Kevin Rose

Kevin Rose began his career as a business and finance journalist in 1997 and has been writing about the mortgage industry since 2001.

He was the editor of BestAdvice for 23 years and was editor-in-chief of the Niche trade titles, which included Niche Mortgages, Niche Personal Loans and Niche Commercial Finance.

He launched and hosted the mortgage industry’s first ever podcast, SoundAdvice, back in 2005.

He has also written for a large number of newspapers and trade titles, including the Independent, i Paper, What Investment, Money Management and BusinessAge, and has also edited and contributed to Times Newspapers’ finance supplements.

In addition, he has acted as a consultant to publishing firms looking to maximise their online presence.

Mansion Tax

Propertymark warns Scottish mansion tax could restrict housing market

Propertymark has warned plans for a Scottish “mansion tax” could make it harder for people to move home and has called for a wider review of property taxation instead. The Scottish Government is consulting on two new council tax bands covering properties valued at more...
Stamp Duty

Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul to kick-start housing market

Berkeley Group has called on the Government to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers and downsizers and scrap the 5% surcharge on property investors in an attempt to boost housing transactions and new development. The housebuilder wants stamp duty capped at 1% for first-time buyers...

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Remortgage searches rise 11% year on year as August activity slows

Remortgage searches continued to support mortgage market activity in August, with Twenty7tec recording an...
Building Societies

The Darlington reduces mortgage rates by up to 40bps

Darlington Building Society has cut rates across its residential and specialist mortgage ranges by...
First-time buyers

House price fall fails to solve first-time buyer deposit barrier

Millions of working renters remain unable to buy their first home despite UK house...
Protection

AFM backs Law Commission proposals to modernise friendly society legislation

The Association of Financial Mutuals (AFM) has welcomed the Law Commission's final report on...
criteria

Knowledge Bank records 6,800 lender criteria changes in August

Knowledge Bank recorded more than 6,800 changes to lender criteria during August, the highest...
Conveyancing

Conveybuddy appoints Chris Smith as regional director

Conveybuddy has appointed Chris Smith as regional director for London and the South East...
News

Landbay cuts Core buy-to-let rates by up to 0.20%

Landbay has cut rates across 19 products in its Core buy-to-let range, with reductions...
Appointments

Stowell returns to Accord in regional sales manager role

Accord Mortgages has recruited Kelly Stowell as regional sales manager for London, the South-East...
News

Treasury rules out stamp duty relief for homeowners downsizing

HM Treasury has rejected a proposal to offer stamp duty relief to homeowners moving...
Technology

Nivo revamps website with AI cost and time-saving tools for brokers

Nivo has relaunched its website with pricing and a sample case report designed to...
News

Atom bank cuts residential mortgage rates by 0.10%

Atom bank has reduced rates across its Near Prime range and most of its...
Technology

Air sets October summit on AI and technology for advisers

Air will hold a one-day summit in Coventry next month focused on how advisers...
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Mansion Tax

Propertymark warns Scottish mansion tax could restrict housing market

Propertymark has warned plans for a Scottish “mansion tax” could make it harder for...
Stamp Duty

Berkeley calls for stamp duty overhaul to kick-start housing market

Berkeley Group has called on the Government to slash stamp duty for first-time buyers...
Economy

Stronger UK growth adds to interest rate uncertainty

Stronger-than-expected UK economic growth has added another complication to the outlook for interest rates...
Building Societies

Tipton expands Credit Plus range with second tier

Tipton & Coseley Building Society has added a second tier to its Credit Plus...