Announcing the winners of the
What Mortgage Awards 2015

The What Mortgage team is pleased to reveal the winners of the 2015 event as the What Mortgage Awards celebrate its 22nd year of recognising and rewarding the best businesses in the UK’s mortgage and personal finance markets, as voted for by you, the consumer.
This year’s voting process spanned an 18-week period and brought in more than 19,000 votes from our audience.

The presentation of the awards was held on 16 July at Balls Brothers, Mark Lane in the City of London, where we brought together all the winning businesses to present them with their awards.

We’d like to thank everyone who voted in the What Mortgage Awards as we really appreciate you taking the time to have your say. Well done to every business that was nominated during the process and many congratulations to all of our winners.

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Best Overall Lender
Winner: Halifax
Highly Commended: Nationwide Building Society & NatWest

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Best National Bank
Winner: NatWest
Highly Commended: Barclays & Halifax

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Best National Building Society
Winner: Skipton Building Society
Highly Commended: Nationwide Building Society & Principality Building Society

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Best Regional Building Society
Winner: The Cambridge Building Society
Highly Commended: Hinckley & Rugby Building Society & Nottingham Building Society

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Best Local Building Society
Winner: Harpenden Building Society
Highly Commended: PenrithBuilding Society & Teachers Building Society

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Best Direct Lender
Winner: Tesco Bank
Highly Commended: Halifax & HSBC

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Best Intermediary Lender
Winner: Kensington
Highly Commended: Aldermore & Kent Reliance

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Best Lender Customer Service
Winner: NatWest
Highly Commended: Aldermore & first direct

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Best Broker Customer Service
Winner: Mortgages for Business
Highly Commended: London & Country & Money Advice Bureau

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Best Lender Website
Winner: Post Office Money
Highly Commended: Nationwide Building Society & The Nottingham Building Society

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Best Broker Website
Winner: Mortgages for Business
Highly Commended: London & Country & Mortgage Advice Bureau

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Best Tracker Mortgage Lender
Winner: Barclays
Highly Commended: Norwich & Peterborough Building Society & TSB

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Best Fixed Rate Mortgage Lender
Winner: Post Office Money
Highly Commended: HSBC & Skipton Building Society

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Best Buy-to-Let Mortgage Lender
Winner: Kent Reliance
Highly Commended: Halifax & Virgin Money

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Best Offset Mortgage Lender
Winner: Barclays
Highly Commended: Hinckley & Rugby Building Society & first direct

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Best Mortgage Lender for First Time Buyers
Winner: Halifax
Highly Commended: Lloyds Bank & Nationwide Building Society

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Best Remortgage Lender
Winner: Nationwide
Highly Commended: Halifax & Natwest

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Best Help-to-Buy Mortgage Lender
Winner: TSB
Highly Commended: Halifax & Santander

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Best Specialist Mortgage Lender
Winner: Aldermore
Highly Commended: Kensington & Kent Reliance

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Best Specialist Mortgage Adviser
Winner: Censeo
Highly Commended: AToM & The Buy to Let Business

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Best National Mortgage Adviser
Winner: London & Country
Highly Commended: Countrywide & The Mortgage Broker

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Best Online Lender
Winner: Barclays
Highly Commended: first direct & Yorkshire Building Society

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Best Comparison Site for Mortgages
Winner: uSwitch.com
Highly Commended: moneysupermarket.com & totallymoney.com

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Best Financial Protection Product
Winner: helpucover.co.uk
Highly Commended: Legal and General & NFU Mutual

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Best Secured Loans Lender
Winner: Shawbrook
Highly Commended: Masthaven Secured Loans & Norton Finance

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Best Secured Loans Broker
Winner: Loans Warehouse
Highly Commended: Freedom Finance & Smart Money Loans

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Best Overall Insurer
Winner: More Th>n
Highly Commended: Aviva & Direct Line

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Best Home Insurance Provider
Winner: Direct Line
Highly Commended: More Th>n & Nationwide Building Society

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Best Life Insurance Provider
Winner: LV=
Highly Commended: PruProtect & Saga

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Best Landlord Insurance Provider
Winner: Direct Line for Business
Highly Commended: Endsleigh & Simply Business

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Best Comparison Site for Insurance
Winner: uSwitch.co.uk
Highly Commended: money.co.uk & moneysupermarket.com

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Best Home Emergency Cover Provider
Winner: Homeserve
Highly Commended: British Gas & Saga

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Best Equity Release Adviser
Winner: Bower Retirement Services
Highly Commended: Age Partnership & Key Retirement Solutions

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Best Equity Release Lender
Winner: Aviva
Highly Commended: LV= & more2life

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Best Equity Release Customer Service
Winner: more2life
Highly Commended: Key Retirement & LV=

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Best Large Loans Mortgage Lender
Winner: Santander
Highly Commended: Halifax & NatWest

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Best Survey Provider
Winner: e.surv Chartered Surveyors
Highly Commended: Allied Surveyors & Colleys

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Best Lifetime Product Provider
Winner: Aviva
Highly Commended: LV= & more2life

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Best Bridging Lender
Winner: Masthaven Bridging Finance 
Highly Commended: Bridgebank Capital Ltd & Shawbrook Bank

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Best Conveyancing Provider
Winner: myhomemove
Highly Commended: Countrywide Conveyancing Services & Enact

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