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Scottish Building Society: Mortgages reviews

Name: Mortgages
Rating: 4.64 (365 reviews)

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4.66

Based on 365 reviews, last reviewed 30th Jul 2025

60% increase in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

No new 1 star reviews

in the past 90 days

75%

18%

Latest highest rating:

5

I needed assistance regarding title deeds and Katie... I needed assistance regarding title deeds and Katie has taken the relevant details to pass onto the relevant department in order to give me an appropr... Read more Reviewed on: 30th July 2025

Latest lowest rating:

2

The application process is very outdated The application process is very outdated and of a legacy nature. Everything seems to be done via post with no modern online elements like other lender... Read more Reviewed on: 10th June 2024

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Scottish Building Society have been helping people buy properties in Scotland since 1848.

Scottish Building Society mortgages are available for remortgages, self-builds, holiday lets, retirement interest only, entrepreneurs and standard residential loans.

Scottish Building Society mortgage reviews help you find out what it’s really like to be a customer. If you’ve used Scottish Building Society before, you can also leave a review and share your experience.

Scottish Building Society Mortgages reviews (365)

Review of the Scottish Building Society, Mortgages:

Retirement mortgage

Arranged our retirement mortgage, yes there was a lot of paperwork required, but found them extremely flexible and helpful. Would strongly recommend them if you are after a similar product Reviewed on: 17th October 2024

Self Build Mortgage - great product and service

Self Build Mortgage - great product and service Reviewed on: 29th August 2024

First Class

From start to completion this we thought was an excellent service. All communication either by phone or post was first class. Reviewed on: 27th August 2024

Home remortgaged

this was the best way to take money from our house with a mortgage.we pay monthly interest & our house doesnt decrease in value Reviewed on: 23rd August 2024

Speedy communication, thoroughness of approach and a...

Speedy communication, thoroughness of approach and asssesment, coupled with reliability and transparency make SBS an excellent Company to deal with. Hats off especially to Lesley in their Inverness branch. Thoroughly recommend.. Reviewed on: 15th August 2024

Easy and stress free

Easy to speak to and not difficult, only issue is that a product fee was due was informed this could be added to the loan amount but it was not but this was not communicated to me at the start, had to pay it myself which was no issue but then I was not given details on how to do this so ended up having to ring which was a little time consuming Reviewed on: 7th August 2024

Very easy to deal with

First time I had dealt with the Scottish Building Society and everything went so smooth with no hassle at all. Anytime I had to phone them the staff were very friendly and helpful. Reviewed on: 2nd August 2024

From start to completion we were very pleased with t...

From start to completion we were very pleased with the service received, it was quick and easy and we were sent all documentation which answered any questions we had. we would definitely recommend Scottish Building Society. Reviewed on: 26th July 2024

SBS experience

Only one snag along the way but the whole process was really good and went very smoothly. Going with SBS was a good decision and I would definitely recommend their services to anyone in a similar position. Reviewed on: 22nd July 2024

Best rate available,honoured the initial interest ra...

Best rate available,honoured the initial interest rate after rates rises Reviewed on: 9th July 2024

Simple and relatively quick.

Simple and relatively quick. Got us sorted easy enough, and interest rate was okay. Reviewed on: 5th July 2024

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