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Name: Mortgages
Rating: 3.35 (89 reviews)

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3.08

Based on 89 reviews, last reviewed 24th May 2024

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Latest highest rating:

4

All-round competence Their communications are clear, and they anticipate one's needs. Their rates are also quite competitive. Reviewed on: 24th May 2024

Latest lowest rating:

1

Took over £1000 in error from us Virgin mortgages took £1,169.30 in error from my current account. No apology, no compensation. We are now in are over draft and after trying to get th... Read more Reviewed on: 5th January 2024

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Virgin Money provides a range of financial services, including mortgages. It’s important to understand the Ts and Cs and interest rate of a mortgage. Remember to consult the lender or an independent advisor if you have any questions or need help understanding your options.

Your home is likely the largest financial purchase you’ll make in your lifetime. Therefore, it’s important that you find the right mortgage lender and product. We collect Virgin Money mortgage reviews to help you make an informed decision when taking out your mortgage.

If you’re considering Virgin Money as your new mortgage provider, learn more on the Smart Money People site. Find out why homeowners chose Virgin Money and which mortgage they have. Learn about the application process and whether it ran smoothly or perhaps took longer than anticipated. Read about any challenges they may have experienced throughout their time with the provider. All of this and more can be found in our Virgin Money mortgage reviews.

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Virgin Money Mortgages reviews (89)

Review of the Virgin Money, Mortgages:

Delay after delay after delay

Daughters first mortgage, she made this clear from start. Tried to support her myself as much as possible while watching her experience the real world & learn from it. Virgin Money in my opinion (she wont disagree) were diabolical with their general handling throughout process. I appreciate pandemic etc but over 2 months to handle straight forward transactions etc is utterly abysmal. Communication wasn't much better than general performance. Appointment clearly advised as 17th when phoned to see why had not been phoned ended up going ahead a week later. When finally think we're getting there, they advise Home Report is out of date?! Home report was advised to them start of process, takes weeks with no update for them to advise 6 weeks into process sorry valuation is over 3 months old needs redone...gets redone astonishingly quickly & emailed through....not acknowledged & having to chase, TWO WEEKS later still awaiting final decision....diabolical. Reviewed on: 19th October 2021

Great service

Quick and easy to arrange mortgage. Competitive rates Reviewed on: 14th December 2018

Very efficient and excellent rates

Easy process with professional advice, making for an easy transaction Reviewed on: 14th December 2018

Trusted and great product

I always find the colleagues at Virgin Money incredibly helpful and with a strong product mix as well I look for ways to engage with you Reviewed on: 14th December 2018

Most efficient service i have ever had!

Kept well informed throughout the application process by text, in the phone and online. Very quick and painless process and great products too Reviewed on: 7th December 2018

Good mortgage

Good mortgage company, I really like them Reviewed on: 7th December 2018

Timewasting shambolic and incompetent

Absolute shower. Totally wasted our time and money for a mortgage application, sent us several e-mails littered with errors, and in the end turned us down because they cocked up all along. Apparently all covered by us not using their broker service, as by all accounts that's a disclaimer which permits being entirely incompetent. Reviewed on: 4th December 2018

Reply from Virgin Money Hi there, we'd be more than happy to take a look at this for you. Can you email your details to [email protected] and we'll take it from there? Thanks, Holly Response date: 5th December 2018

What a shambles Virgin money is - Steer well clear

Wow - reading some of the reviews here I thank my lucky stars! I managed to get terrible service before I'd even spent a penny! A close shave, here's my story of woe... I tried to activate my card and received possibly the worst service ever from a bank or card provider to a new customer. I started by activating online, but the text never came through. I then switched to calling to activate, the very same agent that activated the card then failed me on security so that i could not proceed, the funny thing is, the security question i failed on was about a previous transaction on the card, but i had only just activated it with that agent so how could there be any transactions for me to give them? So, because of this i immediately asked to shut the account and they made that difficult too! Shoddy - I'll go to First Direct, customer service really matters and you don't get treated like this, we are a number to Virgin and i can decide where I buy. I'll buy where customer service is good. Forget offers, they mean nothing without common sense policies and if this is how Virgin treat new customers I dread to think what happens if there's a problem. What a shambles.... So glad i never spent a penny with them! If i could give them zero stars I would.... Reviewed on: 26th November 2018

Reply from Virgin Money Hi Karl, I understand this is already getting looked into at the moment and we'll be in touch with any updates. Thanks, Lindsay Response date: 28th November 2018

What a terrible service

Used their mortgage service if that is what you call it and it was awful. Where do I start? 1. I had to repeat all my information via telephone during the application process because my details were not added to my application- other than my name and telephone number. 2. The valuation took place on the 23rd of October and was rejected, but Virgin seemed to instruct the solicitor to get on with the paperwork anyway. Thank God they were paying for them! 3. I was only told that my application had been refused when I called them on the 19th November when a. The first call I made, Adam kept me on hold for 8 minutes or so while he checked…he cut me off. b. The second advisor left me on hold for about 8 minutes to check and then came back to say it was rejected (Lets call this person advisor 1). The following is a summary of what happened next. 4. Advisor 1 said that she was informed that an agent 'apparently called' me on the 1st November but no message was left and no attempt to call me again was ever made. Thank God I called on the 19th November, otherwise I would never have known. 5. Advisor 1 said that she was informed that an agent emailed me on the 1st October, but then they retracted that statement, when I asked for this email to be resent / details of the sender, so I could search for the email. 6. When asked why my application was refused- Advisor 1 said that she was initially told that it was because it was an ex-local authority property- I have a lease of 989 years and the house has been with the same family it was built by who own the freehold. The Solicitor (appointed by Virgin as part of their free service with this mortgage) was also aware of this as they contacted me on the 15th November to confirm who the registered interests according to Land Registry were. 7. I challenged the above and pointed to the evidence that a competent valuer would have access to, such as land registry information to see that the local authority was not registered as the freeholder / local authorities do not offer 1000 (one thousand) year leases. The customer advisor (advisor 1) put me on hold and checked… 8. But her colleague (advisor 2) answered and I had to start the whole conversation again. 9. The customer advisor (advisor 2) checked again…20 minutes later, she claimed to have read the report and no mention of it being ex-Local Authority. So where that did information come from? I enquired – ‘not sure’, ‘she got the information wrong’, ‘she didn’t have access to the report’ was all I got. 10. I was also informed that my property was rejected because it was accessed via external stairs and this is not accepted in their policy. I was very clear in my description of the property when making the application and the initial advisor who I spoke with to check that I could apply, said that he checked it using Google Maps and it seemed fine. Reviewed on: 19th November 2018

Reply from Virgin Money Hello, thanks for getting in touch. I'd like to step in to investigate this further. Please email your name, address and contact number over to [email protected] and I'll pick it up from there. Thanks, Lindsay Response date: 22nd November 2018

Easy to Deal Wih

They went out of their way to arrange my mortgage and patiently answered my questions. Reviewed on: 26th June 2018

Reply from Virgin Money Great to hear from you Steve, that's what we're here for! You know where to find us if there's anything else. Thanks, Jane Response date: 7th July 2018

Excellent

A simple, straight forward experience. Reviewed on: 26th April 2018

Reply from Virgin Money Great to hear from you Steve, thanks for getting in touch. You know where we are if there's anything we can help with! Thanks, Jane Response date: 2nd May 2018

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