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.

Economy

Mortgage rates face further pressure as inflation rises to 3.1%

Mortgage rates could face further upward pressure after UK inflation climbed back above 3% in August. The Consumer Prices Index rose by 3.1% in the 12 months to August, up from 2.9% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics. Inflation including owner occupiers' housing...
marketing

OneDome takes integrated homebuying service nationwide

OneDome has launched a national television campaign promoting its integrated homebuying service, which brings mortgage advice, conveyancing, surveying and insurance into a single package. The property technology business said its “The New Way” campaign is expected to reach 7.6 million viewers across Britain and will...

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Appointments

Canada Life makes two executive committee appointments

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Building Societies

The Suffolk brings back five-year residential and buy-to-let fixes

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Technology

iPipeline adds feature badges to SolutionBuilder protection portal

iPipeline has launched Feature Badging on SolutionBuilder, its protection quote and research portal, to...
Buy-to-let

YBS Commercial trims buy-to-let rates and adds two-year fixes

YBS Commercial Mortgages has reduced rates across its buy-to-let range while introducing new two-year...
Appointments

GB Bank chief exec to step down after return to profit

GB Bank chief executive Mike Says is to retire from the role at the...
Specialist

Ampla Finance adds three hires to support introducers

Ampla Finance has appointed three staff across marketing and growth roles as it looks...
Loans

FCA to review whether APRs help borrowers compare credit costs

The Financial Conduct Authority is seeking views on whether annual percentage rates remain the...
Technology

Vernon partners with FintechOS on mortgage platform upgrade

Vernon Building Society has partnered with FintechOS to support investment in a unified mortgage...
events

HSBC to host broker webinar on market volatility amid Middle East tensions

HSBC is set to host a broker-focused webinar examining the impact of geopolitical instability...
Buy-to-let

The Mortgage Works to cut buy-to-let rates once again

The Mortgage Works will cut rates across selected buy-to-let and HMO products from Wednesday,...
News

Virgin Money withdraws buy-to-let new business range

Virgin Money has pulled all buy-to-let new business deals as of Tuesday 28 April,...
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Economy

Mortgage rates face further pressure as inflation rises to 3.1%

Mortgage rates could face further upward pressure after UK inflation climbed back above 3%...
marketing

OneDome takes integrated homebuying service nationwide

OneDome has launched a national television campaign promoting its integrated homebuying service, which brings...
News

Buyers put greater premium on energy-efficient homes

Energy efficiency is playing a growing role in homebuying decisions, with almost three-quarters of...
Help to Buy

Almost half of Help to Buy borrowers could not have bought without scheme

Almost half of Help to Buy customers would not have been able to purchase...