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Name: Mortgages
Rating: 4.8 (309 reviews)

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4.81

Based on 309 reviews, last reviewed 17th Jun 2025

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A very helpful and thorough mortgage advisor A very helpful and thorough mortgage advisor Reviewed on: 17th June 2025

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SVR not come down after 3 interest rate cuts. SVR not come down after 3 interest rate cuts. Savings rates have come down. SVR goes up immediately interest rates go up. Gross profiteering imo. Reviewed on: 25th March 2025

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Hanley Economic Building Society offer a range of mortgages.

Renters with an ST postcode can get a 100% (no deposit) mortgage with Hanley Economic Building Society. They can also help with a range of scenarios including first time buying, buy to let, shared ownership and self-build.

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Fantastic experience from start to finish.

We contacted The Hanley directly as we were buying a new build property and wanted to take out a 95% mortgage. Unfortunately most high street lenders do not offer a 95% LTV on a new build property, but as soon as we contacted them to make an enquiry, they arranged a call back with a mortgage adviser. Danielle Cope was the mortgage adviser who dealt with us and she was so helpful and friendly throughout. She gave us some great advice and plenty of options on the type of mortgage term and rate. After the application was submitted, the underwriting team were fantastic and very efficient. Every time we called we were able to speak with the underwriters directly, and we were made to feel like our application was important, and not just another number. Would highly recommend. Reviewed on: 4th October 2019

An amazing team of people

It was lovely for us to be treated like people and not a number on a credit score. Jane our mortgage advisor and all the rest of the team at the Hanley worked really hard to get us a great deal on a mortgage and now we are settled into our lovely home. We can’t thank the Hanley enough - we are very happy to be a customer and would happily recommend them to anyone. Reviewed on: 24th September 2019

Easy Peasy!

We have recently moved into our first property thanks to Jane at the Hanley. Initially we thought, being first time buyers with only a 5% deposit and debts on credit cards we would never be able to get a mortgage. After being referred to Jane by a family member, we thought we'd give her a call. I am so glad we did, Jane made things so simple and straight forward for us, she made us feel so comfortable and ultimately we have moved into our dream home! We will definitely be recommending The Hanley (and Jane!) to others! Thank you! Reviewed on: 20th September 2019

Reply from Hanley Economic Building Society Hi Leanne, thank you for your wonderful feedback. We hope to provide you with more services in the future too :) Response date: 13th February 2020

Mortgage

My experience with the mortgage team was excellent, through the whole process it was as stress free as possible , Lana Beach you were a star, professional and making the journey really easy and the communication was really good . Thank you to you all Kind regards Gary Reviewed on: 11th September 2019

Regular,personalised support for a simple remortgage

Jane gave a very clear exposition of what the implications of the remortgage were.Friendly and supportive with some great ideas for my future holidays......! Reviewed on: 3rd September 2019

This review is purely dedicated to Lana..

The Hanley and everything they have done for me and my partners first house has been incredible. I felt like I had a close connection with everyone involved all the way to underwriting.. however, this was down to the work of Lana Beech. There’s no over-exaggeration here when I say Lana literally has made our house purchase work. From her years of experience, her advice allowed us to communicate with solicitors to change their demands to make our mortgage work. Despite all this, she’s genuinely one of the most professional but lovely people I have ever spoken to. We spoke nearly every day for 2/3 weeks - and you won’t ever have to chase ANYTHING if you go with the Hanley/Lana. They are on the ball from 9am onwards. I had Lana calling me later on the day some days as she knew I had a late night the night before! Little considerations make the whole experience 100x better. Buying your first house is daunting. No matter what research you do, you can never know everything you need to know. In this day and age, there are too many formalities, and too much jargon. Sometimes, you need someone to talk to you as an adult and just explain everything you need to know. This is one of the best things Lana did for us. Incredible work. Have no doubts about the Hanley. They will be one of the most pleasant companies you have spoken to. Please show this review to Lana but also the hierarchy above Lana. It’s important to me that powers-that-be are aware of the work she has done, and the influence she made. I just wish she was a solicitor too!!! Oh, worth mentioning that the Hanleys products are brilliant too! It’s easy to forget this as you are sold straight away with the products that come back on offer! Reviewed on: 26th July 2019

excellent service

great service across the whole process. Very easy to deal with. Would certainly recommend. Reviewed on: 19th July 2019

outstanding

Mortgage application adviser Jane Longmore. From start to finish Jane was polite professional and courteous I think people find house buying and mortgage application a stressful time, we were privileged to have Jane appointed for our adviser the advice and service she provided was exemplary. If this sort of professionalism and knowledge was delivered as standard in everyday life we would all be a lot richer for the experience. Thank you Jane. Mark and Isabelle Reviewed on: 4th July 2019

So helpful!

Our experience mainly surrounds Lana Beech at The Hanley and her handling of our mortgage application. We want to thank Lana for all her assistance in this matter. The process was made all the simpler for your involvement. I think that sometimes people forget - in this age of faceless online application processes - that it’s often the people that make these experiences better, supported by good IT; not the other way around. I’m sure that the bosses already know it, but you’re an absolute credit to the company. Thank you. Lee & Jen Reviewed on: 2nd July 2019

Reply from Hanley Economic Building Society Hi Lee, thank you so much for your glowing review, it's wonderful to hear and has been passed onto Lana. Response date: 13th February 2020

DO NOT REMOVE AGAIN! THANKS!

Note to the website administrator. My review below was left on 23rd May 2019 at around 7pm and is a true and accurate account of a recent experience. Today I have found that you have removed my review without any given reason? If you have any doubts over the authenticity of my review or if it breaches any of your review policy’s then please contact me by email and I will provide you with the telephone recordings to support what I have said or I can amend the review for full compliance. For those who are interested, here is my original review: I had spoken to Kathrine on 21st May 2019, she had arranged a telephone appointment between Mark Watson who is said to be a mortgage advisor and myself for 23rd May 2019 at 9:30am. At 9:40am on 23rd May 2019 I phoned the Hanley and spoke to Sherrie, she advised that she had spoken to Mark and that I should put the ‘phone down’ as he was there ready and willing to call me ‘straight away’. It is now, at the time of writing this, over 9 hours from the mutually agreed telephone appointment and the promise of a call ‘straight away’ as advised by Sherrie, both of which, have not occurred! I would advise anyone considering using the Hanley for a mortgage to think again. It is of my opinion, that if they cannot honour a telephone appointment then what are the chances of them dealing with all other elements of the mortgage application and completion process in a timely and efficient manner? I personally cannot think of anything worse than having an offer to purchase, accepted on a property, only for it to fall through, due to the incompetence of the staff who represent the Hanley Economic Building Society. BE WARNED! * Updated 25/05/2019 18:15 * Your comments below are a clear indication that you have learnt nothing from our conversation about the poor experience caused. In your comments you have made further assurances that are factually incorrect! Allow me to ‘assure you’ as a matter of ‘fact’ that I did post my review above on 23rd May 2019 and it WAS removed as described in my opening paragraph! I can prove this fact with screen shots that were taken at the time of posting the review. The review was online and live before subsequently being removed. So by trying to imply that I could be mistaken, that I have got myself ‘confused’ all because I left a Google review ‘as well’ bears no relevance to the removal of my original review. Reviewed on: 24th May 2019

Reply from Hanley Economic Building Society Thank you for your review. I can assure you that no review was removed from Smart Money People. You actually posted your review on Google Reviews. A response was made to your review yesterday on Google Reviews after we contacted you over the telephone to discuss your issue. You can see your review by on Google by following this link and selecting reviews https://g.co/kgs/dx9LFe. I trust this response answers you query. Response date: 25th May 2019

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