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.

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Target Group posts record client satisfaction score

Target Group has reported its highest client satisfaction score to date, six months after setting its previous record. The outsourcing and software provider recorded an overall CSAT rating of 4.44 out of five, up from its previous high of 4.25. The latest result moves the business...
Homebuying

Four-month fall in sales agreed signals weaker mortgage market

Mortgage lenders face a potentially weaker final quarter after property sales agreed fell by more than 5% year-on-year for four consecutive months, according to TwentyCi. Its latest Market Update showed sales agreed volumes were around 8% lower year-on-year in both May and June, followed by...

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Buy-to-let

Buy-to-let lending remains ahead of last year despite slower start to year

Buy-to-let lending increased in the first quarter of 2026 compared with a year earlier,...
Specialist

Market Harborough reveals £120m Gen H mortgage portfolio acquisition

Market Harborough Building Society has acquired a £120m residential mortgage portfolio from Gen H...
News

UTB streamlines buy-to-let mortgage process with broker-focused operational changes

United Trust Bank has introduced a series of operational enhancements to its buy-to-let mortgage...
Cover

Home insurance price falls slow as market shows signs of turning

Home insurance premiums continued to fall during the second quarter of 2026, but the...
Buy-to-let

Landbay launches telephone sales team to support broker applications

Landbay has launched a dedicated telephone sales team to provide additional support to brokers...
Cover

Cost-of-living pressures leave homeowners cutting back on mortgage protection

Rising concern about financial resilience is being undermined by affordability pressures, with advisers reporting...
Buy-to-let

Nearly one in five private rented homes have left the sector in the past decade

Almost 850,000 homes that were once part of the UK's private rented sector have...
Technology

Nivo launches AI assistant to automate mortgage case packaging

Nivo has launched an off-the-shelf artificial intelligence service designed to help mortgage brokers automate...
Q&A

Q&A: Sam Lindsay, My Mortgage Angel

Mortgage Soup fires the questions at Sam Lindsay, mortgage adviser at My Mortgage Angel. Mortgage...
JBSP

Bank of Ireland expands JBSP mortgage criteria

Bank of Ireland for Intermediaries has widened its Joint Borrower Sole Proprietor (JBSP) mortgage...
Cover

Try Financial links with The Insurance Surgery to support complex protection cases

Try Financial has formed a partnership with specialist protection adviser The Insurance Surgery to...
News

VouchedFor unveils enhanced membership as advisers adapt to AI-led search

VouchedFor has launched Verified+, a new membership tier aimed at helping financial advisers improve...
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Servicing

Target Group posts record client satisfaction score

Target Group has reported its highest client satisfaction score to date, six months after...
Homebuying

Four-month fall in sales agreed signals weaker mortgage market

Mortgage lenders face a potentially weaker final quarter after property sales agreed fell by...
News

HSBC to raise residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is increasing mortgage rates across much of its residential and buy-to-let range...
Building Societies

Cumberland expands school money workshops into second year

The Cumberland Building Society is extending its financial education programme for primary school children...