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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 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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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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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 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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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 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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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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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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Download the article as a PDF – Holiday Lets – Foreign travel chaos set to boost UK holiday let demand Delays and wider travel issues expected during October half term getaway If you thought overseas travel turmoil was a thing of the past, think again. October half term is set to feel the effects of […]
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