§ A — AWARDS · 2026 EDITION
What Customers Say
“My husband and I recently bought our first home and thank God we chose Bill Clayton with Benchmark as our lender. I'm am super type A - and again this is our first home- so we had thousands of questions. Bill took the time to make sure I was well informed about every detail; w…”
“As a first-time homebuyer, I was incredibly impressed with the service I received from Benchmark Mortgage, specifically Bill Clayton and his immediate team. Navigating the home-buying process for the first time can be overwhelming, but Bill made everything so much easier. He w…”
“Brian & the entire Benchmark team were magnificent! Coming into this process as young, inexperienced, prospective 1st time homeowners & having heard all of the horror stories that “supposedly” come with purchasing a home, my husband and I can honestly say this experience was r…”
Business at a Glance
How we scored this →Excellent
of 20 in Home Mortgage · Top 10%
of 544 in Home & Garden · Top 25%
of 2464 in Columbus · Top 25%
Good
Needs Work · tap for breakdown
poor mobile score 42; poor desktop score 51; very slow LCP 7456ms
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Speed up site load (7.5s → under 2.5s)
Pages loading in 1s have 5× higher conversion than pages loading in 5s. 53% of mobile users abandon sites that take longer than 3 seconds. — Google CrUX
Lift mobile performance (42/100 → 90+)
60% of local searches happen on mobile. A poor mobile score means slow loading, high bounce, and lost customers before they ever see you. — Think with Google
Complete your Google Business Profile
Profiles with full descriptions, hours, services, and Q&A get up to 7× more clicks than partial ones. — Google Business research
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