Year: 2022

Our Mortgages – Changes to our discounted variable product range from 13th December

By Richard Steed / 8th December 2022 / Comments Off on Our Mortgages – Changes to our discounted variable product range from 13th December

As of 13th December 2022, we will be making changes to our discounted variable products including the launch of new LTV bands. Our updated product literature will available in the Intermediaries section of our website on the 13th December. Contact our Business Development Team on brokerteam@harpendenbs.co.uk

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Our opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period

By Richard Steed / 1st December 2022 / Comments Off on Our opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period

Here is a summary of our opening hours over the festive period for our four branches and Head Office… All four of our branches; Harpenden, Radlett, Tring and Leighton Buzzard have the below opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period: • Monday 19th December to Thursday 22nd December – open 9am – 12:30pm […]

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Online Services – Scheduled Maintenance Monday 28th November

By Richard Steed / 24th November 2022 / Comments Off on Online Services – Scheduled Maintenance Monday 28th November

We will be carrying out some scheduled maintenance to our Online Services platform between 10am and 11:30am on Monday 28th November so these will be unavailable during this time. Our Member Services team will be available on 01582 765 411 from 9:00am to assist you with any transactions. As part of the maintenance, we are […]

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Message to our Savers – Rate increases December 5th

By Richard Steed / 22nd November 2022 / Comments Off on Message to our Savers – Rate increases December 5th

We are increasing the interest rates on the following savings accounts: Accounts currently open to new applications will be changing from December 5th 2022 as follows: Account name Balance limits Current rate  Gross PA / AER%* Variable New rate          Gross PA / AER%* Variable 45 Days’ Notice £1,000-£250,000 2.50% 2.70% Triple […]

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Message to our Savers – Young Savers – Rate increase 21st November

By Richard Steed / 21st November 2022 / Comments Off on Message to our Savers – Young Savers – Rate increase 21st November

We are increasing the interest rate on the Young Savers account – this will occur on 21st November 2022. Account name Balance limits previous rate  Gross PA / AER%* Variable  new rate          Gross PA / AER%* Variable Young Savers £1-£5,000 1.55% 2.00% For more information on our products please visit our […]

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Our Mortgages – Standard Variable Rate increases from 16th November

By Richard Steed / 16th November 2022 / Comments Off on Our Mortgages – Standard Variable Rate increases from 16th November

We are changing our Standard Variable Rate from 6.04% to 6.79% from 16th November 2022 for new applications, and 1st December for existing customers. We will be contacting all affected customers to advise of the change and what it means to them. Increases to our current variable rates across our product range will also take […]

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Industry Insights – Where are you spending Christmas? Holiday Let rentals….

By Richard Steed / 9th November 2022 / Comments Off on Industry Insights – Where are you spending Christmas? Holiday Let rentals….

Download the article as a PDF – Where are you spending Christmas? Holiday Let rentals…. The ability for brokers to grow business in the UK holiday let space has never been stronger. Here are some of my recent observations. Holiday let rentals are less and less limited to traditional summer months. Taking a break over […]

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Legal & General announces product exclusive for SmartrFit users

By Richard Steed / 9th November 2022 / Comments Off on Legal & General announces product exclusive for SmartrFit users

Legal & General has revealed a product exclusive for users of its SmartrFit tool in collaboration with Harpenden Building Society. The exclusive is live and will be followed by others in the coming months. Advisers can access additional discounts on Harpenden Building Society’s residential products when sourced using SmartrFit. This includes the lender’s 2-year residential […]

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Industry Insight – Manual underwriting – a catalyst for broker growth

By Richard Steed / 7th November 2022 / Comments Off on Industry Insight – Manual underwriting – a catalyst for broker growth

Download the article as a PDF – Manual underwriting – a catalyst for broker growth With phrases like ‘economic crisis’ and ‘risk to financial stability’ never far from the headlines it’s a worrying time for many. Against the backdrop of soaring inflation and rising interest rates, how can brokers build new business? Tough times With […]

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Harpenden Building Society pick LUCENT360; Connexica’s fully managed analytics service

By Richard Steed / 3rd November 2022 / Comments Off on Harpenden Building Society pick LUCENT360; Connexica’s fully managed analytics service

Connexica is pleased to announce that Harpenden Building Society has chosen its fully managed LUCENT360 service for the provision of their reporting and analytics. By selecting LUCENT360 Harpenden join the growing number of building societies that are relying on Connexica to provide their essential management information in a timely, accurate, and reliable way, and to […]

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