Real Estate

December 10, 2022 @ 4:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bond, the embedded finance platform, announced that residential real estate business Flow has selected Bond as the embedded finance platform partner “to power Flow’s planned digital wallet, which will offer differentiated financial products.” Bond’s platform “enables Flow to provide its community members with a unique… Read More

December 8, 2022 @ 11:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform Small Change is looking to raise growth capital, and they are utilizing Wefunder to pursue new investors. According to the offering page, Small Change hopes to raise up to $1.07 million by offering a SAFE with a valuation cap of $9… Read More

December 6, 2022 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

PropertyRise, a UK-based prime property investment platform, is reporting a record week of lending, having booked £50 million in loans. According to the company, multiple credit records were broken in October as interest in the property offerings rise. Another metric achieved during October is completing… Read More

December 5, 2022 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Shojin, a UK-based, FCA-regulated real estate investment platform, is out with a note indicating investors are seeking out alternative assets as a method to mitigate a floundering economy. Shojin states that a recent survey of UK investors shows risk mitigation is at the top of… Read More

December 2, 2022 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty, a property investment platform,  has appointed Richard Sinfield as Head of Compliance. The company said the new hire represents its commitment of the business to operating with the highest ethical standards and levels of transparency. Seinfield said CrowdProperty has an excellent reputation in the… Read More

November 29, 2022 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

As conditions continue to tighten, the public alternative asset managers “remain optimistic and feel their respective firms are in a good position to take advantage of opportunities that will present themselves over the next several quarters,” according to an update from Pitchbook. The Pitchbook report… Read More

November 22, 2022 @ 10:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Low carbon building practices, crucial to achieving greenhouse gas emissions targets, “attracted record levels of venture capital funding in 2022 with investment levels soaring to $2.2bn.” Venture capital raised by companies involved in green building design, building materials procurement and lower carbon construction methods “has… Read More

November 17, 2022 @ 3:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech specialists, QED Investors, has backed its first company in Indonesia, a Proptech firm Pashouses. The VC firms led the $5 million pre-Series B round. Pashouses is an end-to-end transactional marketplace for buying and selling houses in Jakarta, from brokerage and renovation to staging and… Read More

November 14, 2022 @ 11:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home, announced partnerships with Alto, an elevated on-demand rideshare company, and Surf Air, a regional air travel company working to accelerate the adoption of green aviation, “to offer families effortless… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wayhome has raised 102% (£3,087,566) of its £3,000,001 target from 448 investors via its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs. There are now (at the time of writing) 20 days left in this sale. According to the Wayhome team, they aim to offer “a new… Read More

November 11, 2022 @ 10:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

CapitalRise has financed an £8.5 million loan for the acquisition and development of a detached 13,000 sq. ft house on the private Wentworth Estate in Virginia Water. CapitalRise notes that the new detached house on the plot has an estimated sales price of £16 million… Read More

November 2, 2022 @ 8:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SimpleNexus, an nCino (NASDAQ: NCNO) company and developer of the U.S. homeownership platform for loan officers, borrowers, real estate agents and settlement agents,  announced that Clive, Iowa-based Peoples Bank has “completed the company-wide rollout of Nexus Engagement and Nexus Origination™ to offer customers a modern homebuying… Read More

October 25, 2022 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform CrowdStreet says it is working to promote alternative investments in real estate via its CrowdStreet Advisors, a wholly owned offshoot of the investment platform.  CrowdStreet Advisors aims to promote private investment opportunities by working closely with financial advisors interested in providing… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Rising interest rates, giga-high inflation, and a wobbly economy is having a profound impact on the housing market, according to data from  Proptech Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN). The company reports that home sales and listings in the US have tanked by 20% during the month of… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 7:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Perch, a Canadian mortgage Fintech, has raised $4 million in Series A funding, according to a release. Perch raised $1 million in seed funding last October. Investors in the new round include Second Century Ventures (National Association of Realtors), Ontario Centre of Innovation, and B.E.S.T…. Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 5:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Landis, a rent-to-own-for-homes Proptech, has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round. The investment was led by GV (previously Google Ventures) with the participation of existing investors, including Sequoia Capital, Arrive (Jay Z), the National Association of Realtors Second Century Ventures, Operators Partners,… Read More

October 17, 2022 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Prime property finance firm CapitalRise has reached £200 million in prime property loan origination, funding developments across London and the home counties to the value of over £640 million. As noted in a blog post, CapitalRise originated £99 million of these loans in a 12-month… Read More

October 14, 2022 @ 3:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform Fundrise is out with its Q3 investor letter profiling its performance. Fundrise is a platform that offerings fund like vehicles that invest in various real estate or property assets.  The offerings are available to both non-accredited and accredited investors as they… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 2:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner – real estate developer SIB Group – has reportedly “repaid investments into a commercial real estate project – business center K32 located in a prestigious place in Vilnius (Kęstučio str.32), the capital of Lithuania.” K32 is a Class A commercial building that… Read More

October 10, 2022 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdStreet, a leading real estate crowdfunding platform, has raised $43 million in both debt and equity capital. According to a company statement, the equity financing came from a group of strategic investors, including Fortune 100 financial services company TIAA, which is making an investment through… Read More