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Halifax: Fixed Rate Mortgage reviews

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Based on 165 reviews, last reviewed 7th Mar 2026
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Latest highest rating:

5

Easy to swap to a product transfer, easy to see pote... Easy to swap to a product transfer, easy to see potential options in the app Reviewed on: 7th March 2026
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Hannah R

Latest lowest rating:

1

Poor. Big regret using Halifax for our mortgage Never heard anything from Halifax (we bought our first home 3 months ago) other than a letter to say when our first mortgage payment was due. No “cong... Read more Reviewed on: 13th April 2025
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Halifax is a bank offering a range of financial services, such as bank accounts, savings, insurance and mortgages, including fixed rate mortgages. A fixed rate mortgage will have a set interest rate for a certain term, usually two or five years. It’s important to be confident that you understand the terms, conditions and interest rate of a mortgage. Always consult the lender or an independent advisor if you need help understanding the options available to you.

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Halifax Fixed Rate Mortgage reviews (165)

Awful - Greedy Banker *anker

1
Horrific company, even you have 50% deposit on a new home, halifax still wouldnt let you port and brrow. Worst thing is that before you sell to buy, they tell you they will lend to you to put you in motion for 2 sets of legal work, then when you are close to completion for both they pull the plug on you to force you to pay the early repayment charge, they make sure you cannot go forward and backwards to trap you in. Reviewed on: 10th December 2020

covid computer says no

1
terrible company that fails to treat customers fairly .... even if you can prove your earnings / commission they only take 30% of it into account and tar everybody with the covid brush even if you can prove you havnt been affected by it - terrible company to deal with Reviewed on: 9th December 2020

Halifax makes it IMPOSSIBLE to redeem your mortgage- you can never leave!!!!

1
By far the WORST WORST WORST company I’ve ever dealt with. 2hrs 30 mins on the phone, nothing whatsoever resolved. Complete incompetence- can anyone believe Halifax can’t actually send emails. They haven’t ‘got the faculty’ to email urgent documents to anyone, even if it means they will be ruining a sale from going through and ruining their chance to get redeemed FOR THE SECOND TIME!!! Halifax makes it IMPOSSIBLE to have their mortgage redeemed. So much red tape in place and incompetence that they literally ruin sales from going through so that there is NO WAY to ever redeem your mortgage to them !!! Wow, horrified, in shock! Don’t get a mortgage with Halifax, unless it’s too late for you, as it sadly is for me! Reviewed on: 2nd October 2020

Will not allow you to port your mortgage and penalise you fir trying to leave.

1
With the current situation banks have reduced lending And Arne asking for a 15% deposit, even though the Government has tried to help the housing market by stamp duty break. Most banks will provide existing customers along with first time buyers a mortgage with a 10% deposit. So if you are with the halifax as an existing mortgage customer and you took out a mortgage 2 years ago with a 5 year fixed rate and you want to move. A mortgage of £300000 would mean you would be ok with £30000 deposit. Beau asked of their greed they now want £45,000 deposit and if you have not got the additional £15,000 you can not port your mortgage so to move home you have no choice but to find another lender and pay a penalty for not staying with the Halifax. So either find another £15,000 before the stamp duty dead line in March or pay the Halifax over £5000 to be able to move now.. Won’t allow you to port your mortgage and penalise you fir trying to leave. Reviewed on: 18th September 2020

Very helpful

5
Helpful staff gave good information about mortgage product and how to overpay. Easily set up extra payments with no hassle. Reviewed on: 11th July 2020

Morgage

4
Good is some respects, not always easy to talk to the person you want. Reviewed on: 24th June 2020

Rubbish Service

1
Halifax are not providing a service. I am in a vulnerable situation, i have let you know and yet it makes no difference to your service. You are impossible to contact and everyone i speak to has a different update, not sure your staff are working in the correct departments. This poor service has been ongoing since March. Reviewed on: 5th June 2020

Borderline unethical. Terrible systems.

1
I was sold a '5 year fixed' deal, which wasn't - I am being charged thousands to 'early exit' even thought we've been here and never missed a payment for over 5 years. Their systems are archaic - I spent multiple hours on the phone and in branch as they couldn't bring my personal and mortgage accounts under the same umbrella, meaning I was locked out of viewing and managing my mortgage for weeks. They gave me around £100 for this, but it took about a day to sort and 3 weeks to implement. Avoid. Avoid. Avoid. Reviewed on: 26th May 2020

Poor admin

2
Very poor admin- didn't change addresses or surnames when requested, despite Branch Manager confirming they had completed it - twice! Reviewed on: 30th April 2020

Mindless drones!!!

1
I've had a nightmare experience with Halifax. I had a valuation done on a property, which you have to pay £200 for, other lenders do it for free. The valuation report was never signed off, which means we couldn't get the mortgage. It took 3 months of going back-and-forth, trying to satisfy their valuation company with the documents they needed. Every single one was rejected and the same scripted speech was given as a response each time. It was like being in an episode of Little Britain, "Computer says nooo!". The concern was around cladding, on a concrete building. They couldn't tell us where the cladding was, just wanted the developer to say it was safe. They rejected the letter saying it was safe, which was signed off by someone with the qualifications listed in their requirements of the letter. That was the last straw, it was impossible to get this mortgage, so I went with another lender and got the mortgage almost instantly. They robbed me of £200 and are refusing to refund it. They told me to contact the Financial Ombudsman Service and escalate it further if I wanted to. They don't care about you, they just don't care. They don't care about having you run around in circles trying to please them. They offer nothing but scripted spiel and cannot, simply, deviate from that script and tell you exactly what was wrong with what you gave them, when you feel like you have satisfied that scripted spiel. Mindless drones!!!! Reviewed on: 20th March 2020

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