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.

Appointments

National Friendly adds three senior hires

National Friendly has made three appointments across its marketing, actuarial and business development teams as the mutual continues to expand its protection business. Paul Allen has joined as chief marketing officer, Peter Stanley as deputy chief actuary and Danny Turner as business development manager. Allen (pictured)...
Later Life

Two-thirds of older borrowers assume lenders impose age limits

Almost two-thirds of brokers believe older borrowers still assume all mortgage lenders impose age restrictions despite growing demand for later life borrowing. Research from Suffolk Building Society found 64% of intermediaries believed over-55s continued to think all lenders restricted borrowing based on age. It comes as...

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Buy-to-let

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Technology

Fignum report warns lenders of the cost of delaying mortgage technology change

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Appointments

OneDome Growth Partners promotes Jason Bryant to head of growth

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Later Life

L&G creates chief customer officer role to unify service across retirement divisions

Legal & General has appointed Sarah Spooner to a newly created chief customer officer...
Buy-to-let

Landbay adds AVMs and small HMO products to Premier range

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Regulation

FCA probe into MFS collapse sharpens focus on corporate due diligence

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Building Societies

The Vernon grows assets to £534m as annual profits reach £2.8m

Vernon Building Society increased total assets to £534m in 2025, while reporting profit before...
News

Second charge lending sees steady start to 2026 with 19% rise in new agreements

New business volumes in the second charge mortgage market rose by 19% in January...
Specialist

African visa workers pull back from UK mortgages as access concerns persist

Research from specialist lender Afin Bank suggests demand for mortgages among African nationals on...
Technology

Brilliant Solutions moves to OMS platform in CRM partnership

One Mortgage System (OMS) has agreed a partnership with Brilliant Solutions following a review...
Later Life

More2life unveils toolkit to help advisers build referral pipeline

More2life has launched a new Growth Toolkit aimed at helping later life advisers establish...
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Appointments

National Friendly adds three senior hires

National Friendly has made three appointments across its marketing, actuarial and business development teams...
Later Life

Two-thirds of older borrowers assume lenders impose age limits

Almost two-thirds of brokers believe older borrowers still assume all mortgage lenders impose age...
Distribution

Monmouthshire joins Paradigm lender panel

Paradigm Mortgage Services has added Monmouthshire Building Society to its lender panel, giving member...
events

Rosemount to hold 2027 annual conference at Emirates Stadium

Rosemount Financial Solutions (IFA) will stage its 2027 Annual Conference at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium...