We would like to congratulate all the winners and highly commended and we’d also like to offer our gratitude to each and every person who made a nomination or cast a vote for this year’s awards.
We couldn’t run these awards without your input, comments and recommendations. Thank you so much from the whole of the what MORTGAGE team.
View the full list of winners below.
Best First-time Buyer App
Winner: Moneybox
Highly Commended: Mortgage Advice Bureau & Principality 1st Home Steps
Best Comparison Site for Mortgages
Winner: Mortgageable
Highly Commended: Equity Release Supermarket & Moneysupermarket
Best Home Insurance Provider
Winner: Paymentshield
Highly Commended: LV= & Uinsure
Best Landlord Insurance Provider
Winner: Direct Line for Business
Highly Commended: Axa & Uinsure
Best Financial Protection Provider
Winner: Cirencester Friendly
Highly Commended: Aviva & Legal & General
Best Life Insurance Provider (Over 50’s)
Winner: British Seniors
Highly Commended: Lifetime Financial Management & Legal & General
Best Removal/Moving support firm
Winner: Pickfords
Highly Commended: Britannia Movers & Easymove
Best Surveying Service
Winner: The Moving Portal
Highly Commended: Legal & General Surveying Services & Stirling Ackroyd
Best Conveyancing Services
Winner: Gilroy Steel Solicitors
Highly Commended: Econveyancer & SortRefer
Best Equity Release Broker Customer Service
Winner: Bower Home Finance
Highly Commended: Age Partnership & Mortgage Advice Bureau
Best Equity Release Broker
Winner: Equity Release Supermarket
Highly Commended: Age Partnership & Bower Home Finance
Best Equity Release Lender Customer Service
Winner: Aviva
Highly Commended: Pure Retirement & One Family
Best Equity Release Lender
Winner: Aviva
Highly Commended: Pure Retirement & More2life
Best Short-Term Lender
Winner: Mint Property Finance
Highly Commended: Hope Capital & Precise
Best Second Mortgage Lender
Winner: United Trust Bank
Highly Commended: Equifinance & West One
Best Self Build Mortgage Lender
Winner: Earl Shilton Building Society
Highly Commended: Melton Building Society & Harpenden Building Society
Best Large Loans Mortgage Lender
Winner: Kensington Mortgages
Highly Commended: Clydesdale Bank & Vernon Building Society
Best Guarantor/Family Support Mortgage Lender
Winner: Family Building Society
Highly Commended: Furness Building Society & Suffolk Building Society
Best Shared Ownership Mortgage Lender
Winner: Leeds Building Society
Highly Commended: Pepper Money & Virgin Money
Best Specialist Lender
Winner: Kensington Mortgages
Highly Commended: Hope Capital & Market Financial Solutions
Best Broker Website
Winner: L&C Mortgages
Highly Commended: Charwin Mortgages & When The Bank Says No
Best Second Mortgage Broker
Winner: Loans Warehouse
Highly Commended: When The Bank Says No & WIS Mortgages and Insurance Services
Best Specialist Mortgage Broker
Winner: BuildStore Mortgage Services
Highly Commended: Charwin Mortgages & Impact Specialist Finance
Best Online Mortgage Broker
Winner: Purplebricks Mortgages
Highly Commended: Habito & Meet Margo
Best Buy-to-Let Mortgage Broker
Winner: MFB Mortgage Finance Brokers
Highly Commended: John Charcol & Prestige Private Finance
Best Broker Customer Service
Winner: First Mortgage NE
Highly Commended: Loans Warehouse & WIS Mortgages and Insurance Services
Best Mortgage Broker (Under 10 advisers)
Winner: Steel City Mortgages
Highly Commended: Belle Maison Mortgage Solutions & Tipping & Webb
Best Mortgage Broker (10-39 advisers)
Winner: Charwin Mortgages
Highly Commended: New Homes Mortgage Services & WIS Mortgages and Insurance Services
Best Mortgage Broker (40 advisers and Over)
Winner: L&C Mortgages
Highly Commended: Alexander Hall & Mortgage Advice Bureau
Best Variable Rate Mortgage Lender
Winner: Furness Building Society
Highly Commended: Earl Shilton Building Society & Suffolk Building Society
Best Fixed Rate Mortgage Lender
Winner: TSB
Highly Commended: Atom Bank & Nationwide
Best Remortgage Lender
Winner: Family Building Society
Highly Commended: Halifax & Skipton Building Society
Best Lender Website
Winner: Leeds Building Society
Highly Commended: Landbay & Principality Building Society
Best Mortgage Lender for First Time Buyers
Winner: Newcastle Building Society
Highly Commended: Atom Bank & Virgin Money
Best Bank Customer Service
Winner: Virgin Money
Highly Commended: HSBC UK & NatWest
Best National Bank
Winner: Lloyds Bank
Highly Commended: Nationwide & NatWest
Best Building Society Customer Service
Winner: Principality Building Society
Highly Commended: Harpenden Building Society & Newcastle Building Society
Best Local Building Society
Winner: Harpenden Building Society
Highly Commended: Beverley Building Society & Hinkley & Rugby Building Society
Best Regional Building Society
Winner: Newcastle Building Society
Highly Commended: Darlington Building Society & Furness Building Society
Best National Building Society
Winner: Skipton Building Society
Highly Commended: Coventry Building Society & Leeds Building Society
Best Online Lender
Winner: Atom Bank
Highly Commended: Barclays & Halifax
Best Intermediary Lender
Winner: Suffolk Building Society
Highly Commended: Newcastle Intermediaries & Skipton Building Society for Intermediaries
Best Direct Lender
Winner: TSB
Highly Commended: Halifax & Suffolk Building Society
Best Buy-to-Let Mortgage Lender
Winner: Landbay
Highly Commended: Accord Mortgages & Market Financial Solutions
Best Mortgage Industry Newcomer
Winner: New Homes Mortgage Services
Highly Commended: Mortgageable & Steel City Mortgages
Best Overall Lender
Winner: NatWest
Highly Commended: Leeds Building Society & Halifax
