Skipton Building Society

Skipton Building Society is the seventh largest building society in the UK and it generally handles mutual lending and saving plans. The society is headquartered at Skipton, North Yorkshire.

With an asset of £10 billion, Skipton Building Society is one of the nation’s leading financial service providers and is a mutual organization that runs for the benefit of its members. This enables the society to offer more favorable mortgage rates to the borrowers. The society holds a reputation of offering excellent mortgage and investment solutions in the market. The Skipton Building Society has a number of subsidiaries and they offer financial services such as estate agency and offshore investment. The society is actively involved in the charities and projects of the local people.

The society offers number of savings and investment plans. Some of the saving and investment products by Skipton Building Society are:

• Christmas Saver Account
• Fixed rate bonds
• Branch Access Account
• Regular Savings Account
• Direct 30 Account
• Base Rate Tracker Account
• Leap Account
• Pension Plus Account
• Child Trust Fund
• Guaranteed Triple Asset Bond

The Skipton Building Society offers some Individual Savings Accounts (ISA) plans that help to save tax considerably. These are:

• Mini Cash ISA
• NSPCC Mini Cash ISA
• TESSA-Only ISA

There are a number of child trust funds offered by the Skipton Building Society that ensures the child’s future.

Skipton Building Society specializes in offering mortgage and home loan products and a borrower can find a number of plans to choose from the society.

The current mortgage products offered by Skipton Building Society are:

• Fixed Rate Mortgages
• Tracker Mortgages
• Capped Mortgages
• Discount Mortgages
• Additional Borrowing
• Buy-to-Let Mortgage

The society also helps the borrowers with a number of facilities related to mortgage and home loans. Mortgage tracking is available online in Skipton Building Society portal. There are general information on mortgages also available on the online portal of the society giving the borrowers a chance to have a good idea about the nuances of the mortgages. There are qualified mortgage advisors available in the society to help the borrowers while filling up the mortgage forms and proceed with legal works.

Financial advices are available in all the branches of the society and also from the subsidiary Skipton Financial Services Limited. The experienced professionals can give information regarding various investment plans and mortgage plans available in the market.

The Skipton Building Society also gives necessary information on

• Investment Advice
• Inheritance Tax Planning
• Retirement Planning
• Financial Seminars