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Name: Fixed Rate Mortgage
Rating: 3.76 (92 reviews)

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3.63

Based on 92 reviews, last reviewed 2nd Apr 2025

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Latest highest rating:

5

Great customer service received and very competitive... Great customer service received and very competitive product. Reviewed on: 2nd April 2025

Latest lowest rating:

1

Lying con artists, should be banned As per my contract I could port my 5 years fixed mortgage. Sold my house, struggled to find another one, finally did and HSBC said they can't offer me... Read more Reviewed on: 20th June 2024

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HSBC is a financial services provider offering a range of products and services, including a variety of mortgages. A fixed rate mortgage has a set interest rate that lasts a specific period of time, usually between two and five years, but sometimes up to ten. Make sure you’re confident with the terms, conditions and interest rate of a mortgage. Always ask the lender or an independent advisor if you need help understanding your options.

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HSBC Fixed Rate Mortgage reviews (92)

Review of the HSBC, Fixed Rate Mortgage:

May as well organise a mortgage yourself

Used HSBC for the mortgage on a new property. Simply put we were 'porting' our current HSBC mortgage from the old to the new house and taking out a second HSBC mortgage to cover the difference. The maths was Mortgage 1 + mortgage 2 = the price of the new house (minus what we put in in terms of equity on the old property) HSBC applied the following maths. Mortgage 1 - mortgage 2 = £97,000 short of what we needed. I voiced concern this was wrong and this was ignored for 10 weeks straight, despite repeated e-mails and phone calls. 2 days before exchange our lawyers got involved and pointed this out. HSBC finally accepted the mistake as one of the advisors having made a cock up. I expressed dismay that the mistake wasn't picked up by underwriting and the fact theres a single point of failure that can go all the way through to exchange. I wrote a letter asking HSBC to alter their procedures so no single mistake could go through to exchange without a second check to detect it, a relatively easy process to employ. HSBC refused stating it was 'too difficult' to implement this. From someone that works in a safety related industry where procedures change the whole time I know this not to be true. HSBC then suggested it was the lawyers that were to blame, ironic when it was the lawyers that THEY INSISTED i use. That cost me £1004 in cancelled legal fees from the original lawyers I instructed. Again HSBC denied any wrong doing as it's in their terms and conditions. I might also remind them 'learning from mistakes and putting things right is also in the T&Cs but they failed to do that by refusing to change very poor procedures. HSBC then went on to suggest I was the second line of defence on mistakes and I should have picked up the mistake. I pointed out I was not a financial adviser but I had highlighted a mistake and I had been ignored. Ironically then HSBC seemed to ignore me when I further pushed this point. I would summarise they actively encourage weak procedures so they can use plausible deniability. In the end I was offered £250 and the ombudsman agreed this was fair because the legal issue and the procedures issue they do not look into as it's not their area of responsibility. I contacted the FCA who seemed largely disinterested but 'added it to their statistics'. Now i know how the 2008 financial crash occurred. In my industry this standard would not be accepted. Taking my mortgage and bank elsewhere at the end of my fixed mortgage term. That will cost HSBC a lot more than £1004 i can assure them. In summary a totally incompetent and mismanaged process, and very unlikely to be a one off given the weak procedures to prevent such things happening. Reviewed on: 3rd July 2019

Great customer service received and very competitive...

Great customer service received and very competitive product. Reviewed on: 2nd April 2025

Good overall product

The rates are competitive and the customer service is good. Reviewed on: 26th February 2025

Lying con artists, should be banned

As per my contract I could port my 5 years fixed mortgage. Sold my house, struggled to find another one, finally did and HSBC said they can't offer me half as much amount, sent 39 documents proving now I earn much more and their mortgage advicer cancelled last min twice and then I raised a formal complain eventually got another advicer, she was a script reading robot who asked for way more documents despite some were not relevant. Mortgage in principal was approved for the amount I wanted but when it came to actual application for which I was asked to produce bonus letter, work official letter showing pay raise, I was pushed down to £20k less than my required amount on much cheaper property than I had few months ago. Nevertheless, carried out hard search and several soft searches and after 2+ months of struggle and discrimination today I'm told I'm not approved for anything over a phone call at 7pm. Absolutely disgrace, greedy twits with incompetent script reading clowns who can't speak English. Will never be using HSBC again. Reviewed on: 20th June 2024

Best available rate in the market when booked.

Best available rate in the market when booked. No problems and mortgage sorted in 2 weeks Reviewed on: 18th June 2024

Had HSBC Fixed Rate mortgages for years.

Had HSBC Fixed Rate mortgages for years. The competitive rates, ease of application and customer service is the best in my experience. Reviewed on: 2nd June 2024

Good products with competitive rates

Initially got a tracker mortgage once my existing fixed mortgage expired with different bank. The remortgage process was very easy and product terms very good. Have recently remortgaged again with HSBC and managed to get a better rate fixed for 2 years Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

Great mortgage product - had no issues in the past 3...

Great mortgage product - had no issues in the past 3+ years Reviewed on: 13th April 2024

I had to put in an official complain to HSBC re thei...

I had to put in an official complain to HSBC re their mortgage advisor who advised me to cancel a product less than 24 hours after I agreed to it as he said the rates were coming down, and then he conveniently forgot to call me and arrange for new paperwork to be done in order to get the new rate, by the time I asked them what was happening the rates had gone up nearly 2%. he claimed he had done nothing wrong, eventually I got them to agree the fixed rate that I had originally done a 2 hour zoom for. Reviewed on: 12th April 2024

Excellent service & good rates

I am ever so grateful to HSBC appriving my first house mortgage & been lucky with good rates & still with the bank since 2006 in a better place now with less than 5 years left to be mortgage free by my 50th Birthday feels surreal. Bank has been supportive during difficult financial period & provided reasonable rates & kept in the loop of my product term ending or rates changing. I particularly love using the app keeps me updated as I travel for work not always have time seeing to letters. Moved digital which I prefer keeps me upto date. Reviewed on: 10th April 2024

From an IFA, avoid HSBC like the plague when mortgaging

They have been consistently terrible and I am adamant that they are somehow manipulating their reviews here as they should be 1*. Worst underwriting experience on the market and that is terrible when there are lenders like Barclays. Horrific communication, underwriters will wait for you to answer one query and then raise 5 more. Always leading to unnecessary delays for prospective mutual clients, how is this in line with consumer duty? Not surprised as they are a bank known for controversy in money laundering. Reviewed on: 11th December 2023

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