Notices

  • Savings customers - interest rates on many of our variable rate savings products will be decreasing from 29 January. We have emailed or written to you to let you know of how these interest rate decreases affect you. See our variable savings rate changes

  • UK Landlords - The Renters’ Rights Bill, introduced in September 2024, received Royal Assent on 27 October 2025 and is now law as the Renters’ Rights Act. Read more about what to expect.

  • Savings: Interest rates for Windfall Bond will decrease by 0.25% from 1 January 2026. We will write to all customers individually to confirm the new rates.

    Mortgages: Tracker mortgages will change on 25 January 2026 and we will write to customers individually with revised payment details where the new rate exceeds the minimum rate (or ‘floor’) already applying to their mortgage.

  • Mortgage products - On Tuesday 20 January 2026, we made changes to our mortgage product range. This includes enhanced Buy to Let HMO criteria, now catering to properties with up to six bedrooms (previously four bedrooms)

    Managed Mortgage Rates and Discounted Variable Rates

    From 7 February 2026, we'll be decreasing our Managed Mortgage Rates (MMR) by 0.15%. All on-sale discounted variable product rates and other details, including representative examples displayed on our website, have been updated to reflect these lower rates.

    We will shortly be writing to existing customers who have been impacted by this change, with details relevant to them.

  • Our Market Tracker Cash ISA (2) paying 4.03% AER is now back on sale. Find out more

FSCS protection

Your savings are in safe hands.

Your eligible deposits held by a UK establishment of Family Building Society are protected up to a total of £120,000 by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK's deposit guarantee scheme.

This limit is applied to the total of any deposits you have with the following: Family Building Society and National Counties Building Society. Any total deposits you hold above the limit between these brands are unlikely to be covered.


Learn more about how FSCS protects your money or for further information visit www.fscs.org.uk.


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