Real Estate

June 5, 2018 @ 1:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Obligo, a fintech startup that’s focused on the real estate market, announced on Tuesday it has raised $5 million through its latest financing round to launch its next-generation security deposit alternative. The funding round was led by 83 North (formerly Greylock IL) and included investments from Entrée Capital and HFZ… Read More

June 1, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Friday that one its managers, Nia Patel, has been named to HousingWire’s 2018 Rising Stars list of young leaders to watch in the housing industry. According to PeerStreet, HousingWire’s 2018 Rising Stars list… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest announced on Thursday it has named firms JMW Solicitors LLP and Lightfoots Solicitors as its first official panel of solicitors for its Buy-to-Let product. According to the online lender, JMW Solicitors is one of the North West’s leading full-service law firms, with significant experience in handling… Read More

May 23, 2018 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, an online platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Wednesday that one billion in loans have been funded through its marketplace since launch. This announcement comes after the investment portal announced the close of its $30 million Series B last month. PeerStreet reported that… Read More

May 20, 2018 @ 7:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, an online real estate investment platform, has just filed a Reg A+ update with the Securities and Exchange Commission that updates on their equity eREIT offering. Several years old now, the eREIT offering circular indicates the company has sold approximately $73 million in shares… Read More

May 17, 2018 @ 7:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Small Change was the first real estate crowdfunding platform in the US to use the Reg CF exemption to offer non accredited investors the option to invest in property online. Recently, Small Change has listed their first side-by-side Reg D 506c / Reg CF offering… Read More

May 13, 2018 @ 5:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Two recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have provided some insight into the progress of Fundrise’s eFunds. Last year, Fundrise launched two eFunds – both targeting “For Sale Housing” in two different markets: Washington, DC and Los Angeles. These new funds were… Read More

May 10, 2018 @ 9:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding continues to be a promising sector for both issuers of securities and investors in the space. It is an inevitability that property as an asset class will migrate to being available nearly 100% online. Easier for investors to participate and incredibly easier… Read More

May 7, 2018 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Better Mortgage, a digital mortgage company working to improve access to home financing through transparency, honest guidance, and zero commissions, announced on Monday it has appointed Howard Katzenberg as its new CFO. According to Better Mortgage, Katzenberg was the CFO of small business lending platform OnDeck… Read More

May 3, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

First RealFund (FRF), a commercial real estate crowdfunding platform headquartered in New York City, announced on Thursday it raised $500,000 of preferred equity financing for the renovation of a 4-story brownstone in Brooklyn’s Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood. According to FRF, the project’s sponsor, XYZ Group, has pinpointed a… Read More

May 2, 2018 @ 11:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Aperture’s PropertyCoin initial coin offering kicked off yesterday as the company seeks to marry blockchain and real estate backed investments. Property Coin is said to be the first opportunity to own a professionally managed real estate portfolio using Ethereum. Based in Los Angeles, Aperture is a real… Read More

May 1, 2018 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Specialist property peer-to-peer lender, CrowdProperty announced on Tuesday it has appointed Mike Bristow as its new CEO. Bristow is the co-founder of the lending platform and has been on the Board as a Non-Executive Director since it was established in 2013. He is now taking on… Read More

May 1, 2018 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet, a real estate investment platform, has has appointed John Devereux as Chief Real Estate Officer. The hiring comes following a $29.5 million Series B funding round, with plans to increase it’s pace of hiring. PeerStreets growth has rocketed in the past 12 months having topped… Read More

April 26, 2018 @ 10:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet is an award-winning real estate investment platform that wants to enable a far wider audience to invest in real estate debt. The company provides investments in short term, real estate backed loans – an asset class that has traditionally been difficult to access for… Read More

April 25, 2018 @ 3:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF) announced on Wednesday it has formed a partnership with CMG Financial to help more people reach their dream of owning a home, through pre-purchase education and homebuyer preparation with CMG Financial’s proprietary down payment crowdfunding platform, HomeFundMe.  As previously reported, HomeFundMe allows prospective… Read More

April 24, 2018 @ 12:44 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Currently available in London, in 24 months Movebubble has connected over 150,000 renters with properties. Pre-valued at £3,907,392, Movebubble has synced with Seedrs to raise £800,002 for 16.99% equity; to date, over £383,487 — more than 47% — of its goal has been reached with the help… Read More

April 23, 2018 @ 3:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Assetz Capital announced last week it has joined the panel of mortgage packager specialist Positive Lending. This news comes just days after the online lender reached a record number of loans available to investors using its Manual Lending Account (MLA), with… Read More

April 23, 2018 @ 2:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Unison, a unique financing platform for home ownership investments, is reporting strong year-over-year growth. According to the company, following a solid 2017, the origination volume for the first quarter of 2018 has grown and increased 1000 percent over the comparable period last year. This is… Read More

April 19, 2018 @ 8:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Blocksquare, a blockchain-based online real estate platform, has opened its Series A initial coin offering (ICO). This first crowdsale has been capped at $300,000 and a price of $0.25 USD due to market volatility, according to the company. Along with the launch of the crowdsale, the… Read More

April 19, 2018 @ 10:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CMG Financial, the creators of a Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac approved down payment crowdfunding platform, HomeFundMe, announced on Thursday the launch of the funding portal’s new mobile app, which will allow users to share updates and post pictures and videos from their phones. The launch of… Read More