YORKSHIRE Building Society has emerged as a winner.

The Bradford-based society, which has its roots in Huddersfield, achieved the most Best Buys for its mortgage products across all lenders in 2011.

A round-up for 2011 from Kantar Media’s PressWatch Financial, showed the society offered 1,594 mortgage Best Buys during the year – more than 16% higher than its next nearest competitor.

Yorkshire’s group direct mortgage manager, Chris Smith, said: “This ranking was achieved through our wide choice of excellent value products for all consumers, meeting as many different needs as possible.

“As a mutual, we’re committed to offering our members the best possible deals and we will work hard in 2012 to continue to offer the most competitive products.”

Chelsea Building Society, part of the Yorkshire Building Society group, moved up the Best Buy tables to be placed fourth in 2011 with 858 Best Buys.