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Name: Mortgage
Rating: 2.85 (175 reviews)

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2.61

Based on 175 reviews, last reviewed 16th May 2025

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Abdul Khan in mortgage sales I just wanted to sa... Abdul (Khan) in mortgage sales I just wanted to say thank you again for your professionalism, patience, guidance and help with changing my mortgage ... Read more Reviewed on: 12th May 2025

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Don't use Santander. Don't use Santander. My re-mortgage application took 5 months (and still ongoing). Santander is basically a thief, they put me on high variable intere... Read more Reviewed on: 16th May 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.

Your home is likely the largest purchase you’ll ever make, so finding the right lender and mortgage is important. At Smart Money People, we collect Santander mortgage reviews from genuine customers.

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 (175)

Review of the Santander, Mortgage:

DO NOT OPEN an account

DO NOT OPEN an account with Santander. This is the worst bank ever. I have Barclays from three years and I never had any problem since I opened the account. I just wanted a backup account and I thought Santander was a good bank as they have all those nice looking branches but I guess the say “never judge a book by its cover” it’s true. I opened the account online and it wasn’t easy at all. I had to post them the copies of the documents required as the “Upload” option on the website was not working. After waited almost a week for a response, for the account to be opened and for all the letters that I received (4 in total) I tried to login into my account and it was basically blocked. I dealt with three different people in the Customer Service to understand what was going on as I just opened the account but the answer was the same “We don’t know what happened. There is a block in your account for security purpose. The security team will sort it out”. Well, I waited almost a month for this problem to be fixed and in the end I just opened an account (very easy, 5 minutes in total) with Lloyds and I called Santander to close my account which will be impossible for sure as I saw online that a lot of people are trying to close an account with them unsuccessfully. Reviewed on: 17th April 2021

Don't use Santander.

Don't use Santander. My re-mortgage application took 5 months (and still ongoing). Santander is basically a thief, they put me on high variable interest rate (8%) and keep delaying process to steal more money. Absolutely don't recommend. Reviewed on: 16th May 2025

Abdul Khan in mortgage sales I just wanted to sa...

Abdul (Khan) in mortgage sales I just wanted to say thank you again for your professionalism, patience, guidance and help with changing my mortgage product today. You made everything so simple and was friendly and ‘straight to the point’ which was really helpful, and I am pleased you were able to offer guidance that was easy to understand. As I explained, I am a property manager in sales and have worked in my industry for 23 years, have hired and fired people, and know what good looks like (and also what bad looks like also), so recognised how well you managed my obvious worry over the phone and got the right product that is right for me, thank you! Natasha Dixon Reviewed on: 12th May 2025

Extortionate. No common sense.

I had a mortgage with Santander. Bought my ex out of our mortgage, was told origninally no problem but turned out the agent had ticked the wrong box in the application and was then told they couldn’t lend me any more money. ended up having to take a loan out to buy my ex out knowing there was enough equity in the house to pay it off once I moved. Sold my house in Jan 2025 for enough to leave more than enough to pay the loan off in full. Asked Santander to port my mortgage to keep the good rate I had. I didn’t ask to borrow more money or less. Just to port the exact amount I had on my mortgage over. After weeks of phone interviews they told me they wouldn’t do it. I had never missed a payment, had no financial difficulties and demonstrated based on my house sale price I had more than enough to pay my loan off once the sale completed. They still refused. This meant I had to find another mortgage, I did and naturally the rate was higher. So because of Santander my mortgage is now £200 higher than it should be if Santander had ported it and Santander also took every last penny I had left over from my house sale in exit fees which totalled over £8000. Santander have left me in a considerably worse financial situation purely because they wouldn’t port my mortgage with no justifiable reason not to do so. I would never in a million years recommend anyone use them for a mortgage. They charge 5% early repayment fee on your total mortgage balance whether you have 3 years or 3 days left on your mortgage. A lot of the staff are incompetent and their underwriters have zero compassion or basic common sense Reviewed on: 2nd April 2025

Really bad

Really bad and ineffective customer service, unhelpful at best so changing bank. Reviewed on: 19th March 2025

The worst bank ever

The worst bank ever with no and the most incompetent staff in existence. Reviewed on: 25th February 2025

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 INCOMPETENCE INSTEAD.STILL WAITING TO RECIEVE MY INFORMATION AFTER REPEATEDLY CALLING SANTANDER AND VISITING SANTANDER BRANCH FOR THIS SIMPLE TASK TO BE PERFORMED.EITHER THEY ARE ALARMINGLY AND BEYOND INCOMPETENT OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY HAS OCCURED WITH MY ACCOUNT AND STILL NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS AFTER TELLING SANTANDER FOR 3 YEARS OF THIS OCCURANCE TO MULTIPLE SANTANDER STAFF. Reviewed on: 16th January 2025

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 place like the term and part repayment from interest only Reviewed on: 14th January 2025

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

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY TO ANYONE.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THIS COMPANY TO ANYONE. I have a house worth between £300,00 and £325,000 but because I haven't owned it for 6 month I can't get a buy to let mortgage. Reviewed on: 25th June 2024

Their mortgage offer was the best on the market.

Their mortgage offer was the best on the market. The process was straightforward and was in place quickly. All communication was clear and concise. I am very happy with the service provided. I now have piece of mind. Reviewed on: 15th April 2024

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