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.

Commonhold

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder, gives flat owners greater control and avoids some familiar problems such as diminishing lease lengths and ground rents. For mortgage lenders and brokers, however, the more important question is not whether...
New build

NatWest opens specialist new-build support line for brokers

NatWest has introduced a dedicated telephone service for mortgage brokers handling new-build cases, providing direct access to business development managers trained in the sector. The lender said the service is intended to give intermediaries specialist support at different stages of a new-build mortgage, from initial...

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Education

FIBA launches broker education series for buy-to-let market

The Financial Intermediary & Broker Association (FIBA) has launched a four-part webinar series to...
charity

Mortgage industry cycle challenge raises £26k for children and homelessness charities

Mortgage industry leaders have raised £26,002 for two charities after cycling 472 miles from...
Buy-to-let

MTD pressure prompts 22% of landlords to consider quitting

More than one in five UK landlords have considered leaving the rental market as...
News

Virgin Money cuts new business rates and ups buy-to-let PT rates

Virgin Money is to reduce a range of purchase and remortgage fixed rates while...
Distribution

TMG adds Handelsbanken to mortgage lender panel

TMG Mortgage Network has added Handelsbanken to its lender panel, giving advisers access to...
Buy-to-let

Landlord refinancing returns to record levels as fixed-rate deals expire

Buy-to-let refinancing has returned to a record high as landlords respond to the expiry...
News

Atom bank issues 36% of near-prime mortgage offers on same day

Atom bank delivered 36% of its near-prime mortgage offers on the day of application...
Building Societies

Cambridge BS backs regional drive to tackle housing inequality

Cambridge Building Society is supporting a programme intended to bring businesses, philanthropists and civic...
News

Gen H cuts high-LTV mortgage rates by up to 40 basis points

Gen H has reduced rates across its high loan-to-value and New Build Boost mortgage...
First-time buyers

Gable Group targets £250m of high-LTV mortgage lending

Gable Group has secured a long-term funding line from an unnamed European bank to...
Appointments

Afin Bank appoints three regional business development managers

Afin Bank has hired three regional business development managers to cover the North, South...
Protection

Walsham Brothers appoints Omni Protect as first distribution partner

Walsham Brothers has appointed Fintel's whole-of-market protection club Omni Protect as its first distribution...
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Commonhold

What commonhold will mean for mortgage lenders and brokers

Commonhold is often presented as the straightforward alternative to leasehold. It removes the freeholder,...
New build

NatWest opens specialist new-build support line for brokers

NatWest has introduced a dedicated telephone service for mortgage brokers handling new-build cases, providing...
News

High-income-multiple lending to first-time buyers jumps 66%

The number of first-time buyer mortgages advanced at 4.5 times income or more rose...
Buy-to-let

Landlords increasingly favour local markets for property investment

Professional landlords are increasingly concentrating investment in their home regions as local market knowledge...