Dunfermline Building Society Mortgages

Established in 1869, Dunfermline Building Society is Scotland’s largest building society and plays an important part in the savings and mortgage market in Scotland.

In its early days Dunfermline Building Society met the aspirations of prospective homeowners in and around the town of Dunfermline like other societies of the day - by building houses. Many of these have escaped the developer's hammer and are still standing. The Dunfermline Building Society also acted as landlords, letting property and one of the duties of the General Manager at that time was to change the tap washers in these properties!

The growth of the building society movement generally is reflected in the growth of Dunfermline Building Society. Just before the start of World War 2, assets stood at £1.5m. By 1955, this figure had grown to £10.5m.

As business increased, the Dunfermline Building Society established branch and agency offices throughout the country to serve customers in their home areas. This growth inevitably led to the absorption of many smaller societies such as the Stenhousemuir, Peebles, Fourth Fifeshire Investment Co and the Stirlingshire. The largest of these mergers occurred in 1981 when the Edinburgh and Paisley Building Society became the 20th such organisation to join Dunfermline.