Real Estate

December 17, 2025 @ 8:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Schroders Capital’s Private Debt & Credit Alternatives (PDCA) team recently announced the close of a €77 million construction whole loan for the development of a mixed-use real estate scheme in Barkarbystaden, Järfälla municipality, Greater Stockholm. The loan will support the delivery of “377 homes, commercial… Read More

December 17, 2025 @ 5:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, has provided a $60.7m note-on-note facility to returning customer and New York-based lending platform, S3 Capital. Established back in 2013 by Joshua Crane and Robert Schwartz after they claimed to have recognized a significant lack of institutional quality, middle… Read More

December 16, 2025 @ 8:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest Mortgages (LSE: LINV), an alternative platform for property finance, announces the launch of a long-term development finance funding partnership with AB CarVal and HSBC, intended to scale the company’s development finance proposition and enable the delivery of new homes across the nation. The funding… Read More

December 15, 2025 @ 7:55 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Pineapple Financial has launched a mortgage tokenization platform. Pineapple is now converting real-world mortgage records – historically trapped in PDFs, emails, and back-office folders – into secure and programmable digital assets on the Injective blockchain. This is an example of a publicly traded mortgage company… Read More

December 15, 2025 @ 7:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru has appointed Jüri Preoaim braženski as the new Head of Real Estate Financing. In this role, he will to expand the platform’s ongoing operations in key European markets. Jüri Preobraženski noted that around sixteen years ago, his professional journey in real estate began. And over… Read More

December 12, 2025 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

French Fintech Kéria has raised €1.5 million, including €0.5 million in debt, in a Seed Funding round. Led by Epopée Gestion (Xplore), other investors include Newfund, Fabien Breget, Bpifrance, and Caisse d’Epargne CEPAC. Kéria is building an AI-powered solution to automatically analyse mortgage applications and… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 7:54 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Mortgage Servicer Digital Experience Study, slower industry-wide adoption of mobile apps produces a decidedly uneven digital user experience across different mortgage servicers. While some mortgage servicing apps are delivering on industry best practices, others are lagging significantly behind… Read More

December 10, 2025 @ 12:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As Bank of Ireland concludes its 2023–2025 corporate strategy, the Bank today confirmed it is financing the construction of approximately 25,000 homes nationwide through debt and equity funding. Construction is underway at over 240 sites across the country, with projects spanning listed builders as well… Read More

December 9, 2025 @ 12:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

China Vanke, which has been long regarded as one of the safest names in Chinese real estate, has now seemingly emerged as a stark example of the mounting strain within Beijing’s ongoing property rescue efforts. The critical inflection point was Vanke’s “first-ever” proposal to investors… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 8:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance has recently released its latest Household Finance Review for Q3 2025, which explores trends in overall household spending, savings as well as borrowing. Mortgage lending activity returned to growth in Q3, after a quieter second quarter caused by many transactions having been brought… Read More

December 4, 2025 @ 8:01 am By Omar Faridi  |  

MRI Software, a global enabler of real estate solutions and services, has partnered with bank payment company GoCardless in order to launch MRI Payment Connector in the UK residential property market. The integration will enable property professionals and finance teams “to offer flexible payment options… Read More

November 29, 2025 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

S&P Global may have somewhat surprised the stablecoin sector this past week after cutting Tether’s rating to “weak,” citing persistent disclosure gaps and structural opacity across its reserves. The downgrade appears have put fresh scrutiny on the world’s largest stablecoin, Tether (USDT), and analysts at… Read More

November 25, 2025 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

The SitusAMC data breach has banks scrambling to assess the damage. The hack has hit big banks like JP Morgan, Citi, and Morgan Stanley as client data has allegedly been pilfered. Reportedly, the breach was uncovered on November 12th, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 10:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wealthfront, a key player in the consumer fintech space known for building saving and investing products, has recently announced access to Wealthfront Home Lending. This offering brings Wealthfront’s software-powered approach to the mortgage process, assisting clients with accessing low rates as well as self-serve applications,… Read More

November 22, 2025 @ 12:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Schroders Capital’s Private Debt & Credit Alternatives (PDCA) team announces the close of a £23.3 million senior construction loan for the development of 133 townhouses in Denmark’s Triangle Region. The properties will reportedly be delivered by an experienced local developer with a track record in… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 3:44 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Zillow is giving renters a new way to turn their largest monthly expense into real financial progress with CreditClimb, a credit-building tool powered by Esusu. Renters nationwide can enroll directly through Zillow to have their on-time rent payments automatically reported to all three major credit bureaus for… Read More

November 21, 2025 @ 6:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank OakNorth announced recently that it has now provided a $30m note-on-note revolving credit facility to Module Five Capital, the New York-based real estate lending platform. Established back in 2020 by Max Gejerman, Yehuda Krauss, and Nisson Hyman, Module Five Capital is a… Read More

November 19, 2025 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital is pleased to announce a new partnership between their firm and Cambridge & Counties Bank (CCB), making £150 million available to fund SME residential developments across the UK. This collab brings together two UK lenders with shared values around steady growth, regional expertise,… Read More

November 17, 2025 @ 2:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s digital bank OakNorth provided a £7.5m loan to McAvoy, one of the UK and Ireland’s market leaders in the manufacturing and rental of premium modular buildings. The facility supports the business’ working capital requirements after its acquisition by European mid-market private equity firm, Duke… Read More

November 16, 2025 @ 1:29 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

According to the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Mortgage Origination Satisfaction Study, mortgage lenders have evolved from a transactional, volume-at-all-costs approach to adopt more consultative, advisory-style engagements with customers. That shift is paying off in the form of significantly higher customer satisfaction scores, improved trust and… Read More