Each year, What Mortgage does its sums to work out which mortgage lenders offer best value. Here we announce the winners of the What Mortage awards 2006.
For the first time, we also give you the best mortgage advisers in the UK as voted by you our website users and the readers of What Mortgage magazine.
Mortgage lender categories:
Top lender of the year
Stafford Railway Building Society (BS)
Best national building society over two years
Stafford Railway BS
Best national building society over five years
Stafford Railway BS
Best national building society over 10 years
Stafford Railway BS
Best national bank over two years
HSBC
Best national bank over five years
HSBC
Best national bank over 10 years
HSBC
Best regional lender over two years
Cambridge BS
Best regional lender over five years
Cambridge BS
Best regional lender over 10 years
Cumberland BS
Best direct lender over two years
First Direct
Best direct lender over five years
Egg
Best direct lender over 10 years
First Direct
Best value mortgage adviser-only lender over two years
Mortgage Express
Best value mortgage adviser-only lender over five years
Mortgage Express
Best value mortgage adviser-only lender over 10 years
Mortgage Express
Mortgage advice categories:
Best regional mortgage broker
Alexander Hall (London)
Best national Mortgage broker
Savills
Best Buy-to-let broker
Landlord Mortgages
Best specialist mortgage broker (including non-conforming, self-cert, self-build, flexible)
Black & White
Best equity release mortgage broker
Key Retirement Solutions
Best online mortgage broker
Bradford & Bingley
Best overall mortgage adviser
Chase De Vere Mortgage Management
