Tagged: real estate

November 21, 2021 @ 4:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As with any investment, it’s vital to know the different risks involved in peer-to-peer lending before you put up your cash. Equally important is how platforms evaluate, manage, and “present those risks,” according to a blog post published by EstateGuru. As noted by EstateGuru, P2P… Read More

November 14, 2021 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based StepLadder, which claims to be a fast-growing Fintech focused on helping consumers buy their first home, reveals that it has secured 91% (or £686,050) of its £750,000 target with 26 days left in its crowdfunding campaign via Seedrs. Here are some key business highlights… Read More

November 10, 2021 @ 3:36 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fraxtor, a Singapore-based real estate tokenization investment platform, has raised $1.25 million in a pre-Series A funding round, the company announced this week. The event saw participation from family offices such as Baksh Capital and Andes Fund Management. The funds raised will be utilized to… Read More

November 9, 2021 @ 8:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SimpleNexus, developer of the homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents, has announced the launch of Nexus Bilingual, a feature that makes the loan process more accessible to homebuyers who want to communicate in Spanish by obtaining  loan information in… Read More

October 31, 2021 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Nationwide House Price Index (in the UK) reveals that the annual house price growth remained steady in double digits for the fifth straight month in September 2021. However, it eased back to 10.0% from 11.0% in August, the Blend Network team notes. The UK-based… Read More

October 25, 2021 @ 10:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

YieldStreet, an investment crowdfunding platform for alternative assets, notes that they were founded on the principle that “access to and the distribution of income-generating investment products was fundamentally broken.” Yieldstreet’s primary goal is to offer investors access to alternative investments across asset classes that were… Read More

October 23, 2021 @ 3:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate tokenization platform RedSwan CRE is raising preferred equity capital on SeedInvest seeking up to $5 million in funding. The securities are being issued under both Reg CF and Reg D so it is open to both accredited and non-accredited investors. The “tiered preferred… Read More

October 18, 2021 @ 10:57 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Indian bank ICICI Bank this week announced the launch of Home Utsav, a virtual property exhibition that digitally showcases real estate projects by developers from cities across the country. The exhibition offers convenience to prospective home buyers as they can select a home by browsing… Read More

October 16, 2021 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Indata, an industry provider of software, tech and managed services for buy-side companies, reveals that Quay Global Investors is currently live with INDATA’s Architect AI OMS and Portfolio Management solution. Quay is a boutique fund manager specializing in the preservation and creation of wealth via… Read More

October 2, 2021 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based Blend Network, a peer-to-peer lending platform, notes that the prospects of the United Kingdom’s macroeconomic environment are “becoming gradually more positive.” Blend Network writes in a blog post that the improvement is “reflected, among other factors, in job openings at a… Read More

September 25, 2021 @ 10:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based P2P lending platform Blend Network reports that annual house price growth in the country surged to 11.0% in July 2021 from around 10.5% in June 2021. This, according to the updated figures from the Nationwide House Price Index. In MoM terms, house prices increased… Read More

September 25, 2021 @ 10:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Steven Weinstein, the CEO of Seismic Capital Company, an early-stage growth investor that’s focused on identifying, guiding and nurturing firms that are looking meaningfully disrupt the space or industry they work in. Weinstein has reportedly been involved in the capital markets,… Read More

September 20, 2021 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM), which serves as an information resource for blockchain-enabled security tokens, recently published their August 2021 edition of the Security Token Market Real Estate report. The report, which now has an updated structure for their monthly real estate analysis,… Read More

September 10, 2021 @ 3:08 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Citizens Financial Group and JMP Group have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Citizens will acquire JMP in an all-cash transaction. JMP is a capital markets firm that provides investment banking services, including strategic advisory, equity research and sales and trading focused primarily… Read More

September 7, 2021 @ 11:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Oxane Partners, a tech-driven services provider to private markets, reveals that it has signed up two more clients, AllianceBernstein and Edmond de Rothschild REIM, for its Loan Servicing 2.0 offering. As mentioned in the announcement, lenders across the United Kingdom and Europe have signed up… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CalTier Realty, LLC (CalTier), the Fintech platform helping the average investor diversify their portfolio into cash-flowing commercial real estate, has formed a new partnership with Alto Solutions, Inc. (Alto) in order to enable investments from a self-directed IRA account into commercial real estate. As mentioned… Read More

September 1, 2021 @ 9:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendingHome, one of the country’s largest lenders to real estate investors, reveals that it will change its name in “coming months” and rebrand as Kiavi. According to a release shared with CI, the new name, which comes from the phonetic representation of the Italian word… Read More

August 26, 2021 @ 10:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

tZERO, a key player in blockchain innovation and liquidity for digital assets, reveals that its wholly owned, FINRA member broker-dealer subsidiary, tZERO ATS, has teamed up with MarketSpace Capital, a real estate private equity company. Through the partnership, the firms will support the trading of… Read More

August 20, 2021 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based P2P lender Blend Network notes that annual house price growth has “remained in double digits,” however, it “fell back to 10.5%” last month, according to the Nationwide House Price Index. It’s now down from the 17-year high of 13.4% that was recorded during the month… Read More

August 19, 2021 @ 8:37 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Ajar, a MENA region rental collection platform, reveals that it has expanded its business operations to the Kingdom of Bahrain. With an established presence in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the firm will be providing its property management and rent collection services in… Read More