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Hinckley & Rugby Building Society: Mortgages reviews

Name: Mortgages
Rating: 4.46 (364 reviews)

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4.58

Based on 364 reviews, last reviewed 20th Dec 2024

167% increase in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

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in the past 90 days

78%

Latest highest rating:

4

It's easy and approchable,always receiving response... It's easy and approchable,always receiving response very quickly Reviewed on: 20th December 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

Slow, poor value and unhelpful Took 8 months to arrange a remortgage, response to any communication always exceptionally slow and often asked to provide the same information multipl... Read more Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

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Your home is likely to be your largest financial purchase, so finding the right lender is key. We collect Hinckley & Rugby Building Society mortgage reviews to help you make an informed decision.

Hinkley & Rugby Building Society is a mutual organisation that provides a range of mortgage products. Before taking out a mortgage product, make sure that you’re confident with the terms, conditions and interest rates. Always contact the lender or an independent advisor if you have any questions or need help understanding your options.

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Hinckley & Rugby Building Society Mortgages reviews (364)

Hideous experience - avoid at all costs

We were initially given an offer for more money than we needed, which gave us hope and the confidence to forge ahead with plans. However, an Offer In Principle from H&R is clearly not worth the paper it is written on. After several months of financial interrogation due to being self employed, this building society took our fees and then promptly turned around a few days later and rejected our application due predominantly to self employment. We appealed, successfully at first, only to then be rejected again because of Japanese Knotweed being 150m away from the house. In spite of H&R stating that they follow the opinion of surveyors in cases of JK, they were not prepared to even consider this case - even though the vendor had a £4000 treatment plan in place with a guarantee for 10 years. This was not good enough for H&R, and our dreams are now in tatters. We had everything planned - school places, jobs - and for whatever reason this building society decided that we didn’t fit the bill. This is yet another case of discrimination against the hard working self-employed. Communication has been terrible - in fact almost non existent - and when we queried the length of time the processes were taking, we were simply fobbed off. We have finally been given a partial refund - after a fight - yet we fail to see how they can justify keeping the “non refundable arrangement fee” - when they have not in fact arranged anything. We would appreciate some genuine feedback from H&R regarding why they have felt it acceptable to treat us this way. Reviewed on: 21st October 2021

Reply from Hinckley & Rugby Building Society We are very sorry that you were unhappy with the service provided. We will be in touch with you shortly and hope that we will be able to provide more context around the processing of your application, and answer any questions you may have. Response date: 22nd October 2021

Very professional

Great communication Fast response Highly recommended Reviewed on: 16th October 2021

Reply from Hinckley & Rugby Building Society Thank you for your wonderful review. Our mortgage team are always on hand to offer assistance and will be thrilled to hear that you had such a positive experience Response date: 18th October 2021

great service provided

Very professional organisation that provides a fantastic personal touch. Constantly providing us with updates via emails and phone calls. Reviewed on: 14th October 2021

Professional

Regular contact and updates. Contacted and kept up to date via phone calls and we emails. Reviewed on: 13th October 2021

Reply from Hinckley & Rugby Building Society Thank you for your lovely feedback. Our mortgage team are constantly striving to ensure they provide the highest level of service to our customers and will be delighted to know how happy you are with the service you received. Response date: 14th October 2021

Good product but painfully slow application process

The product offered is a good one but getting through the application process too so Kong and was overly detailed and frustrating at times. Reviewed on: 5th October 2021

Reply from Hinckley & Rugby Building Society Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry to hear about your experience and will pass your comments on to the team. Please rest assured we are always striving to provide a high level of service so your comments will be helpful to improve the level of service we provide. Response date: 6th October 2021

First class experience

Thank you for making this re-mortgage an easy and straightforward experience. Helpful from start to finish. Reviewed on: 5th October 2021

Incompetent

Slow, uncommunicative, incompetent. Worst mortgage experience I have ever had quite simply. What should have been a straightforward mortgage took many months, a JBSP mortgage was simpler. Reviewed on: 4th October 2021

Reply from Hinckley & Rugby Building Society Thank you for your feedback - we’re really sorry that your experience was not more positive. We’d love to investigate the circumstances behind the issues and provide you with a personalised response – if you’re happy for us to do so, please email [email protected] with your details so that we can identify you. Response date: 11th October 2021

Excellent service, H&R should be a household name

I have been really impressed on the mortgage we have just secured. We have bought an unusual house that mainstream lenders would not touch. However H&R were pragmatic all the way through and kept us informed of progress. My only bone of contention was an issue related to the survey which was out of H&Rs hands. They took ownership for fixing the issue and we got the result we wanted. I would recommend to all. Reviewed on: 3rd October 2021

Appalling focus, sense of urgency and concern about customer experience.

A continuing battle to progress the application. Reviewed on: 2nd October 2021

Worst experience ever

I applied for a mortgage with H&R I was told I could get a mortgage and everything was ok with affordablility. I paid for a survey and the administration fees to be later told I had to pay of every loan I had even my mobile loan £17 P/M and they decided I was not eligible for original 180k loan and only 150k. Bearing in mind I earn 51k P/Y and have no large debts. I ended up going with a 60% LTV product and they tried to get me to sign up at 1.9% bearing in mind it says on there website the product they offer for 60% LTV is 1.25% they then tried to blame my mortgage broker who was totally shocked that they did this. I have complained to H&R I am awaiting there results before I take the matter further with the relevant complaint ombudsman. All of this took around 8 weeks I think I will go back to nationwide next time where I can borrow more with far less hassle Reviewed on: 21st September 2021

Reply from Hinckley & Rugby Building Society We’re very sorry that you have had cause for complaint and will send you our response as soon as possible. Response date: 22nd September 2021

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