Kent Reliance Building Society

marathon_man_3

Hopefully, our application sent yesterday will have slipped through OK. I have sent an email to a senior manager there asking for this to be confirmed.
However, the Punjab rates still apply until applications received until November 21st (as per an email received by me yesterday stating:
"We confirm that that the rate of 3.35%, currently on offer at time of receipt of application before 21st Nov2012, will be applied to the deposit."
It might be worth trying to phone them to enquire.
Howver the currently very competitive (but still crappy) rates from the efficiently-run First Save still apply and are worth considering:
http://www.firstsave.co.uk/accounts/index.html

evenasus

Stompa wrote: »

I'm even gladder that in addition to both of those I also took out the NR 5 year @ 4.3%! - which still has over 3 years to run.

And I'm so pleased I took out the Newcastle 5 year 5% in 2009.

Just a shame the FSA guarantee was only £50K at that time.

Ifts

marathon_man wrote: »

I have just placed twice with First Save for a year at 3% and found their website and administration to be really excellent. Their 6 months rate is also well above average. They are in the UK compensation scheme.

Ive also found First Save to be very easy to deal with, I have had several fixed term bonds with them over the years and their customer service is very good.

Stompa

evenasus wrote: »

And I'm so pleased I took out the Newcastle 5 year 5% in 2009.

Just a shame the FSA guarantee was only £50K at that time.

I knew someone would come up with a better rate. My only consolation is that the FSA guarantee was higher when I opened mine!

VT82

Another one enjoying Monmouthshire 4%, Lloyds Vantage 4% and NCBS ISA 3.7%.

Not sure what to do at the end of October next year when Vantage expires. Might need to upsize on the housing ladder. Or admit that it's never going to happen and start looking at S&S ISAs properly...

Gromitt

VT82 wrote: »

Another one enjoying Monmouthshire 4%, Lloyds Vantage 4% and NCBS ISA 3.7%.

Did no one grab the 4.25% Nationwide ISA when it was available this year ?

VT82

Gromitt wrote: »

Did no one grab the 4.25% Nationwide ISA when it was available this year ?

Aside from being a Derbyshire customer, the Nationwide is the place most conspicuously absent from the list of places I've had account with as an adult. Don't want to bother with their flex account either - already got Halifax and Lloyds for their perks and HSBC for an old standing order inflow - so not bothering with Nationwide or Santander 123, and hence not any reason to have any of Nationwide's products if not a current account customer.

marathon_man_3

Gromitt wrote: »

Did no one grab the 4.25% Nationwide ISA when it was available this year ?

My wife and I grabbed that one very quickly.

badger09

Gromitt wrote: »

Did no one grab the 4.25% Nationwide ISA when it was available this year ?

Of course

But OP was highlighting a 2 year Fixed Rate non ISA account.

alanq

Stompa wrote: »

I knew someone would come up with a better rate.

From August 2008 Northern Rock 5-Year Fixed Rate Bond Issue 317 7%.