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Name: Mortgage
Rating: 2.88 (170 reviews)

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2.74

Based on 170 reviews, last reviewed 16th Jan 2025

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5

Easy to apply for mortgage and to renew (have 25 yea... Easy to apply for mortgage and to renew (have 25 years term) good rates and help customer services assistants. Can also change deal set up once in pla... Read more Reviewed on: 14th January 2025

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1

BEYOND USLESS WOULD ADVISE TO BEWARE OF THIS BANK AFTER ABSOLUTE HELLISH EXPERIENCE.WAITING FOR A (SAR) FOR 3 YEARS.INSTEAD RECIEVED NOTHING BUT MISTRUTHS AND INCOM... Read more Reviewed on: 16th January 2025

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Santander is a bank that offers a range of financial services, including savings, credit cards, insurance and mortgages. Santander has a variety of mortgage products to suit your needs and preferences. Make sure you’re confident with the terms, conditions and interest rate of a mortgage deal before applying. If you’re unsure, consult the lender or an independent advisor.

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Find out which mortgage product customers have taken out and how satisfied they’ve been so far. Learn more about the application process and how supportive Santander was throughout. Find out whether existing customers would recommend Santander and its mortgage products to family and friends. All of this and more can be found in our Santander mortgage reviews.

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Santander Mortgage reviews (170)

Review of the Santander, Mortgage:

I would give it to 0 if I could.

I would give it to 0 if I could. The experience is extremely awful, they are not professional at all. THEY DO NOT BOTHER TO CHECK YOR DOCUMENT AND JUST KEPT BOUNCING BACK AND SAID YOUR DOCUMENT IS NOT acceptable! Their employees do not even know how to check sharecode, just inform client and stated that the share code isn't working. Reviewed on: 6th November 2024

Easy application and friendly service

Santander were really friendly and helpful when applying for our mortgage. The process was simple and efficient. Took a lot of the stress out of moving house Reviewed on: 19th June 2017

Mortgage

Customer service very poor, not helpful. Reviewed on: 12th June 2017

Very good lender with good rates

Good mortgage rates. Ability to see mortgage balance online alongside credit cards etc very good service. Reviewed on: 3rd June 2017

Terrible, terrible, terrible

My wife and I used to bank with the then Abbey National. They were great, then Santander took over and the quality of service dropped like a stone. Call centres were moved abroad, we couldn't understand each other. We were able, when with Abbey to take a payment break on our mortgage when I fell ill and lost my job. Not with Santander we couldn't. It was as if they just wanted your money and didn't give a stuff about customers. We decided enough was enough and moved to Alliance and Leicester, things were great again, customer service was top notch, we could get all of the great things we had before. Then disaster struck, Santander took over Alliance and Leicester. We can't move our mortgage at the minute due to a default on 1 missed payment to a different lender. Service is bottom drawer, they don't listen and don't care or understand your requirements. We don't feel like customers we feel like numbers there is no personal customer experience. Reviewed on: 1st June 2017

Poor service

Very poor service, difficult to talk to. Would never use again, even if they had cheaper rates Reviewed on: 1st June 2017

Affordability criteria

Application was completed as an existing customer. Initially I was informed it was not affordable despite the payments being lower than the existing mortgage! If the new value wasn't affordable how was I managing to pay a higher amount for the previous 8 years as a customer? Nearly abandoned process and went to another provider. Reviewed on: 30th May 2017

Ease for first time buyers

We ended up with Santander mortgages through a mortgage broker. It was our first property purchase and we had no idea what was out there or what half the financial jargon meant. Santander happened to be the cheapest. Our mortgage offer was accepted and they were great with communication. We had several questions in terms of repayment and fees. These were all explained to us thoroughly (in terms we could understand) and followed up in writing. They also advised on a bank account we could use that would give us cashback on our mortgage payments and other bills. I found these extra bits of advice really helpful and seemed like they cared about the best products for their customer rather than just pushing the products. We were on a fixed rate mortgage which was great for first time buyers as it gave us time to get established and understand our bills and an indicator of how much we had coming in and going out each month. When it came to renewing our mortgage as the fixed term had run out, we did shop around, but Santander continued to be the best for monthly payments (and we fixed for 5 years). They again followed up all conversations with confirmation in writing in terms that can be understood by those without a financial degree and I find that in-store the staff are really knowledgeable. I like the fact that they allow an overpayment of about 30% I think before you incur any fees. I think it encourages overpayments on your mortgage. We did have to pay slightly more each month for having a fixed deal for 5 years (this went up from 1 yr, 3 yr and 5yr) but this was minimal for us and gave us peace of mind. I wouldn't hesitate to get more of their products and renew my mortgage with them. I highly recommend them to friends and family who are looking for mortgages as well. Reviewed on: 7th May 2017

Perfect

Easy to sign up, manage and know what is going on! Highly recommended Reviewed on: 2nd May 2017

Understanding

The Santander Mortgage customer service team are very well trained, polite and understanding of your circumstances. I would recommend getting a mortgage with them to anybody! Reviewed on: 26th April 2017

Great Rates

Always has had the best rates when we've renewed our Product deal Reviewed on: 7th April 2017

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