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by Craig Middleton, Mortgage Sales and Distribution Manager, Harpenden Building Society In February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that the overall employment rate increased by 0.6% year on year (Dec 2018 vs Dec 2019) to a record high of 76.5% (since ONS figures began in January to March 1971). Employment is defined by […]
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We recognise that this is an uncertain time for everyone. Our Members are at the heart of everything we do, and we want to reassure you that we continue to be committed to looking after your money. Recently, the Bank of England reduced the base rate by 0.65% to 0.10% and we have taken some […]
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by Graeme Aitken, Business Development Manager, Harpenden Building Society In January of this year, The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors released its Residential Market Survey (1). The overwhelming sentiment was one of positivity; buyer enquiries, agreed sales and new instructions are all increasing. House prices are rising nationally and respondents were upbeat on the outlook […]
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by Martin Langlands, Chief Risk Officer, Harpenden Building Society One of the long-term priorities of the FCA is to ‘ensure fair pricing in financial services.’ In July 2018, the FCA released a discussion paper titled DP18/6, as they were concerned that competition was not working well enough in the cash savings market. This led to […]
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Our latest update, December 21st 2020 We would like to provide all of our members an update on our decision to permanently close the Wendover and Buckingham branches with immediate effect. You can read our official statement in full from our Chief Executive, Sarah Howe. Below is an update for all of our members on […]
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We have provided a three year funding support programme with the St Albans based youth counselling charity, Youth Talk. Presently, the Society is halfway through the partnership and are already seeing the benefits they provide towards young people’s mental health. Funding from our Grassroots Endowment Fund has already financed the first Youth Talk counselling sessions which […]
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by Roy Badcock, Senior Manager, Harpenden Building Society Does a day go by without a headline appearing about the transformative effect of ‘fintech’ or new technology? Some of my colleagues were at the Mortgage Business Expo conference in London recently and technology was a popular topic of conversation. Indeed, one of the conference seminars, ‘How […]
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by Martin Langlands, Chief Risk Officer, Harpenden Building Society A short while ago, I wrote an article which explained how a discussion paper jointly issued by The Bank of England, The PRA and The FCA has the potential to change the way all financial institutions might be asked to operate in the future. The paper […]
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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 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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