Real Estate

December 19, 2018 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdStreet announced on Wednesday the launch of its new Private Managed Accounts (PMA) offered through its new entity CrowdStreet Advisors. According to CrowdStreet, the new offering serves high net worth individuals, providing individualized CRE portfolios, and a concierge-level premium service that will develop a personalized investment… Read More

December 18, 2018 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) has initiated a consultation on property crowdfunding. Released last week, the consultation addresses a proposal to add a new subcategory for property investment crowdfunding platforms. The DFSA notes that like many financial services, crowdfunding has evolved. Originally designed to… Read More

December 17, 2018 @ 7:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform Downing Crowd has listed its first security that is debt with an equity kicker for investors. The bond includes a 7.5% annual coupon and a term of up to 5 years and 9 months. According to Downing Crowd, the fixed return on the… Read More

December 13, 2018 @ 10:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Having just celebrated its first anniversary, Shojin Property Partners recently opened a new property investment campaign for a purpose built student accommodation block in Nottingham, UK, which contains 124 student apartments. Shojin Property Partners has invested £66,816 and is seeking to raise £1,269,516 investor funding during the campaign;… Read More

December 11, 2018 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Calling their EQRE digital asset “a securities token that even Wall Street could love,” QuantmRE is planning to do a security token offering tied to fractionalized interest in real estate. In partnership with Prime Trust, QuantmRE will issue a security token representing interests in owner-occupied, residential real estate… Read More

December 5, 2018 @ 6:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender CrowdProperty is now disclosing their performance metrics using Brismo’s (formerly known as AltFi) standardized reporting methodology. CrowdPropert states that it is the first property development platform to incorporate the Brismo process which is described as an independent standard. Commenting on the… Read More

December 3, 2018 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate marketplace lender Money360 announced on Monday it has surpassed $1 billion in loans originated and closed since inception. The announcement comes just 11 months after the lending platform revealed it had hit $500 million. Launched in 2014, Money360 is described as a vertically-integrated, nationwide… Read More

November 29, 2018 @ 4:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Online property lender LendInvest is reporting it has provided an industry leading developer with a £19.3 million loan to fund a large residential development in the South West. From instruction to completion, LendInvest took only 60 days to facilitate the development loan. LendInvest states that this… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 10:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Almost immediately after revealing a $12.75 million funding round, Securitize has formed a partnership with Elevated Returns to boost their real estate tokenization program in Southeast Asia. Securitize is a token compliance platform and protocol for issuing and managing digital securities on the blockchain. Elevated Returns… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wealth Migrate, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has announced it’s intent to move from its South African roots to set up shop in the Capitol of Fintech – London, once all regulatory hurdles are cleared. In a release, Wealth Migrate expressed its opinion that the… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

RealCrowd, a real estate crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, has launched a new marketplace to provide access to newly formed Opportunity Zone fund investments. According to RealCrowd, the new offering will focus solely on investments offered by third-party real estate sponsors that intend to be… Read More

November 23, 2018 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) has published its annual report on the UK alternative finance for 2017. This is the 5th UK benchmarking report CCAF has published. According to the research, overall the sector of finance grew 35% versus the year prior to… Read More

November 15, 2018 @ 4:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Small Change, a mission focused real estate investment platform, is one of a very few platforms offering real estate investments under Reg CF – the smallest securities crowdfunding exemption and the most difficult to work with. Envisioned as a vehicle to boost online capital formation,… Read More

November 15, 2018 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

EquityMultiple, an online real estate investment platform, has selected Brett Klein ahs their new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Henry Kwong as Senior Director of Asset Management. Prior to joining EquityMultiple, Klein was a senior member of Colony Northstar – a listed, leading global real estate… Read More

November 15, 2018 @ 7:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Young property crowdfunding platform, Shojin Property Partners, has shared an update on its one year anniversary following the 2017 launch of its FCA regulated site. According to Shojin, the platform has raised over £3 million across five projects throughout the UK during the last year…. Read More

November 14, 2018 @ 6:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform Fundrise says it has been quietly accumulating property near the area Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has just announced they will be establishing a new headquarters. Amazon’s east coast headquarters will create a huge economic impact for the DC/Northern Virginia market, not to mention… Read More

November 13, 2018 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender, CrowdProperty, has just surpassed £25 million in funding for property projects. The announcement arrives soon after announcing the platform had topped £20 million in funding. In an email distributed to platform users, CrowdProperty stated: “Having today fully funded our 56th… Read More

November 12, 2018 @ 7:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender Kuflink has increased their interest rates on both the Innovative Finance ISA (IF ISA) and their auto-invest products. The investment platform says their 1, 3 and 5-year fixed-term investments have all increased and will now pay 5%, 6.1% and 7% pa… Read More

November 12, 2018 @ 7:13 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, an online marketplace for mortgages, has published the latest LendInvest Buy-to-Let Index report. The quarterly BTL Indes reviews 105 postcodes in England and Wales ranking four different characteristics: Rental Price Growth, Rental Yield, Transaction Volume, Capital Value Growth. According to LendInvest, key findings for… Read More

November 10, 2018 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, another early entrant in the real estate crowdfunding sector, has joined the growing chorus of platforms commenting on the demise of RealtyShares while expressing its confidence in the industry. Patch, one of the very first online property finance platforms, started as a… Read More