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Skipton Building Society: Mortgages reviews

4.34
Based on 18 reviews, last reviewed 18th Mar 2025
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Latest highest rating:

5

Approachable and caring service We were very impressed with how helpful and approachable they were, we decided to renew our mortgage with them. Reviewed on: 18th March 2025
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Latest lowest rating:

1

Conspiracers Dont trust lots of fatal errors will let you down never admit no matter how vital they dont care will let you down reiterate lies to all including F O... Read more Reviewed on: 26th April 2021
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Skipton Building Society was established in 1853 and offers a range of mortgage products.

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Skipton Building Society Mortgages reviews (18)

Review of the Skipton Building Society, Mortgages:

Friendly and helpful customer service

4
Friendly and helpful customer service Reviewed on: 26th February 2025
Reply from Skipton Building Society Thanks for your 5* review Leanne! Response date: 27th February 2025
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Skipton fixed rate mortgage

5
Excellent customer service products and mortgage was easy to apply for Reviewed on: 21st January 2023

Good company

5
Very quick and reasonable to deal with Reviewed on: 15th July 2022

Conspiracers

1
Dont trust lots of fatal errors will let you down never admit no matter how vital they dont care will let you down reiterate lies to all including F O S avoid . Reviewed on: 26th April 2021

Flexible and Sensible approach to lending

5
Our situation was unusual in that my wife worked for the family business and took a wage cut during Covid. Skipton looked at matters for us from a personal viewpoint - we felt like they considered us a people, not just number crunching. Overall an amazing experience with friendly people who care. Reviewed on: 25th February 2021

Total failure to do their jobs constant cut and paste mentality zero adjustments for disabled customers

1
Terrible just terrible toward diverse customers... Where to start! Firstly they don't understand anything relating to disabled customers. Managers don't even deal with complaints always front line customer service advisor teams instead. Front line staff in the contact centre clearly have no disability awareness training and the same for departments behind the scenes as constant failures to even look at disability needs throughout all dealings. Clear a customer financially ok b... Reviewed on: 18th April 2020

Excellent !

4
Great service and advice. Couldnt have done more to support me at a very difficult time. Reviewed on: 7th January 2019

DIP granted but full application declined after 2 week wait for decision!!!

1
Vey unhappy and annoyed that it took two weeks for them to tell me they were declining my full mortgage application. Underwriter made assumptions that I was upsizing and therefore made the assumptions that my outgoings will increase because if this. Nonsense! My current home is over 100 years old and the new premise was a new build and no bigger than what I live in now so will be far more energy efficient. Also quoted unrealistic figures when trying to justify her reasons for ... Reviewed on: 3rd October 2016

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