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Name: Mortgages
Rating: 4.89 (635 reviews)

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4.91

Based on 635 reviews, last reviewed 25th Feb 2026

24% decrease in 5 star reviews

in the past 90 days

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92%

Latest highest rating:

5

Professional, friendly and knowledgeable. Professional, friendly and knowledgeable. First rate experience Reviewed on: 25th February 2026

Latest lowest rating:

1

Gillian Collard was very very helpful thank you. Gillian Collard was very very helpful thank you. very patient Reviewed on: 6th June 2025

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Family Building Society mortgages are available with fixed or variable interest rates.

Family Building Society use tailored credit checks rather than credit scoring to assess affordability and have specialist mortgages for first time buyers. There’s a range of mortgages for landlords and self-employed too.

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Family Building Society Mortgages reviews (635)

Kind and helpful service

I rang this afternoon to get some details of my new mortgage and I spoke to Mia. She was so efficient, friendly and informative that I feel confident that my future dealings with the company will be positive. Reviewed on: 29th September 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for your review, we're so pleased that had a positive experience with us! Response date: 6th October 2023

Call with Aaron

Clear help and re-assuring call. Couldn't be happier. Reviewed on: 25th September 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for your review, we're so pleased that you had a positive experience with us! Response date: 25th September 2023

Answer to a question on capital repayment

Mia was very helpful in giving me a full answer to the questions I had about the ability to make added capital repayments Reviewed on: 19th September 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, we're pleased to hear that your query was resolved! Response date: 25th September 2023

Pleasant Help but restricted by the system

All questions were answered by Mia well and explained what my options were but unfortunately they are not competitive in the market Reviewed on: 15th September 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, we're pleased you found our service was helpful. We appreciate your feedback. Response date: 25th September 2023

Excellent service

Very helpful telephone team, thank you Reviewed on: 12th September 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for leaving us this review, we're pleased to hear you found our service excellent! Response date: 12th September 2023

Great staff

I spoke to Aaron today and he is a credit to the Building Society. Friendly and knowledgeable throughout my inquiries. Reviewed on: 7th September 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, we're pleased to hear you found our service was great! Response date: 11th September 2023

Above and Beyond Mortgage Company

They take a bit more time to adapt to less usual requests and situations yet still offer a very competitive rate Reviewed on: 31st August 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for taking the time to leave us this review, it's great to hear of your positive experience with us! Response date: 7th September 2023

Excellent

Aron was most helpful. He answer all my questions fully, and was very pleasant. He couldn't have been better. Reviewed on: 31st August 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you very much for leaving us this review, we're pleased to hear you found our service excellent and helpful! Response date: 31st August 2023

Helpful and responsive

Ed was very easy to talk with on the phone and responded promptly to our emails to pass on our initial enquiry to their in-house advisory team. Reviewed on: 21st August 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you for your feedback, it's great to hear you found our service helpful! Response date: 23rd August 2023

The name says it all

My experience in firstly gaining a mortgage with Family Building Society and now working hopefully towards an additional loan has beena very pleasant and rewarding journey. Everyone who I have had dealings with at FBS has been extremely pleasant, sympathetic and helpful Reviewed on: 15th August 2023

Reply from Family Building Society Thank you very much for taking the time to leave us this review, it's great to hear that you found us pleasant and helpful! Response date: 16th August 2023

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