1. The Chelsea Building Society has revealed it has lost £41m from buy-to-let mortgage fraud. This contributed to a £26m loss for the first 6 months of 2009 which follows a record £39m loss in 2008.

    The fraud involved mortgage brokers and surveyors colluding to inflate the value of buy-to-let properties between 2006-2008. The Society has since stopped making buy-to-let, sub-prime, self-certificated and commercial loans. - 21 Aug 2009

Society Email Telephone Fax Branches Members Head Office
01226 733999 01226 287374 8 60,220 Permanent Building, Regent Street, Barnsley, S70 2EH
01225 423271 01225 446914 3 22,630 15 Queens Square, Bath, BA1 2HN
01482 881510 01482 872680 2 9,933 57 Market Place, Beverley, HU18 8AA
01538 399399 01538 399149 254 2,842,556 Britannia House, Leek, ST13 5RG
01494 879500 01494 876256 2 8,929 High Street, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, HP8 4QB
01223 727727 01223 727710 23 131,832 PO Box 232, 51 Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8FF
0131 556 1711 0131 556 2463 1 3,476 21 Albany Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3QW
01242 271271 01242 571441 34 618,784 Thirlsestain Hall, Thirlestaine Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 7AL
01494 782575 01494 778399 3 17,344 12 Market Square, Chesham, Bucks, HP5 1ER
01625 613612 01625 617246 49 372,536 Castle Street, Macclesfield, SK11 6AF
01257 279373 01257 241371 3 29,201 Key House, Foxhole Road, Chorley, PR7 1NZ
028 7137 0037 028 7137 1508 1 2,468 43 Carlisle Road, Londonderry, BT48 6JJ
0845 7665522 n/a 48 1,115,000 Economic House, High Street, Coventry, CV1 5QN
01228 541341 01228 525309 33 180,000 Cumberland House, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8RX
01325 366366 01325 741000 13 86,645 Sentinel House, Lingfield Way, Darlington, DL1 4PR
01332 841000 01332 844666 50 467,000 Duffield House, Duffield, Derby, DE56 1AG
01384 231414 01384 233250 7 31,500 Dudley House, Stone Street, Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 1NP
01383 627727 01383 627800 34 285,217 Caledonia House, Carnegie Avenue, Dunfermline, Fife, KY11 8PJ
01455 844422 01455 845857 2 15,324 22 The Hollow, Earl Shilton, Leicester, LE9 7NB
01535 650770 01535 650780 1 8,746 7 Belton Road, Silsden, Keighley, BD20 0EE
01229 824560 01229 837043 11 111,470 51-55 Duke Street, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA14 1RT
01782 25000 01782 873161 5 35,000 Granville House, Festival Park, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5TB
01582 765 411 01582 462 673 3 20,727 Aberdeen House, 14/16 Station Road, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 4SE
01455 251234 01455 618506 11 84,000 81 Upper Bond Street, Hinkley, Leicestershire, LE10 1DH
01737 245716 01737 246692 1 7,860 43 Church Street, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 0AE
0845 2308686 01473 278623 9 65,142 PO Box 547, Ipswich, IP3 9WZ
01634 848 912 01634 830 912 1 174,853 Sun Pier, Medway Street, Chatham, Kent, ME4 4ET
0113 225 7777 0113 225 7879 68 615,461 105 Albion Street, Leeds, LS1 5AS
01538 384151 01538 399179 12 86,907 50 St. Edward Street, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 5DL
01509 610707 01509 231058 3 29,581 6 High Street, Loughborough, LE11 2QB
0161 923 8000 0161 923 8950 1 29,355 125 Portland Street, Manchester, M1 4QD
01623 676300 01623 420261 5 27,500 Regent House, Regent Street, Mansfield, Notts, NG18 1SS
01858 412250 01858 412254 6 53,100 The Square, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7PD
01282 440500 01282 440550 12 58,455 6-20 Russell Street, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 7NJ
01664 414141 01664 414040 4 61,266 Leicester Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0DB
01633 844444 01633 844445 10 57,493 Monmouthshire House, John Frost Square, Newport, South Wales, NP20 1PX
01372 747771 01372 745607 1 55,355 30 Church Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 4NL
01793 513513 n/a 743 14,260,054 Nationwide House, Pipers Way, Swindon, SN38 1NW
01635 555700 01635 555799 9 52,055 17 Bartholomew Street, Newbury, Berks, RG14 5LY
0191 244 2000 0191 244 2001 36 390,671 Portland House, New Bridge Street, Newcastle-upon-Tynem NE1 8AL
01733 372372 01733 372373 56 406,083 Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough, PE2 6WZ
0115 9481444 0115 9483948 32 214,023 5/13 Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham, NG1 2BX
01768 863675 01768 891275 1 6,558 7 King Street, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 7AR
0845 045 006 02920 374567 50 486,696 PO Box 89, Queen Street, Cardiff, CF10 1UA
028 9024 4926 028 9033 0431 11 102,481 Progressive House, 33-37 Wellington Place, Belfast, BT1 6HH
01799 522211 01799 520606 12 125,000 Saffron House, 1A Market Street, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10 1HX
0131 313 7700 0131 313 7711 6 28,398 SBS House, 193 Dalry House, Edinburgh, EH11 2EF
01509 822000 0870 7621540 3 10,563 7 Bull Ring, Shepshed, LE12 9QD
01756 705000 01756 705700 84 651,960 The Bailey, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1DN
0845 456 1001 01785 250709 1 15,882 4 Market Square, Stafford, ST16 2JH
01453 757011 01453 764044 22 210,571 Rowcroft, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 3BG
01792 483700 01792 483718 1 7,787 11/12 Cradock Street, Swansea, SA1 3EW
01202 843500 01202 841694 1 19,772 Allenview House, Hanham Road Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1AG
0121 5572551 0121 5578570 4 40,279 70 Owen Street, Tipton, West Midlands, DY4 8HG
0845 129 7100 0845 129 7102 7 36,059 19 St. Petersgate, Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 1HF
0121 525 7070 0121 500 5961 47 530,000 374 High Street, West Bromwich, B70 8LR
01274 740740 01274 735571 136 1,880,427 Yorkshire House, Yorkshire Drive, Bradford, BD5 8LJ