Stats and Facts

Here you will find the BSA's stats and facts section which includes information such as building society asset size, a history of the sector, key facts about the sector and a link to our monthly lending and savings press release.

We hope you find this information useful and if there is anything you would like to see here please contact us by email media.centre@bsa.org.uk

Building Societies ranked by asset size
List of demutualised building societies
What is a building society?
History of the Building Society sector
Year of Establishment
BSA Factsheet Index
Other key building society/sector statistics

Building Societies Association: Savings remain high
30/06/2008 - Building societies’ excellent performance in the savings market continued in May, with societies attracting savings inflows of £853 million, the highest May figure since 2002.
BSA: Modest property price fall expected
27/06/2008 - Three quarters of people expect property prices to fall over the next twelve months according to the first quarterly Price Tracker survey by the Building Societies Association (BSA).
BSA to expand mortgage service
12/06/2008 - The Building Societies Association (BSA) announces today that it is to expand the work which it does on behalf of building societies by representing their interests in the mortgage and housing markets.
BSA: Cash ISA's lead the way in record building society figures
02/06/2008 - The highest ever monthly inflow to building society cash ISA accounts contributed to a record April savings inflow for societies of £1.