UCB Home Loans Corporation Ltd (from ''Union de Crédit pour le Bâtiment'') is a specialist mortgage lender of the British

Nationwide Building Society Nationwide Building Society is a British mutual financial institution and the largest building society in the world. As of 2024, it serves over 16 million members and operates entirely for their benefit, without shareholders. The society was e ...

, working primarily through regulated intermediaries. UCBHL operated out of a single location in

Sutton Sutton (''south settlement'' or ''south town'' in Old English) may refer to: Places United Kingdom England In alphabetical order by county: * Sutton, Bedfordshire * Sutton, Berkshire, a List of United Kingdom locations: Stu-Sz#Su, location * S ...

with over 300 employees, relocating to

Bournemouth Bournemouth ( ) is a coastal resort town in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole unitary authority area, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. At the 2021 census, the built-up area had a population of 196,455, making it the largest ...

and merging with the

Portman Building Society The Portman Building Society was a mutual building society in the United Kingdom, providing mortgages and savings accounts to consumers and offering loans to commercial enterprises. Its head office was in Bournemouth and its administration cen ...

's The Mortgage Works in 2007 following Nationwide's merger with the Portman. It ceased new lending on 31 October 2008, but continues to collect money from its customers.

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* Financial services companies of the United Kingdom Companies based in the London Borough of Sutton Companies based in Bournemouth 2008 disestablishments in England {{England-company-stub