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Our opening hours over the Christmas and New Year period

By Richard Steed / 23rd December 2019 / 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 branches… Christmas Eve – our six branches and our Head Office will close at 1pm Christmas Day and Boxing Day – our six branches and our Head Office will be closed Friday 27th December – our Head Office will be open […]

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Industry Insights – Why Operational Resilience could transform the market

By Richard Steed / 5th December 2019 / Comments Off on Industry Insights – Why Operational Resilience could transform the market

by Martin Langlands, Chief Risk Officer, Harpenden Building Society In July 2018, The Bank of England, The PRA and The FCA issued a joint discussion paper called ‘Building the UK financial sector’s operational resilience’. The paper also goes by the name of DP 01/18. You may have seen some commentary in the trade press but […]

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Harpenden Building Society; Local focus with National reach

By Richard Steed / 12th November 2019 / Comments Off on Harpenden Building Society; Local focus with National reach

Harpenden Building Society won the Best Local Building Society award for an unprecedented 5th, consecutive year at the What Mortgage Awards. Today we meet Harpenden’s CEO Sarah Howe who tells us more about this specialist lender which packs a punch when it comes to mortgage lending. Q: How did it feel to be voted Best […]

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Impact partners with Harpenden BS complete on complex £1m deal

By Richard Steed / 12th November 2019 / Comments Off on Impact partners with Harpenden BS complete on complex £1m deal

Impact Specialist Finance and the Harpenden Building Society have completed a £1 million interest only residential deal on a new build flat for a client in their 50s. The transaction was for a very upscale 19th floor new build property situated on the South Bank of the Thames in London. It had a valuation of […]

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Industry Insights – Holiday Lets – A Growing Opportunity…

By Richard Steed / 8th November 2019 / Comments Off on Industry Insights – Holiday Lets – A Growing Opportunity…

by Harpenden Building Society The demand for holidays and time to rest can be affected by the economy but there will always be people trying to seek a break from it all. Holiday Lets are becoming an increasingly attractive investment proposition for many across the UK and it’s not just down to political and economic […]

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Case Study – Frequency of Income, Jamil Qureshi

By Richard Steed / 1st November 2019 / Comments Off on Case Study – Frequency of Income, Jamil Qureshi

OUR CUSTOMER: Jamil Qureshi is one of the world’s leading performance psychologists, and an expert in high performance. Jamil has helped six people get to Number One in the world of sport and delivered leadership programmes at board level for organisations all around the globe. He has worked with footballers from Manchester United, Manchester City, […]

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Industry Insights – The future of mortgage provision

By Richard Steed / 30th October 2019 / Comments Off on Industry Insights – The future of mortgage provision

by Martin Langlands, Chief Risk Officer, Harpenden Building Society What does the future of mortgage provision look like in the UK? Now that’s an interesting question, given the ever-so-slightly turbulent times we are living through. All eyes are on the days leading up to the EU summit in the middle of October, and the weeks […]

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Industry Insights – Blurring the boundaries between mortgage products

By Richard Steed / 23rd October 2019 / Comments Off on Industry Insights – Blurring the boundaries between mortgage products

by Ken Hale, Head of Lending, Harpenden Building Society Brexit, intercontinental trade wars, quantitative easing, house price escalation. Back in 2000, when people were getting anxious about the Millennium Bug, very few would have believed that we would be grappling with the big political and economic questions that we are experiencing right now. In addition […]

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Industry Insights – Are Holiday Lets the new Buy-To-Let?

By Richard Steed / 17th October 2019 / Comments Off on Industry Insights – Are Holiday Lets the new Buy-To-Let?

Over the past few months we have noticed increased interest from investors looking to holiday lets to provide a source of additional income. Holiday lets have always been a niche area of the mortgage market but one that we believe will grow significantly. We have been an active lender in this space for many years and […]

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Sarah Howe, joins speaker panel at Harpenden Personal Finance Conference: “Helping you shape your financial future”

By Richard Steed / 4th October 2019 / Comments Off on Sarah Howe, joins speaker panel at Harpenden Personal Finance Conference: “Helping you shape your financial future”

Lyndhurst Financial Management are delivering their inaugural Harpenden Personal Finance Conference on Friday 15th November 2019. This highly anticipated morning event is free to attend and will take place in the Rothamsted Research Conference Centre, West Common, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ. Registration for the conference is from 9:00am to 9:30am and concludes with a complimentary buffet […]

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