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Yorkshire Building Society is one of the largest building societies in the UK with over a million members and assets in excess of £15 billion. The Yorkshire BS is a mutual organisation run for the benefit of its members and not outside shareholders.
They offer an extensive range of mortgage products for first time buyers through to property investors.
The Yorkshire is a mutual society, so it doesn't have to put money in shareholders' pockets. That should mean a better deal for you and their policy is to put that benefit into offering consistently low variable rates. There are excellent first time buyer deals on offer, especially if you want reduced fees.
However the Yorkshire is not a good call for bad credit buyers and early redemption charges can be astronomical.
Their mortgages are competitive on account of being simple. The Yorkshire Building Society has the following products:
Unlike some other providers' products, their offset mortgage has few strings attached (for example, no big initial deposit and no need to pay salary credits directly into the account).
There are a wide range of fixed rate mortgages on offer, and some include "Fee Assist", where a contribution of your legal and administrative fees (usually £250) will be refunded on completion. For first time buyers there are some good deals, including a no-deposit, no-fees mortgage with a reduced tracker rate on top.