Top 10 Mortgage Companies UK
These are some of the top 10 mortgage bank and building society lenders in the UK
1. Halifax Building Society (21%)
- Offers a range of mortgage products from repayment to interest only
- Halifax has merged with Bank of Scotland
- Buy to Let mortgage available through subsidiary: Birmingham Midshires
- Offset Mortgages available through: Intelligent Finance
- Halifax Mortgages at Halifax.co.uk
2. Nationwide (20%)
- In Terms of Market share, Nationwide are probably the second largest mortgage lender in the UK
- Mortgages at the Nationwide
3. Northern Rock (15%)
- Recently hit by problems in the money market, northern Rock are one of the biggest 5 mortgage lenders
4. Woolwich Building Society (11%)
- Now owned by Barclays bank (since 2000). The Woolwich is one of the biggest mortgage lenders in the UK. Barclays concentrates on banking and loans, Woolwich on mortgages
- Can combine savings and mortgage in offset mortgage
- Woolwich Mortgages at Woolwich.co.uk
5. Bradford and Bingley (8%)
Specialises in buy to let mortgage
6.Abbey National
- Includes flexible mortgages
- Option for up front "no cost Mortgage"
- Abbey National
7. HSBC
- The World's Local Bank
- Mortgages include fixed rate, Discount and Tracker
- HSBC Mortgages
8. Royal Bank of Scotland
9. Lloyds TSB
- Work in partnership with Cheltenham & Gloucester (C&G) -part of the Lloyds TSB Group.
- Lloyds TSB Mortgages
10. Alliance & Leicester
- Premier mortgage deals for existing and new customers
- Abbey National Mortgages
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Includes "helping hand" mortgage for those struggling to be able to get first time house
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