First Active Reviews

I took a First Active mortgage following the separation from my soon to be ex husband. I had done a lot of research on mortgages and this seemed at the time to be one of the best deals I could get. I was scared of committing as I had never had a mortgage on my own so couldn't bring myself to press the submit button on the internet application ...  Read the complete review

After staying with the same mortgage company for many years, I decided it was time for a change and the hunt began for a mortgage with a competitive rate and one that I understood! Two months later after trawling the net and reading mortgage magazines I decided on First Active. The main reasons were a very good discount rates, good ...  Read the complete review

Those of us with mortgages out there will know the feeling. Your introductory rate on you mortgage is coming to an end, you are about to be out of the dreaded tie in period so now is the time for those of use wise enough to steer clear of Independent Financial Advisors (just DON’T get me started..) start to trawl the net to try and find another ...  Read the complete review

Having tried endowment and repayment mortgages and receiving annual statements that seem to suggest you owe more than when you started even after paying thousands of pounds, we decided to try the so called Australian mortgage. We were at the time with the Woolwich in our second year of a capped rate offer. Despite wishing to ...  Read the complete review

First Active are quite an innovative lender. They calculate interest on a daily basis, which saves you money, and always have quite competitive rates. they won't try and tempt you with a teaser rate which then increases and ties you in, so you may not see them in the best buy tables and therefore you could miss them ...  Read the complete review