2.7 s |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 2.8 s |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 15, 2026 | 3.1 s |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 2.9 s |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 2.6 s |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 2.4 s |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 2.2 s |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 1.9 s |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 1.8 s |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 1.7 s |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 1.8 s |
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| Date | Real-visitor tap response (INP) |
|---|---|
| May 30, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 13, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jun 20, 2026 | 105 ms |
| Jul 4, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Jul 18, 2026 | 77 ms |
| Aug 1, 2026 | 85 ms |
| Aug 8, 2026 | 86 ms |
| Aug 22, 2026 | 84 ms |
| Aug 29, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Sep 12, 2026 | 87 ms |
| Sep 19, 2026 | 88 ms |
| Sep 26, 2026 | 86 ms |
| Oct 3, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Oct 10, 2026 | 80 ms |
| Oct 17, 2026 | 79 ms |
| Oct 24, 2026 | 79 ms |
Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab): real Chrome visitors over rolling 28-day periods.
One score from every part of this review. How it works
How it loaded on a phone
0.4 s
0.9 s
1.3 s
1.7 s
2.2 s
2.6 s
3.1 s
3.5 s
Speed
Use efficient cache lifetimes
1.4 s · 688 KiB17 files are served with short cache lifetimes, so returning visitors download them again (688 KiB).
Render-blocking requests
1.9 s7 files block the first paint until they finish downloading. Deferring or inlining them could save about 1.9 s.
Improve image delivery
900 ms · 537 KiB9 images could be 537 KiB smaller with modern formats (WebP or AVIF) and sizes that fit a phone screen. Google estimates it would make the page about 900 ms faster on a phone.
Mobile performance score: 63
63/100Your mobile performance score is 63 (desktop: 92). Pages that score under 90 lose visitors before the first paint.
Reduce unused JavaScript
300 ms · 66 KiBAbout 66 KiB of JavaScript is downloaded but never used on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 300 ms faster on a phone.
7 third-party services on the page
7 third-party services load with your homepage (consently.net, Cloudflare CDN and JSDelivr CDN and others), adding 1.1 MB and 122 ms of main-thread time.
mortgagebigger.io adds 1 ms
1 msmortgagebigger.io costs a phone 1 ms of main-thread work and 681 KiB of downloads while your page loads. Loading it after the page is usable, or only on the pages that need it, takes that off the critical path.
Reduce unused CSS
160 ms · 53 KiBAbout 53 KiB of CSS is downloaded but never applied on this page. Google estimates it would make the page about 160 ms faster on a phone.
Minify CSS
11 KiB11 KiB could be saved by minifying CSS.
Minify JavaScript
11 KiB11 KiB could be saved by minifying JavaScript.
Phones get a much slower page than desktops
Desktop scores 92 but mobile only 63. A gap that wide usually means heavy scripts and images that hit phones hardest.
Chained critical requests
Critical files load one after another instead of in parallel (3 chains). Preconnecting to key origins and preloading the hero image shortens the chain.
2 checks passed
Main-thread work: 0.6 s
A phone's processor spends 0.6 s on main-thread work while loading, 182 ms of it running JavaScript. That is comfortably low.
Server response: 12 ms
12 msYour server sent the HTML in 12 ms, well inside Google's 600 ms guideline.
Core Web Vitals
Fails Core Web Vitals for real visitors
Real Chrome users on phones do not pass Google's Core Web Vitals on this page (28-day field data from the Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab)). Google uses this in ranking.
Largest Contentful Paint: 7.8 s
7.8 sYour largest element takes 7.8 s to render on a phone. Google's threshold for “good” is 2.5 s. The largest element is the text “We use cookies and similar technologies to ensure the basic…”.
First Contentful Paint: 3.7 s
3.7 sThe first text or image appears after 3.7 s on a phone. Good is under 1.8 s.
Time to Interactive: 7.9 s
7.9 sThe page becomes fully interactive after 7.9 s. Good is under 3.8 s.
Speed Index: 6.0 s
6.0 sVisually, the page fills in at 6.0 s (Speed Index). Good is under 3.4 s.
Real-user TTFB: 845 ms
845 msReal visitors wait 845 ms for your server to start answering (75th percentile). Good is under 800 ms.
17 images without width and height
17 images have no width and height attributes, so the layout jumps as each one loads.
Tap response (INP) held steady for real visitors
0%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' tap response (inp) went from 79 ms to 79 ms at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
7 checks passed
Real-user LCP: 1.8 s
1.8 sReal visitors wait 1.8 s for the largest content to appear (75th percentile). Good is under 2.5 s.
Real-user INP: 79 ms
79 msReal visitors wait 79 ms for the page to respond to a tap (75th percentile). Good is under 200 ms.
Real-user CLS: 0.04
0.04For real visitors the layout shifts by 0.04 (75th percentile). Good is under 0.1.
Real-user FCP: 1.4 s
1.4 sReal visitors see the first content after 1.4 s (75th percentile). Good is under 1.8 s.
Largest content (LCP) got 32% faster for real visitors
-32%Over the last 25 four-week periods to 2026-10-24, real Chrome visitors' largest content (lcp) went from 2.9 s to 1.8 s at the 75th percentile (Chrome UX Report (opens in a new tab) history).
Cumulative Layout Shift: 0
0The layout barely moves while loading (CLS 0, good is under 0.1).
Total Blocking Time: 0 ms
0 msScripts block the page for only 0 ms while loading. Good is under 200 ms.
Images and page weight
1 image far larger than shown
95 KiB1 image is downloaded at several times the size a phone draws it, for example Website Banner Images March 2026-04-8BvY2J.jpg at 1,378 px wide, shown at 303 px. Resized copies would save about 95 KiB.
3 images in older formats
3 images (247 KiB) are JPEG, PNG or GIF. The same pictures as WebP or AVIF are usually much smaller at the same quality, and every current browser shows them.
About 0.4 g of CO₂ per visit
0.37 gBy the Sustainable Web Design model, a visit to your homepage emits about 0.37 g of CO₂e: 44.6 kg a year at 10,000 visits a month. It scales with page weight, so every byte cut lowers it.
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Page weight: 1.3 MB in 53 requests
1.3 MBYour homepage downloads 1.3 MB in 53 requests on a phone: images 714 KiB (20), scripts 427 KiB (12) and stylesheets 93 KiB (11). That is a lean page.
Images load when needed
Images below the first screen wait until the visitor scrolls to them.
Accessibility
9 text elements with low contrast
9 text elements don't have enough contrast against the background to read easily, especially outdoors on a phone.
Links look like plain text
1 link inside paragraphs relies on colour alone to stand out.
All page content should be contained by landmarks (7 elements)
All page content should be contained by landmarks: 7 elements on the page fail this check, rated moderate by axe-core.
2 checks passed
Every image has alt text
All 32 images in the HTML carry an alt attribute.
45 automated accessibility rules passed
axe-core 4.13.0, the open-source engine behind most accessibility testing tools, ran 48 WCAG 2.2 A/AA and best-practice rules on the phone render: 45 passed and 3 failed. 1 more need a person to judge. Automated rules catch about a third of accessibility problems; the rest need manual testing.
SEO
Title is short (28 characters)
Your title is only 28 characters: “Welcome to The Mortgage Firm”. Between 30 and 65 characters leaves room to say what you do and for whom.
67 internal links, 12 external
The homepage links to 67 pages on themortgagefirm.com and 12 external pages.
7 checks passed
Meta description: 156 characters
Your meta description is 156 characters: “Looking to buy or refinance a home? The Mortgage Firm makes it simple. Explore loan options, connect with a local exper…”.
One H1 headline
Your main headline reads: “Simplify the process with a team that gets it”.
Canonical URL set
The canonical URL is https://themortgagefirm.com/.
Structured data in place
Structured data found: WebPage.
Open Graph tags complete
Open Graph tags are complete, so shared links show a title, description and image.
robots.txt in place
robots.txt is in place and points crawlers to your sitemap.
XML sitemap found
Your XML sitemap is reachable at https://themortgagefirm.com/sitemap.xml.
AI search readiness
No Organization structured data
There is no Organization (or LocalBusiness) JSON-LD, so search engines and AI assistants have no machine-readable facts about who runs the site: its name, logo, profiles and contact details.
3 checks passed
AI answer engines may read the site
Your robots.txt lets the crawlers behind ChatGPT search, Claude and Perplexity read the site and cite it in answers.
Text is in the HTML
Your server sends the page's text in the HTML (584 words), so crawlers that don't run JavaScript still read it.
llms.txt published
The site publishes https://themortgagefirm.com/llms.txt (1 KiB, 0 links, though it should open with a “# Title” line), a plain-text guide to the site for AI tools.
Other pages
10 pages without an H1
https://themortgagefirm.com/find-loan-officer, https://themortgagefirm.com/about, https://themortgagefirm.com/contact, https://themortgagefirm.com/licensing, https://themortgagefirm.com/support and https://themortgagefirm.com/terms-and-conditions and 4 others have no <h1> headline, so visitors and search engines get no clear main topic.
15 internal pages checked
We fetched 15 pages linked from your homepage (of 23 found) and read each the way a search engine does.
6 checks passed
Linked pages load
All 15 pages we checked loaded without an error.
Canonical URLs point to themselves
No page we checked hands its ranking to a different URL.
Every page has a meta description
All 15 pages that loaded have a meta description.
Titles are unique
Every page we checked has its own title.
No linked page is hidden from search
None of the pages we checked carries a noindex tag.
Every page has a title
All 15 pages that loaded have a <title>.
Best practices
1 JavaScript error while loading
1 error was logged to the browser console while the page loaded, for example “Connecting to 'https://unpkg.com/[email protected]/dist/aos.css' violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "con…”.
2 checks passed
Tap targets are thumb-sized
18 of 18 tappable elements near the top are at least 24 px.
Mobile viewport set
The page declares a mobile viewport.
Content and conversion
Local business without LocalBusiness data
Your homepage shows a street address but no LocalBusiness JSON-LD, so Google and AI assistants have to guess your address, hours and phone from the page text.
No opening hours
The homepage shows no opening hours. If customers visit or call, show when.
No form on the homepage
There is no form on the homepage, so every lead has to click through to another page first.
No map or directions link
There is no link to Google or Apple Maps. A directions link is one tap for a phone visitor.
No risk reducer
No guarantee or risk reducer (money-back, free trial, no credit card) is mentioned, which is often what tips a hesitant visitor.
About 524 words of copy
The homepage carries about 524 words of visible text.
6 checks passed
Clear next step on the first screen
On a phone, the first screen shows a clear next step: “Apply Now” and “Buy”.
13 calls to action
The homepage has 13 calls to action, for example “Buy”, “Contact Us” and “Apply Now”.
Social proof on the page
Social proof on the homepage: 8 testimonial or review blocks and 1 customer or partner logo.
Analytics in place
Analytics detected: Google Analytics.
Direct contact links
Visitors can reach you directly: 1 phone link and 1 email link.
Phone number on the homepage
Your phone number is on the homepage as a tap-to-call link.
Privacy and tracking
1 tracker load before any consent
1Before a visitor clicks anything, the page loads Google Tag Manager (measured from a US location before any click). No consent tool was detected. Visitors from the EU, UK and several US states must be asked first.
2 cookies set on arrival
2Opening the homepage sets 2 cookies (measured from a US location before any click).
No consent tool detected
No known cookie consent tool loads with the page. Some sites build their own banner, and some only show one to visitors from the EU.
10 other companies contacted
Loading the homepage contacts 10 hosts run by other companies (fonts, scripts, analytics, ads), each of which sees the visitor's IP address.
Security, domain, email and software versions
The security, domain and email checks, software and plugin versions, and any app with a known security problem are visible only to people at themortgagefirm.com, because details like these could help someone attack a site. Every review keeps them private, whatever they found.
Upkeep, stack and company
Stack
- Framework
- jQuery
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Hosting
- Rackspace
Company
- Employees
- 264
Upkeep, stack, hiring and company data from programmable.info
Go beyond the website
What your $25 Growth Playbook adds
This review found 24 issues on themortgagefirm.com, including 14 speed issues, 1 SEO issue and 1 conversion gap. That is the website alone. The full Growth Playbook pairs these findings with what your customers say in public reviews and communities and what your closest competitors do better, then turns everything into at least 20 prioritised ideas, each with the evidence behind it, a step-by-step playbook, a metric and an owner.
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