Author: mark harris

Firstly we would like to say we hope that all of our clients are safe and well. It’s no secret that the past 6 months have presented huge change to our daily lives.  The mortgage market stood mostly still in the months of March and April and we have suffered Furlough like so many of […]

Hello from a very cold, wet, windy and also sunny Penistone! We’ve all certainly hit the ground running this year and have managed a school holiday in the process. We’ve had birthday celebrations, new health kicks and exams to contend with, not to mention the weather! It’s been a very busy year so far for […]

This last few weeks, Ian has been king of Self-Builds and has helped clients to achieve their dream homes with complex cases. Purchases, Remortgages and Buy-to-Lets have come in abundance along with protecting clients with Life and Critical Illness policies. Steve has been working on very complex cases, and continues to help customers with Commercial […]

Wow! This month’s blog is a bit late. We write as we survive a day & night of flooding in Penistone. We hope everyone managed to stay safe and has not be affected. It’s been such a busy month. Half term, Halloween and lots of rain… This month we have been discussing next year’s fund […]

After a more relaxing August, the month of September has swept us off our feet! It’s been one of those months that is so difficult to judge in terms of weather. The schools are back, a new routine begins, and the sweet cupboard has been replaced with caffeine! Bring on October! Ian has had a […]

Greetings from Penistone! What a fantastic month July has been. We’ve seen the hottest day ever recorded this month in the UK. Along with some of the heaviest down pours. The garden has never been so self-sufficient! We are excited to welcome our new addition to the office – our new fridge. We are all […]

Hello from what was a very wet Penistone! We hope that the heatwave we had this Saturday helped you all to enjoy your weekend & hopefully get the long-awaited BBQs out! We’ve all had a busy month here at Stepping Stones Financial Services. The weather hasn’t stopped us or our clients, and we’ve had some […]

We were privileged to be at the starting line of the Tour de Yorkshire this year – you may have seen on our social media that we caught it all on video! We were excited to attend the Mortgage Expo in a sunny Manchester! We met lots of lenders and crammed in lots of info […]

This week we took a trip to Manchester to the Mortgage Expo. This was a fantastic opportunity for the team to go and meet new lenders, get to know some Financial insight into the future and to get lots of goodies! We chatted to lots of lenders and saw what is out there for our clients […]

It’s been a strange month, April. Kids school holidays, bike riding, personal achievements & sunnier climates! How incredible to have the hottest Easter Bank Holiday weekends in decades. That was a real treat. We went to a Buy to Let Mortgage Focus Forum this month. This allows us to continue our work around professional development, […]

What a busy month Ian has had! Two self builds to support our clients with who have bought their own pieces of land and intend building their own houses, also another renovation development – a client has bought a pub and is converting it to their main residential property which we are arranging finance for. […]

This February we were excited to see some excellent mystery shop results from the FT Adviser. Our Commercial Finance Consultant Steve got a score of thirty-three out of thirty-five during a shop back in 2017; we have only just been made aware of the report and we’re very proud of Steve’s result. We may be […]