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This bank will crush your hopes, sanity, and process of buying a house

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Horrific communication and people that just don't care about you. Go with them and you SERIOUSLY risk jeopardising getting your property at the last hurdle. They almost caused us to lose our property purchase at the last minute because they lost a fax... This fax contained three simple questions from our solicitor that they needed to say yes or no to. It took them 2.5 months!!! At first, they said they lost the fax, so our solicitor re-sent it 4 times and by post in the end. Then every week it was "our system is not showing it" then every week it was "we will respond in 48 hours hours" never happened... We went from call centers in India to the UK complaints department who couldn't access each complaint file or couldn't get in touch with the right person. It's a circus of a bank fronting with large ad budgets and branding to make it seem more reputable. The seller almost pulled out from us because of this. Imagine going through all the hellish process of solicitors back and forth to them lose your house because money-grabbing HSBC does not care about you to just look at a 5 paragraph email and say yes or no. Go with a smaller bank that will give you attention. I am evening removing my personal banking with them and my business banking with them and advising all my friends and family to do the same. I have zero confidence in their care or their ability. Trust me, this bank will add HUGE stress to your life. It's just not worth it. Reviewed on: 12th January 2023
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