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Darlington Building Society: Mortgages reviews

4.83
Based on 942 reviews, last reviewed 3rd Mar 2026
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Latest highest rating:

5

Best customer service and great rates Everyone I’ve spoken to has been really helpful and when you call you actually get through to someone straight away! Very unlike other banks but as a ... Read more Reviewed on: 3rd March 2026
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Latest lowest rating:

1

Not thorough, waste of my time I waited 3+ weeks for my application to process, with them gathering info piece by tiny piece, only to be told that they couldn't ever have processed ... Read more Reviewed on: 4th February 2026
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About this product

Darlington Building Society have a range of mortgage products.

Mortgages are available from Darlington Building Society whether you’re looking for a mortgage as a first-time buyer, mortgages for new builds, or a new mortgage deal when yours runs out.

Darlington Building Society mortgage reviews help you find out what it’s really like to be a customer. If you’ve used Darlington Building Society before, you can also leave a review and share your experience.

Darlington Building Society Mortgages reviews (942)

Review of the Darlington Building Society, Mortgages:

Straightforward and easy to work with - friendly tea...

4
Straightforward and easy to work with - friendly team and efficient process from start to finish Reviewed on: 7th April 2025

Seamlessly organised my re-mortgage.

5
Seamlessly organised my re-mortgage. Reviewed on: 7th April 2025

Easy to use with great communication

5
Easy to use with great communication Reviewed on: 7th April 2025

Specialist mortgage provider

5
We needed a tricky mortgage, lots of specific things that we had to tick which many mainstream high street lenders couldn't provide for us. Our broker got us a fantastic mortgage with darlington, we are so pleased. I really hope that we can keep this mortgage to full term as they have such lovely people in the office whenever we need some advice. Reviewed on: 7th April 2025

Base rate too high and I used to borrow double for h...

4
Base rate too high and I used to borrow double for half Reviewed on: 7th April 2025

Best building society and bank ever.

5
Best building society and bank ever. They are responsive and helpful, plus good on the financial side. Reviewed on: 7th April 2025

Phone contact

4
I last made contact about 12 months ago the person I spoke with was helpful and sorted out my query. Reviewed on: 7th April 2025

They were very supportive, and put my mind at ease

5
Great experience, they really helped me when I needed to rent out my home and put me onto a consent to let mortgage. They were very supportive, and put my mind at ease. Reviewed on: 3rd April 2025

Phone calls answered promptly and curteously - usual...

5
Phone calls answered promptly and curteously - usually answered within a minute. Helpful, friendly and knowledgable..a pleasure doing business with them Reviewed on: 31st March 2025

I had a non -standard mortgage application an I earn...

5
I had a non -standard mortgage application an I earn income abroad. Darlington came up with a solution Reviewed on: 28th March 2025

Finding a new fixed rate mortgage was easy.

5
When our fixed repayment mortgage came to an end, I found it easy to move forward onto a new fixed rate term. The advice available from the society was excellent and after consideration was able to decide which option was best for me. I have been pleased with this decision and very happy with the result. Reviewed on: 28th March 2025

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