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Name: Mortgages
Rating: 4.78 (1341 reviews)

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4.80

Based on 1,341 reviews, last reviewed 2nd Jan 2026

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Latest highest rating:

5

I found Newbury BS easy to deal with and professional. I found Newbury BS easy to deal with and professional. During the period of the mortgage we had no problems at all. Reviewed on: 2nd January 2026

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 (1341)

Great Re-mortgage advice

Highly recommend NBS, we've been with them for years. Incredibly helpful and made the whole re-mortgaging as stress-free as possible. Reviewed on: 3rd February 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi - we really do appreciate the time taken to leave us a review, thank you. Response date: 3rd February 2023

Exemplary service

We have been a depositor and borrower with NBS for more than 25 years. Post retirement over ten years ago, we still had an outstanding mortgage on our principal residence as the cash had been used to assist children with various property purchases, latterly a flat in London occupied and rented by our youngest daughter and others. The intention was always to transfer the flat to her but the outstanding borrowings needed to be transferred to her also. Our existing fixed rate product came to an end on 31 January and we started discussions with Eve McDowell in September about how to structure the arrangement which entailed me supporting our daughter with my income to enable her to achieve the earning multiple to support the required borrowing. Eve has always been incredibly pleasant and helpful to deal with as we have discussed our ultimate objective over a number of years. A satisfactory mortgage offer was issued in early December and the new advance on the security of the flat completed on 31 January to tie in with the redemption at the end of our fixed rate product. What I like about NBS is that they are friendly, local, efficient, accessible, flexible and easy to deal with and it gives the impression of providing a personalised service. Its products may not be the most competitive in the market place (apart from the 2.21% discount from SVR withdrawn in October!) but they maintain a reasonable balance. We hope this continues with the current increases in BoE base rate. Reviewed on: 3rd February 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi - thank you very much for taking the time to leave us your feedback, we really do appreciate it. We will be sure to share your comments with Eve, who will be so pleased to hear them. Response date: 3rd February 2023

Best mortgage provider

Best mortgage provider and overall building society. The staff are friendly, efficient, experienced and extremely helpful. Reviewed on: 1st February 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Thank you so much for taking the time to leave feedback and your kind words - we appreciate it! Response date: 2nd February 2023

Traditional Building Society caring service.

Products clearly explained and every effort made to help the borrower. Reviewed on: 1st February 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Thank you so much for taking the time to leave feedback Peter, we appreciate it. Response date: 2nd February 2023

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We have been mortgage customers for many years, never failed to exceed all expectations. Reviewed on: 31st January 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi - thank you for taking the time to leave us a review, we really do appreciate it. Response date: 8th February 2023

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Very helpful staff. I was very anxious about paying for a house, staff made it a lot less stressful. Reviewed on: 31st January 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi - thank you for taking the time to leave us your feedback! Response date: 8th February 2023

Too slow

Too slow and inflexible. Significant delays after paperwork requests and quite intrusive questions during the underwriting process. Reviewed on: 23rd January 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Thank you for taking time to leave feedback - we are sorry to hear that the process in this instance was not as expected - we will review the circumstances to review what could be improved on. Response date: 24th January 2023

Informative, timely, and very professional.

Felt it was a very professional service, and their communications were very timely, and we felt assured that our remortgage with them would happen at the appropriate timescales. Reviewed on: 21st January 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Thank you for your kind words and for taking time to leave feedback - we appreciate it. Response date: 23rd January 2023

Mortgage review

I have been with Newbury BS since 1991 and they have always looked after me when it comes to mortgages. I've seen Kate for the last few time & she is always professional and knowledgeable. I really like the personal touch and would recommend Newbury BS. Reviewed on: 21st January 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi Debbie, thank you so much for your kind words and taking time to leave feedback - we do appreciate it and will be sure to share your comments with Kate, who will be so pleased to hear them. Response date: 23rd January 2023

Highly professional advisor

We had an existing mortgage that had just ended its term. Kate was super helpful and steered us perfectly into our next term. Highly professional and understood our needs fully. If she could be considered for a bonus that would make my day. Reviewed on: 20th January 2023

Reply from Newbury Building Society Thank you so much for your kind words and taking time to leave feedback - we do appreciate it and will be sure to share your comments with Kate who will be so pleased to hear them Response date: 23rd January 2023

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Newbury Building Society: Mortgages reviews

10% increase in 5 star reviews

100% increase in 1 star reviews

Latest highest rating:

5

Latest lowest rating:

1

About this product

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Newbury Building Society Mortgages reviews (1341)

Great Re-mortgage advice

Exemplary service

Best mortgage provider

Traditional Building Society caring service.

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Newbury Building Society Branch Review

Too slow

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