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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Appointments

Bath Building Society recruits finance chief from Principality

Bath Building Society has appointed Annelie Grey as chief finance officer, recruiting her from...
Sourcing

L&G opens Ignite mortgage sourcing platform to all brokers

L&G has extended access to its Ignite mortgage sourcing platform to brokers across the...
Appointments

Afin Bank recruit to lead treasury and regulatory reporting

Afin Bank has appointed Simon McClean as head of treasury and regulatory reporting as...
Cover

Certua Life brings individual life cover to Heka benefits platform

Certua Life has partnered with employee benefits platform Heka to offer individual life insurance...
Protection

LifeSearch adds life insurance access to Snoop app

LifeSearch has partnered with money management app Snoop to give users access to life...
Technology

Twenty7tec targets adviser administration and client retention with Steppl

Twenty7tec has developed Steppl to bring client information, communications and documents into one digital...
House prices

House prices record first annual fall since November 2023

UK house prices fell by 0.4% in the year to August, the first annual...
News

New housebuilder registrations fall 34% from 2022 peak

The number of housebuilding companies being established in the UK has fallen by 34%...
News

HSBC UK to raise rates across residential and buy-to-let ranges

HSBC UK will increase rates across a range of two-year and five-year fixed mortgages...
Buy-to-let

Landlords’ average rental income rises to £88,454

The average UK landlord portfolio generates £88,454 a year in gross rental income, according...
News

Virgin Money ups residential mortgage rates

Virgin Money will increase selected purchase and remortgage rates by as much as 0.30%...
Protection

Financial pressure drives injured workers back to work early

Almost four in five Britons would return to work before receiving medical clearance after...
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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...