Real Estate

April 12, 2016 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyShares, a crowdfunding real estate marketplace, announced on Tuesday that it launched an equity fund that is focused on large investors. According to the company, the equity fund is aimed at institutions, single-family offices and high net worth individuals to help increase exposure to the potential “alpha-generating” strategies… Read More

April 11, 2016 @ 12:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharestates announced on Monday that it has surpassed $300 million in total funds set aside for the purchase of loans. The investment portal that allows investors to participate in  pre-vetted real estate projects. The company stated that its recent growth was fueled by its partnerships with Colony American Finance and Prime Meridian… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real Estate Investors Funding Association (REIFA), a Texas nonprofit, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $150,000 for its real estate startup application, “FundingFinder.” FundingFinder is described as a web-based application works by matching real estate deals with the right lenders. REIFA states that the application has… Read More

March 28, 2016 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New Zealand investment crowdfunding market has progressed rapidly since the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) provided a regulatory structure to allow both equity and debt based platforms to operate. Today there are 8 equity operations and 4 licensed peer to peer platforms. New Zealand is… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 11:25 am By Lao Zhuo, Weiyangx  |  

The property prices in China’s major cities has surged in recent months, first in Shenzhen, then Shanghai and Beijing. The rapid appreciation of property is drawing people’s attention back to the concept of real estate crowdfunding. Four types of real estate crowdfunding Real estate crowdfunding… Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, one of the trailblazing real estate crowdfunding platforms that has helped to establish the emerging marketplace, has topped $100 million in real estate financing. Patch of Land has targeted its platform at short term debt finance that is utilized to purchase, refinance… Read More

March 17, 2016 @ 4:52 pm By Amy Wan  |  

The RECF (real estate crowdfunding) community has been keenly interested in finding creative ways to use the new Regulation A+ that came into effect earlier last year. However, not all filings have been successful or made much business sense. Last year, I wrote about Groundfloor’s… Read More

March 16, 2016 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, Sharestates, announced it has passed the $100 million in raised capital mark. As previously reported, Sharestates is a investment platform that allows investors to participate in  pre-vetted real estate projects. Sharestates sources and qualifies potential opportunities and offers securities to accredited investors… Read More

March 16, 2016 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdStreet, a real estate crowdfunding platform, investor acquisition and management platform , announced on Wednesday it has raised $3.5 million in Series A funding. This round was led by Rally Ventures with participation from various seed investors including Green Visor Capital, Seven Peaks Ventures and Portland… Read More

March 15, 2016 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Generation Income Properties, a real estate investment trust, announced it has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise capital through Regulation A+ as part of its growth plans. The company is looking to secure $20 million.  Generation’s founder and… Read More

March 14, 2016 @ 7:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Commercial mortgage lender LendInvest has received a £17 million Series Be investment from Atomico, the venture capital firm created by Skype creator Niklas Zennerström. Mattias Ljungman, who formed Atomico with Zennström, will take a seat on the LendInvest board.  Since 2006, Ljungman has been involved… Read More

March 13, 2016 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Patch of Land has updated their product offerings with a mid-term loan option.  The new financing vehicle is designed to provide financing for 2 to 5 years with rates commencing at 6%. Financing is for both purchases and refis. Previously the… Read More

March 6, 2016 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investing via online platforms, be they a marketplace lender /P2P site, or a real estate crowdfunding platform, takes time and typically entails jumping from platform to platform.  As the internet finance industry matures, it is inevitable that new channels crop up to help facilitate investors… Read More

March 1, 2016 @ 9:46 pm By Anthony Zeoli  |  

  To date, most crowdfunded investment opportunities have been limited to wealthy investors who meet the current definition of “accredited investor.” This has left an absolutely HUGE market of potential investor capital, represented by those individuals who currently do not qualify as accredited investors, virtually untapped…. Read More

February 26, 2016 @ 8:29 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Estate Baron, an Australian real estate crowdfunding platform, now has no limit on the number of investors that can participate, which has allowed the company to bring the minimum investment down to $2,000. Founder Moresh Kokane explains this means Estate Baron has made one of the first… Read More

February 25, 2016 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money360, a commercial real estate online marketplace lending platform, announced on Thursday the appointment of Prathit V. Thaker joined as Chief Risk Officer, and Peter J. Margolin as Midwest Regional Director.  Thaker reportedly brings more than 20 years of commercial real estate finance experience, specializing… Read More

February 25, 2016 @ 12:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, Sharestates, announced on Wednesday that an east coast private equity firm has selected the portal for the purchase of loans with a 2016 target of $60 million. According to Sharestates, this new partnership reinforces institutional recognition of its underwriting excellence, while… Read More

February 24, 2016 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

RealtyShares, a crowdfunding real estate marketplace, has closed on a $20 million series B funding round led by big name investor Union Square Ventures with participation from existing investors Menlo Ventures and General Catalyst Partners. Crowdfund Insider first revealed the capital raise this past January… Read More

February 23, 2016 @ 8:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

RealtyShares, a real estate crowdfunding marketplace, has announced placing both a $3.75 million first lien loan and a $975,000 2nd lien crowdfunded loan for a single family home renovation in Tiburon, California. The first lien went to an institutional capital provider. Nav Athwal, CEO of RealtyShares,… Read More

February 22, 2016 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest is broadening the reach of its mortgage-based lending platform. The P2P lender has traditionally focused on London and the Southeast but now it is moving into Scotland. This expansion marks LendInvest’s first official presence outside London and is part of an intent to expand operations into… Read More