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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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Broker Online – scheduled maintenance Tuesday 8th November

By Richard Steed / 3rd November 2022 / Comments Off on Broker Online – scheduled maintenance Tuesday 8th November

Broker Online We will be carrying out some scheduled maintenance to our Broker Online platform between 8am and 11am on Tuesday 8th November so it will be unavailable during this time. We apologise for any inconvenience and the normal service will resume after 11am. We thank you for your patience during this time.

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Message to our Savers – Rate increases October 25th

By Richard Steed / 21st October 2022 / Comments Off on Message to our Savers – Rate increases October 25th

We are increasing the interest rates on the following savings accounts: Accounts currently open to new applications will be changing from the 25th October 2022 as follows: Account name Balance limits Current rate  Gross PA / AER%* Variable New rate          Gross PA / AER%* Variable 30 Days’ Notice £1,000-£250,000 1.75% 2.00% […]

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Online Services – scheduled maintenance Wednesday 26th October

By Richard Steed / 19th October 2022 / Comments Off on Online Services – scheduled maintenance Wednesday 26th October

Online Services – scheduled maintenance Wednesday 26th October We will be carrying out some scheduled maintenance to our Online Services platform between 8am and 11am on Wednesday 26th October so these will be unavailable during this time. Our Member Services team will be available on 01582 765 411 between 9am and 11am to assist you […]

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Industry Insight – New holiday let opportunities – thinking outside the box

By Richard Steed / 17th October 2022 / Comments Off on Industry Insight – New holiday let opportunities – thinking outside the box

Download the article as a PDF – New holiday let opportunities – thinking outside the box New holiday let opportunities As a longstanding provider of holiday let mortgages the Harpenden team sees sector trends and what new opportunities are emerging for brokers. So what’s new? With the market booming in recent years in traditional holiday […]

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Our Mortgages – Standard Variable Rate increases from 14th October

By Elliot Ashby / 11th October 2022 / Comments Off on Our Mortgages – Standard Variable Rate increases from 14th October

Standard Variable Rate increases on our product range… We are changing our Standard Variable Rate from 5.54% to 6.04% from 14th October 2022 for new applications, and 1st November for existing customers. We will be contacting all affected customers to advise of the change and what it means to them. Our updated product literature will be available from this […]

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