Halifax scooped top prize for the 15th time in this year’s Your Mortgage Awards, winning Best Overall Mortgage Lender as well as picking up the title of Best Large Loans Mortgage Lender.

Now in their 27th year, the highly respected Your Mortgage Awards recognise those providers that have offered the best combination of competitive products and top quality service over the last 12 months.

The award ceremony was held in London, where the winners of each of the 22 awards (listed below) were announced.

Paula John, editor in chief of Your Mortgage, said: “I would like to congratulate all of this year’s winners on their success in attaining these prestigious prizes. The Your Mortgage Awards have been running for 27 years.

“In the recent past the UK mortgage market has grown ever more competitive and more closely regulated, while at the same time customers are becoming more discerning, meaning lenders have to work harder than ever to win business. All of this is great news for the UK’s mortgage borrowers. But it also means that it is now more difficult than ever for lenders to stay ahead of the game and be judged a winner.

“Well done and keep up the hard work.”

Below is a list of the worthy winners of the Your Mortgage Awards 2016-17. Congratulations to them all:

Best Regional Mortgage Lender – Yorkshire Bank

Best Intermediary Mortgage Lender –Platform

Best First-Time Buyer Mortgage Lender –NatWest

Best New-Build Mortgage Lender –Skipton Building Society

Best Remortgage Lender – Virgin Money

Best Buy-to-Let Mortgage Lender – Barclays

Best Buy-to-Let Portfolio Mortgage Lender – Paragon Mortgages

Best Specialist Mortgage Lender – Aldermore

Best Self-Employed Mortgage Lender – Precise Mortgages

Best Large Loans Mortgage Lender – Halifax

Best Offset Mortgage Lender – Scottish Widows Bank

Best Equity Release Provider – Legal & General

Best Bridging Lender – Together

Best Second Charge Mortgage Lender – Shawbrook Bank

Best Mortgage-Related Insurance Provider – Legal & General Insurance

Best Surveyor – e.surv

Best Legal Services Provider – My Home Move

Best Mortgage Lender Scotland – Clydesdale Bank

Best Online Mortgage Lender – Santander

Best Building Society – Nationwide

Best Bank – NatWest

Best Overall Mortgage Lender – Halifax