Ashley McCarty-Carnahan is a mortgage adviser with Guardian Smith, based in Christchurch on Level 1, 4 Cranford Street in Sydenham. Before moving into lending, Ashley worked across several industries, and the site says her favourite was data analytics and visualisation for the agricultural sector. Ashley is known for attention to detail, curiosity and accuracy, and the site says she supports clients through their home ownership journey, whether that is a faster mortgage application or a plan for future financial goals. Guardian Smith's services cover first home purchases, upsizing, refinancing, investment property and rate refixes.
Booking a consultation is free and takes about two minutes online, and a mortgage adviser follows up personally. Guardian Smith is a New Zealand owned and operated group of licensed advisers. Within a kilometre, the mortgage broker listings on Open Locally include seven others. The closest are Ella McLean, also at Guardian Smith, and Craig Brown, a little further away, and the nearby figures show that these are the busiest advisers in the area. For a client wanting a personal adviser in Christchurch, the firm's consultation process is set out on the Guardian Smith site.