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Scottish Building Society: Mortgages reviews

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Based on 372 reviews, last reviewed 27th Oct 2025
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Latest highest rating:

5

Approachable, Friendly, Professional Extremely approachable, good range of products, specialists in Scottish lending. Reviewed on: 27th October 2025
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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The application process is very outdated The application process is very outdated and of a legacy nature.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.

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Scottish Building Society Mortgages reviews (372)

Highly recommend

5
Everything went well with our remortgage and we appreciate that SB honoured the original offer while we had to wait for my EU settlement status Reviewed on: 26th June 2024

very satisfied customers

5
We used a Mortgage Broker to apply for our mortgage so did not deal directly with SBS, however, both our Mortgage Broker and Solicitor could not praise SBS highly enough. SBS responded very quickly to queries at critical points in our purchase. We were able to find a mortgage product that suited our needs perfectly at a good rate. The welcome phone call from customer service to welcome us as new customers is something we have not had before and were pleasantly surprised. We are very satisfied customers. Reviewed on: 25th June 2024

Professional, helpful, friendly

5
Excellent service provided. Clear communication and explanation in a professional, friendly and non-patronising way. Reviewed on: 12th June 2024

there were difficulties in the initial processes

4
there were difficulties in the initial processes in communication. This caused unnecessary delays which could have been avoided there seemed to be so many people involved in the decision making process at SBS end of the arrangement. Reviewed on: 10th June 2024

The application process is very outdated

2
The application process is very outdated and of a legacy nature.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 lenders. The process to sign documents and setup direct debit has too many opportunities for error and mistakes. The communications were okay in terms of providing important information though. Theres also no way to track mortgage payments or balances via an app or through online banking which in 2024 is difficult to accept. Reviewed on: 10th June 2024

Quick response to our enquiry

5
Basically we had a quick response to our enquiry so we were able to proceed with the application. Scottish BS was the only financial institution that considered us for a remortgage. Reviewed on: 7th June 2024

Was a great experience for buying our first home wou...

5
Was a great experience for buying our first home would of liked to receive a bigger loan to have left a bit of wiggle room to do up the new home with money I used for deposit but I get that it was based off my current wage so don’t hold a grudge about it Reviewed on: 7th June 2024

Excellent service

5
Very easy and quick to deal with Reviewed on: 6th June 2024

Responded quickly, went through mortgage advisor, cl...

5
Responded quickly, went through mortgage advisor, clear documentation Reviewed on: 28th May 2024

In branch service review

5
There was a longer than expected delay in processing my application which I was told was due to the volume of applications. Reviewed on: 23rd May 2024

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