Residential Mortgage Brokerage AI Visibility Ranking Trends - November 2026

Answer capsule

The November 2026 Residential Mortgage Brokerage benchmark compares 19 companies across 709 AI answers that met its inclusion rules. Rocket Mortgage leads with 366 recommendations (51.62% of answers). At least one tracked company was recommended in 443 answers; some answers recommended several companies.

The rankings distinguish being mentioned from receiving an affirmative recommendation, then examine placement and the wording used about each company. Earlier monthly results show how counts and rates changed, with each month using its own answer total. These results describe the answers reviewed, not product quality or customer satisfaction. Differences between monthly samples limit comparisons and do not establish why a result changed.

For the strategic interpretation of this benchmark, read CiteWorks Studio's analysis of How AI Search Is Recommending Residential Mortgage Brokerage

Industry leaderboard

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• How do Residential Mortgage Brokerage rank by recorded AI recommendations in November 2026?

The leaderboard orders companies by how many answers affirmatively recommended them, not by how often they appeared. A company can be mentioned frequently yet recommended less often, so the recommendation count and the mention rate answer different questions.

Ties reflect equal recommendation counts, not equal visibility or placement. Top-three and first-place results are nested within recommendations rather than separate wins, and the printed rates share one answer denominator.

Key findings

Tracked-company answer coverage

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• How often did the November 2026 Residential Mortgage Brokerage answer sample recommend any tracked company?

443 distinct answers recommended at least one tracked company. Counting each company recommendation separately gives 1287, because an answer can recommend several companies. Answers with no tracked recommendation may still have recommended companies outside this comparison.

Every qualified answer mentioned at least one tracked company, but only a majority recommended one. That gap shows appearance and endorsement are distinct: being named in an answer does not mean the answer put the company forward.

Most answers that recommended a tracked company recommended more than one, so company totals exceed the number of answers. Answers without a tracked recommendation may still have named companies outside this comparison, so coverage here is bounded by the tracked set.

Reach and affirmative recommendation

Rocket Mortgage ranks 1 by recommendation count. Mentions: 616 (86.88%); recommendations: 366 (51.62%). Top 3 placements: 298 (42.03%); first-place placements: 186 (26.23%).

Wording about the company: 397 positive, 219 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 59.4%. The net framing score was 0.64 (defined in Methodology).

250 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 81.42% were Top 3 and 50.82% were first-place.

Rocket Mortgage leads on recommendation count, but its mentions outnumber its recommendations, meaning many appearances carried no endorsement. Mention measures presence; recommendation measures affirmative support. The two should be read side by side rather than treated as one signal.

A tie in recommendation counts is a tie, not a unique winner. Placement figures describe where recommendations fell in an answer's ordering, not customer preference or conversion.

Recommendation order and placement

Placement counts are subsets of recommendations: a first-place result is also a top-three result and a recommendation. They should not be summed with recommendation totals or read as additional wins.

The recommendation-to-mention ratio shows how often an appearance also carried an endorsement within the recorded answers. It is a wording measure, not a conversion rate. Where mention bases are small, a strong ratio rests on few observations and warrants caution.

Classified framing in context

Framing classifies the wording surrounding each mention as positive, neutral or negative. It is not customer sentiment, reputation or a judgment of company quality, and neutral wording does not explain why a recommendation was or was not recorded.

Positive framing can accompany mentions without recommendations, so framing and endorsement answer separate questions. The net framing score summarizes wording balance only and should not be read as a measure of satisfaction.

Company results in detail

Rocket Mortgage

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Rocket Mortgage mentions, recommendations and placement?

Rocket Mortgage ranks 1 by recommendation count. Mentions: 616 (86.88%); recommendations: 366 (51.62%). Top 3 placements: 298 (42.03%); first-place placements: 186 (26.23%).

Wording about the company: 397 positive, 219 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 59.4%. The net framing score was 0.64 (defined in Methodology).

250 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 81.42% were Top 3 and 50.82% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Rocket Mortgage's mention count rose from 84 to 616, while its recommendation count rose from 61 to 366. The recommendation rate was 50.83% and 51.62% respectively.

Rocket Mortgage leads the recommendation count and appears in most answers, yet a substantial share of its mentions carried no endorsement. Its placements are concentrated near the top of answer orderings, and recorded wording was positive or neutral with no negative mentions.

The month-over-month comparison shows both counts rising while the recommendation rate stayed close to its earlier level. That is a recorded change in separate samples, not evidence of cause or improvement.

Bank of America

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Bank of America mentions, recommendations and placement?

Bank of America ranks 2 by recommendation count. Mentions: 549 (77.43%); recommendations: 292 (41.18%). Top 3 placements: 185 (26.09%); first-place placements: 61 (8.60%).

Wording about the company: 318 positive, 229 neutral, 2 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 53.2%. The net framing score was 0.58 (defined in Methodology).

257 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 63.36% were Top 3 and 20.89% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Bank of America's mention count rose from 75 to 549, while its recommendation count rose from 50 to 292. The recommendation rate was 41.67% and 41.18% respectively.

Bank of America ranks second on recommendations and appears in a large majority of answers, though its recommendation rate trails the leader. Its first-place share is comparatively modest relative to its top-three results, suggesting recommendations often sit below the top slot.

Wording was mostly positive or neutral with very few negative mentions. The recommendation rate was nearly flat across the two monthly samples, which differ in size and should not be read as stability of standing.

Navy Federal Credit Union

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Navy Federal Credit Union mentions, recommendations and placement?

Navy Federal Credit Union ranks 3 by recommendation count. Mentions: 497 (70.10%); recommendations: 290 (40.90%). Top 3 placements: 176 (24.82%); first-place placements: 49 (6.91%).

Wording about the company: 317 positive, 180 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 58.4%. The net framing score was 0.64 (defined in Methodology).

207 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 60.69% were Top 3 and 16.90% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Navy Federal Credit Union's mention count rose from 60 to 497, while its recommendation count rose from 33 to 290. The recommendation rate was 27.50% and 40.90% respectively.

Navy Federal Credit Union ranks third on recommendations with a mention rate below the two leaders but a recommendation-to-mention ratio close to theirs. Its first-place share is small relative to its top-three placements, so endorsements often appear lower in the ordering.

Recorded wording was positive or neutral with no negative mentions. The recommendation rate rose across the two monthly samples, but the samples differ and the change does not establish a cause.

Better Mortgage

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Better Mortgage mentions, recommendations and placement?

Better Mortgage ranks 4 by recommendation count. Mentions: 220 (31.03%); recommendations: 130 (18.34%). Top 3 placements: 82 (11.57%); first-place placements: 20 (2.82%).

Wording about the company: 139 positive, 81 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 59.1%. The net framing score was 0.63 (defined in Methodology).

90 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 63.08% were Top 3 and 15.38% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Better Mortgage's mention count rose from 60 to 220, while its recommendation count rose from 35 to 130. The recommendation rate was 29.17% and 18.34% respectively.

Better Mortgage ranks fourth on recommendations, appearing in roughly a third of answers and recommended in fewer. Its recommendation-to-mention ratio is comparable to the leaders, so when it appears it is endorsed at a similar rate, though on a smaller base.

First-place placements are a small fraction of its recommendations. Wording was positive or neutral with no negatives. The recommendation rate fell across the two monthly samples, a recorded comparison only.

CrossCountry Mortgage

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about CrossCountry Mortgage mentions, recommendations and placement?

CrossCountry Mortgage ranks 5 by recommendation count. Mentions: 261 (36.81%); recommendations: 112 (15.80%). Top 3 placements: 69 (9.73%); first-place placements: 11 (1.55%).

Wording about the company: 125 positive, 136 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 42.9%. The net framing score was 0.48 (defined in Methodology).

149 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 61.61% were Top 3 and 9.82% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, CrossCountry Mortgage's mention count rose from 25 to 261, while its recommendation count rose from 14 to 112. The recommendation rate was 11.67% and 15.80% respectively.

CrossCountry Mortgage ranks fifth on recommendations, with a mention rate above its recommendation rate and a lower recommendation-to-mention ratio than the leaders. Neutral wording outnumbered positive, and no negative mentions were recorded.

First-place placements are a small share of its recommendations, so endorsements cluster below the top slot. The recommendation rate rose across the two monthly samples, which differ in coverage and do not establish why.

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM)

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) mentions, recommendations and placement?

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) ranks 6 by recommendation count. Mentions: 238 (33.57%); recommendations: 92 (12.98%). Top 3 placements: 61 (8.60%); first-place placements: 29 (4.09%).

Wording about the company: 112 positive, 125 neutral, 1 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 38.7%. The net framing score was 0.47 (defined in Methodology).

146 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 66.30% were Top 3 and 31.52% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM)'s mention count rose from 49 to 238, while its recommendation count rose from 31 to 92. The recommendation rate was 25.83% and 12.98% respectively.

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM) ranks sixth on recommendations, with a recommendation-to-mention ratio below most peers, meaning many appearances carried no endorsement. Neutral wording slightly outnumbered positive, with a single negative mention recorded.

Its first-place share is comparatively large relative to its recommendations, so endorsements often sit near the top when they occur. The recommendation rate fell across the two monthly samples, a recorded change without an established cause.

Cohen Financial Group

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Cohen Financial Group mentions, recommendations and placement?

Cohen Financial Group ranks 7 by recommendation count. Mentions: 4 (0.56%); recommendations: 2 (0.28%). Top 3 placements: 2 (0.28%); first-place placements: 1 (0.14%).

Wording about the company: 3 positive, 1 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 50.0%. The net framing score was 0.75 (defined in Methodology).

2 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 50.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Cohen Financial Group's mention count fell from 19 to 4, while its recommendation count fell from 8 to 2. The recommendation rate was 6.67% and 0.28% respectively.

Cohen Financial Group ranks seventh on a very small base of mentions and recommendations. Its recommendation-to-mention ratio and framing score rest on few observations, so they should be read as indicative rather than stable.

Both counts fell across the two monthly samples, but the small totals and differing sample coverage mean the comparison cannot explain the change. Placements remain nested within its recommendations.

Loan Factory

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Loan Factory mentions, recommendations and placement?

Loan Factory ranks 7 by recommendation count. Mentions: 6 (0.85%); recommendations: 2 (0.28%). Top 3 placements: 2 (0.28%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 3 positive, 3 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 33.3%. The net framing score was 0.50 (defined in Methodology).

4 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 0.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Loan Factory's mention count fell from 17 to 6, while its recommendation count fell from 6 to 2. The recommendation rate was 5.00% and 0.28% respectively.

Loan Factory shares seventh place on a very small base, with mentions exceeding recommendations and no first-place placements recorded. Its recommendation-to-mention ratio rests on few observations and warrants caution.

Wording was split between positive and neutral with no negatives. Both counts fell across the two monthly samples, a recorded comparison only; the differing sample coverage does not establish why.

C2 Financial Corporation

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about C2 Financial Corporation mentions, recommendations and placement?

C2 Financial Corporation ranks 9 by recommendation count. Mentions: 4 (0.56%); recommendations: 1 (0.14%). Top 3 placements: 1 (0.14%); first-place placements: 1 (0.14%).

Wording about the company: 1 positive, 3 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 25.0%. The net framing score was 0.25 (defined in Methodology).

3 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, 100.00% were Top 3 and 100.00% were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, C2 Financial Corporation's mention count fell from 16 to 4, while its recommendation count fell from 12 to 1. The recommendation rate was 10.00% and 0.14% respectively.

C2 Financial Corporation ranks ninth on a very small base, with mentions exceeding recommendations and its single recommendation placed first. That placement is a subset of its recommendation, not an additional result.

The recommendation-to-mention ratio and framing score rest on few observations and should be treated cautiously. Both counts fell across the two monthly samples, a recorded change that differing coverage does not explain.

Avenir Mortgage Planners

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Avenir Mortgage Planners mentions, recommendations and placement?

Avenir Mortgage Planners ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Avenir Mortgage Planners' mention count stayed at 0, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

Avenir Mortgage Planners recorded no mentions and no recommendations in the selected answers, so its placement counts are also zero. These are measured zeros, not missing observations.

Ratios requiring a nonzero mention base are undefined rather than zero. Both counts stayed at zero across the two monthly samples, which does not establish absence from the wider market.

Bridgepoint Funding

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Bridgepoint Funding mentions, recommendations and placement?

Bridgepoint Funding ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Bridgepoint Funding's mention count stayed at 0, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

Bridgepoint Funding recorded no mentions and no recommendations in the selected answers, so its placement counts are also zero. These are measured zeros rather than missing data.

Ratios requiring a nonzero mention base are undefined. Both counts stayed at zero across the two monthly samples, a recorded result that does not establish absence from the wider market.

California Mortgage Advisors

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about California Mortgage Advisors mentions, recommendations and placement?

California Mortgage Advisors ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, California Mortgage Advisors' mention count stayed at 0, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

California Mortgage Advisors recorded no mentions and no recommendations in the selected answers, so its placement counts are also zero. These are measured zeros, not missing observations.

Ratios requiring a nonzero mention base are undefined. Both counts stayed at zero across the two monthly samples, which does not establish absence from the wider market.

Insignia Mortgage

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Insignia Mortgage mentions, recommendations and placement?

Insignia Mortgage ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Insignia Mortgage's mention count fell from 6 to 0, while its recommendation count fell from 2 to 0. The recommendation rate was 1.67% and 0.00% respectively.

Insignia Mortgage recorded no mentions and no recommendations in the selected answers, so its placement counts are also zero. These are measured zeros rather than missing data.

Both counts fell to zero across the two monthly samples, but the samples differ in coverage and the change does not establish a cause. Ratios requiring a nonzero mention base are undefined.

Integrus Mortgage

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Integrus Mortgage mentions, recommendations and placement?

Integrus Mortgage ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Integrus Mortgage's mention count stayed at 0, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

Integrus Mortgage recorded no mentions and no recommendations in the selected answers, so its placement counts are also zero. These are measured zeros, not missing observations.

Ratios requiring a nonzero mention base are undefined. Both counts stayed at zero across the two monthly samples, a recorded result that does not establish absence from the wider market.

JVM Lending

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about JVM Lending mentions, recommendations and placement?

JVM Lending ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, JVM Lending's mention count stayed at 0, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

JVM Lending recorded no mentions and no recommendations in the selected answers, so its placement counts are also zero. These are measured zeros rather than missing data.

Ratios requiring a nonzero mention base are undefined. Both counts stayed at zero across the two monthly samples, which does not establish absence from the wider market.

Mares Mortgage

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Mares Mortgage mentions, recommendations and placement?

Mares Mortgage ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Mares Mortgage's mention count stayed at 0, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

Mares Mortgage recorded no mentions and no recommendations in the selected answers, so its placement counts are also zero. These are measured zeros, not missing observations.

Ratios requiring a nonzero mention base are undefined. Both counts stayed at zero across the two monthly samples, a recorded result that does not establish absence from the wider market.

Resource Home Loan

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Resource Home Loan mentions, recommendations and placement?

Resource Home Loan ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Resource Home Loan's mention count stayed at 0, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

Resource Home Loan recorded no mentions and no recommendations in the selected answers, so its placement counts are also zero. These are measured zeros rather than missing data.

Ratios requiring a nonzero mention base are undefined. Both counts stayed at zero across the two monthly samples, which does not establish absence from the wider market.

Sammamish Mortgage

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about Sammamish Mortgage mentions, recommendations and placement?

Sammamish Mortgage ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 1 (0.14%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 1 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was 0.0%. The net framing score was 0.00 (defined in Methodology).

1 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, Sammamish Mortgage's mention count rose from 0 to 1, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

Sammamish Mortgage recorded a single neutral mention and no recommendations, so its placement counts are zero. The recommendation-to-mention ratio is zero on that one-observation base and should be read cautiously.

The mention count rose from zero across the two monthly samples while recommendations stayed at zero. That is a recorded comparison in differing samples, not evidence of a trend.

The Loan Story

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• What do the November 2026 AI answer results show about The Loan Story mentions, recommendations and placement?

The Loan Story ranks 10 by recommendation count. Mentions: 0 (0.00%); recommendations: 0 (0.00%). Top 3 placements: 0 (0.00%); first-place placements: 0 (0.00%).

Wording about the company: 0 positive, 0 neutral, 0 negative mentions. The proportion of mentions that also included a recommendation was Unavailable. The net framing score was Unavailable (defined in Methodology).

0 mentions had no recorded recommendation. Of recorded recommendations, Unavailable were Top 3 and Unavailable were first-place.

From October 2026 to November 2026, The Loan Story's mention count stayed at 0, while its recommendation count stayed at 0. The recommendation rate was 0.00% and 0.00% respectively.

The Loan Story recorded no mentions and no recommendations in the selected answers, so its placement counts are also zero. These are measured zeros, not missing observations.

Ratios requiring a nonzero mention base are undefined. Both counts stayed at zero across the two monthly samples, a recorded result that does not establish absence from the wider market.

Earlier ranking snapshot context

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• How do the available Residential Mortgage Brokerage snapshots from October 2026 to November 2026 differ in recommendation coverage and measurement scope?

Only months with verified results are shown. Monthly sample coverage is listed in Methodology.

The earlier and current months are separate selected samples with different answer totals and service coverage, so counts and rates are not directly equivalent. A changed count or rate shows how the recorded results differed; it does not establish why, nor does it demonstrate improvement, loss of standing or intervention success.

Rank shifts between months should be read alongside the underlying counts and rates rather than as stable ordering.

What the November Rankings Show

Reach, recommendation, placement and framing answer different questions. Reach asks whether a company appeared; recommendation asks whether the answer affirmatively endorsed it; placement asks where that endorsement fell in the ordering; framing describes the wording around the mention. None of these measures customer behavior, sales or company quality.

The rankings therefore reward affirmative endorsement rather than visibility alone, and a company can be widely mentioned without being widely recommended. Placement figures are nested within recommendations, so they refine rather than add to the recommendation picture. Framing adds context about wording but does not explain why endorsements occurred or did not.

Because the monthly samples differ in size and coverage, comparisons across months describe recorded change only. The results apply to the AI answers reviewed, not to independently verified facts about the companies.

Methodology

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• How were the November 2026 Residential Mortgage Brokerage AI visibility measures counted, and what do they not establish?

This benchmark has partial coverage: 3 of 3 planned question categories contributed usable observations; 0 contributed none. This describes question-category coverage, not demonstrated platform outages. Findings apply to the available answer set.

The month in the title is the reporting period. The exact dates when the original AI answers were collected have not been verified.

Each company is counted at most once in each answer that meets the benchmark rules. A recommendation requires both an affirmative endorsement and positive wording. Mention, recommendation, Top 3 and first-place rates use the full benchmark answer total. Top 3 and first-place results are included within recommendations, not added to them.

The recommendation-to-mention ratio divides recommendations by mentions. It describes AI answer wording, not customer conversion. Net framing is positive minus negative mentions, divided by all mentions, on a scale from -1 to +1. It does not measure customer satisfaction or company quality.

Market: US; 19 tracked companies. AI services represented: ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Google AI Mode, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity.

Research screening totals (answer observations can include repeated questions):

The source does not provide a reader-facing definition of “reserved”; that screening label is reported without inferring a reason for exclusion. Only the included benchmark answers form the rate denominator.

One answer can mention or recommend several companies. Adding company totals would therefore count some answers more than once. The results describe the AI answers reviewed, not independently verified facts about the companies or their products.

Monthly sample coverage:

The answer samples differ between months. These comparisons show how the recorded results changed; they do not establish why they changed.

The benchmark covers a partial set of planned question categories, and the exact collection dates for the original AI answers have not been verified. Findings apply to the available answer set rather than to all possible answers.

Each company is counted at most once per qualifying answer, and a recommendation requires both affirmative endorsement and positive wording. Mention, recommendation, top-three and first-place rates share the full benchmark answer denominator, with placements nested inside recommendations.

The recommendation-to-mention ratio describes answer wording, not customer conversion, and net framing measures wording balance rather than satisfaction or quality. One answer can name several companies, so company totals overlap and should not be summed. The monthly samples differ in coverage, so comparisons show recorded change without establishing cause.