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Newbury Building Society: Mortgages reviews

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Based on 1,338 reviews, last reviewed 20th Dec 2025
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Latest highest rating:

5

Arrranging a great mortgage in quick time made easy. Moving house in England is a stressful and unnecessarily complex process. We are downsizing and as we had found the perfect new home for us, we did no... Read more Reviewed on: 20th December 2025
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Latest lowest rating:

1

*AVOID* Undervalued new build / cost £12k to leave them Newbury provided a self-build product and during the build and undervalued the build and refused to provide next tranche of cash so I had to take a pe... Read more Reviewed on: 24th October 2025
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Newbury Building Society have been in the mortgage industry for over 165 years.

Appointments with qualified mortgage advisers can be over the phone, videocall or in branch. Newbury Building Society can help with mortgages in a wide range of circumstances including first time buying, retirement, self employed and buy to let.

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Newbury Building Society Mortgages reviews (1338)

Review of the Newbury Building Society, Mortgages:

My broker recommended the Newbury Building Society.

5
I was recommended to consider a Newbury Building Society mortgage by my broker. They had a very competitive mortgage offer which matched the type of deal that best suited my criteria. All of the paperwork was turned around promptly, as was their communication with me and my broker. This mortgage could not have been easier to complete. Reviewed on: 11th April 2025
Reply from Newbury Building Society Good morning Michael, thank you very much for submitting your feedback! We’re glad that you had a positive experience with us. Response date: 11th April 2025
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Arrranging a great mortgage in quick time made easy.

5
Moving house in England is a stressful and unnecessarily complex process. We are downsizing and as we had found the perfect new home for us, we did not want to lose it. As the sale of our house was put back by a link in the chain messing up, we had to go forward with the purchase. This meant using our savings plus raising a mortgage. At our age the search for an interest only fixed cost mortgage with a short term and no early payback charges after the fixed 3 years was over was always going to be difficult. Newbury was a real find for us, they have made the process worry free and as simple as possible. The mortgage offered was excellent value and met all our rather unique requirements. Great company to do business with, we thoroughly recommend them. Reviewed on: 20th December 2025

I placed a shared ownership case with Newbury recent...

5
I placed a shared ownership case with Newbury recently and was very pleased with the service, from my initial enquiry with Will Humphries on the BDM help desk to submitting the case and the underwriter, Jill Bennett being very attentive. Any messages and documents that I sent were acted upon swiftly and the offer was issued within the expected timescale. Reviewed on: 19th December 2025

Good communications

5
Applying for a mortgage and seeing it through to completion has many stages involving many different agents, everything done by Newbury BS was done in a timely manner accomanied by emails explaining what was happening, what was next etc. Reviewed on: 12th December 2025
Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi Brian, we really appreciate your kind words. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Response date: 15th December 2025
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Simple Product Switch

5
Expat BTL mortgage was coming to an end, booked an appointment with the mortgage advisors through the website and got the call back the next day. Staff members were very polite, shared what is available and how much I’d save and the product switch was all very easy. Didn’t take much time and no hassle at all. Got the email the next day with the document to sign, again easily done and was processed very quickly. No complaints. Reviewed on: 12th December 2025
Reply from Newbury Building Society Good afternoon Tom, thank you very much for your kinds words, they are hugely appreciated. Response date: 12th December 2025
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GREAT SERVICE

5
As a smaller building society you do expect a slower service but wow very impressed . communication easy, application process easy. Definitely will use again Reviewed on: 8th December 2025
Reply from Newbury Building Society Thank you for your kind words and for taking time to leave feedback - we do appreciate it! Response date: 9th December 2025
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Everything went smoothly and without any problems

5
Everything went smoothly and without problems from the first contact to the transfer of the mortgage Reviewed on: 2nd December 2025
Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi Jaromir. we really appreciate your kind words. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. Response date: 3rd December 2025
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Very friendly, efficient and helpful throughout the...

5
Very friendly, efficient and helpful throughout the whole of our application. Reviewed on: 29th November 2025
Reply from Newbury Building Society Thank you for your kind words. We’re delighted you had a great experience with Newbury Building Society. Response date: 2nd December 2025
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Mortgage

5
Excellent service all round good experience Reviewed on: 28th November 2025
Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi Nigel, thank you for your kind words. We're glad you had a positive experience with us. Response date: 28th November 2025
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Good communication and guidance throughout the process.

5
Good communication and guidance throughout the process. Reviewed on: 28th November 2025
Reply from Newbury Building Society Good afternoon Simon, we really appreciate you taking the time to leave such a positive review. Thank you. Response date: 28th November 2025
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Once again, Newbury use common sense when providing...

5
Once again, Newbury use common sense when providing solutions to older clients, enabling them to use equity in their homes to help their families achieve their goals. Every member of staff from BDMs, whose knowledge and experience ensures all aspects of the case fits before submission, to processing team who are always happy to take a call and the Underwriters who you can speak to, makes the journey easy. People dealing with people gives the client a good result. Reviewed on: 25th November 2025
Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi Marie, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review. We really appreciate your kind words. Response date: 27th November 2025
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