Real Estate

January 5, 2023 @ 4:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Worthy Financial has announced a new office in Alpharetta, Georgia. At the same time, the company as announced a new offering, Worthy Property Bonds, an SEC-qualified real-estate-backed debt product.   Sally Outlaw, CEO of Worthy Financial, said that Worthy remains steadfast in its commitment to… Read More

January 3, 2023 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform CrowdStreet has announced a new addition to its Board of Advisors. According to a release today, Shawn Lese of Nuveen Real Estate has joined the platform as an advisor. At the same time, in an indication of commitment, Lese is expected… Read More

January 1, 2023 @ 6:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the real estate platform that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home, released a report “identifying the top ten luxury second home markets across the U.S. in 2022.” To determine the top U.S. markets, Pacaso reportedly “analyzed second home mortgage rate lock… Read More

December 27, 2022 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Beefordeal, a real estate crowdfunding platform based in France, has gained approval to operate under the European Crowdfunding Service Provider Regulations (ECSPR), thus offering securities across all European Union member states. Beefordeal claims to be the first property investment platform to be approved as a… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 6:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Keren Einhorn, Fund Manager at LendInvest (LSE: LINV), notes that as we started the year it felt like we were “putting the lockdowns and major impacts of the Covid pandemic behind us, and that 2022 could be the first straightforward year in a while.” Keren Einhorn… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Flyhomes, creator of the world’s “best” home buying and selling experience, has announced the appointment of Andrea Collins as Chief Marketing Officer and Dan Richards as Executive Vice President of Mortgage. Collins and Richards “bring experience working at premier technology companies, including Microsoft, Hippo, SoFi… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 11:47 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Landbay notes that 2022 started with rising inflation and the Bank of England base rate “followed suit with interest rate increases.” That scenario has “continued throughout the year with steeper rises than many had predicted.” Inflation is “at a 40-year high of… Read More

December 26, 2022 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

AlphaFlow, a real estate investment platform, may have shuttered operations. AlphaFlow’s website was live earlier this month, but in the past week or so, the site has gone offline. An email sent to a company representative has bounced. AlphaFlow was a marketplace for private real… Read More

December 16, 2022 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

NYCE, a real estate investment platform, has listed its shares on Securitize – a digital securities platform. Over time, NYCE aspires to be the Robinhood of real estate. NYCE previously raised capital utilizing the Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) exemption, offering investment opportunities on both Wefunder… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 10:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CubiCasa, a global-reaching real estate software company, announced the launch of its partnership program for Multiple Listing Services (MLS). The company is also announcing a contract with PrimeMLS, the first MLS “to benefit from CubiCasa’s new MLS program, with more to be announced soon.” In… Read More

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