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Newbury Building Society: Mortgages reviews

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Based on 1,363 reviews, last reviewed 2nd Mar 2026
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Latest highest rating:

5

A great Mortgage Lender to have. A great Mortgage Lender to have supporting your lifestyle. We have had our Mortgage with Newbury Building Society for many years now. Having recently ... Read more Reviewed on: 2nd March 2026
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Latest lowest rating:

1

Newbury Building Society Unhelpful We have had a mortgage with Newbury for years and have never missed a payment so when it came to renewing the mortgage for another 2 years they became... Read more Reviewed on: 4th January 2026
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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 (1363)

Helpful and personal banking

4
The Newbury is second to none in demonstrating the core values that underpin being a Building Society rather than a bank: respect for members, excellent customer service, and value for money. Reviewed on: 12th February 2021

Good & reliable.

4
Always efficient and competitive interest rate. Reviewed on: 8th February 2021

An outstanding example of quality customer service. Professional, timely and empathetic.

5
The service was professional, timely and empathetic at all stages. Exceeded our expectations especially considering the operational challenges presented by Covid 19. Exceptional in every regard Reviewed on: 5th February 2021

An outstanding example of quality customer service. Professional, timely and empathetic.

5
Under normal circumstances, the achievement of such high standards would have been notable. However, given operational constraints due to Covid 19, to have done so in the circumstances is nothing short of remarkable. Reviewed on: 5th February 2021
Reply from Newbury Building Society Dear ABL, thank you so much for taking the time to leave feedback and for your kind words - our colleagues will really appreciate this. Response date: 5th February 2021
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Extremely helpful

5
Everyone I have had contact with from Newbury has been fantastic, from Kayleigh my mortgage advisor helping me out in between appointments to the underwriting team dealing with my enquiries over the phone and providing speedy assistance Reviewed on: 5th February 2021
Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi Dave - thank you for taking the time to leave feedback for us - we really appreciate it, We will share your comments with Kayleigh and her colleagues in Underwriting - they will be so pleased. Many thanks Response date: 8th February 2021
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A very friendly, considered and traditional service

5
Having built our house with, and then mortgaging with, Newbury Building Society we've found that over the last 8 years the service has been absolutely consistent. Consistently rubbish that is!! Only joking. It's nice to be able to speak directly to a human being and we've found them to always take a practical and pragmatic approach to mortgaging and remortgaging, rather than always doing everything by the book. The best way I could describe the service is to say that they're very traditional. Despite only ever speaking to them over the phone, it always felt like a very personal, face-to-face sort of service. We would thoroughly recommend. Reviewed on: 3rd February 2021
Reply from Newbury Building Society Hi Philip, thank you for taking the time to leave feedback for us - you had us worried for a bit there! Thanks for your kind words, we really appreciate it. Response date: 4th February 2021
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Re-mortgage in lockdown

5
Incredible customer experience, Newbury pro-actively contacted me to save me money well ahead of my previous product expiry. Reviewed on: 31st January 2021

Fantastic service

5
I am so pleased I went with Newbury Building Society for my first mortgage. They provide such a fantastic service and when I re-mortgaged recently, they were so helpful and made the process so easy and stress free Reviewed on: 29th January 2021

Service

5
Always willing to help never had any issues. Pleasant professional staff. Excellent communication Reviewed on: 28th January 2021

Competitive products and excellent service

5
The excellent, knowledgeable, advisers gave me thorough information but made it easy to understand. Service is always the right balance of friendly and professional. The mortgage product was competitive and all fees are very clear from the outset. Reviewed on: 27th January 2021

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