Real Estate

April 27, 2016 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

The property crowdfunding sector is a very hot space. The ability to allow smaller investors to gain access to the real estate finance market has gained solid traction with several investment crowdfunding platforms experiencing robust growth.  Intro Crowd, the most recent entry as an online property… Read More

April 26, 2016 @ 12:53 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

RealtyMogul.com, one of the leading online marketplaces for real estate investing, announced the closing of a $1,000,000 equity investment in an industrial property in Glendale Heights, IL, within the Chicago metropolitan area. The sponsor for the acquisition is Clear Height Properties, a real estate investment and… Read More

April 26, 2016 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Arguably the largest equity crowdfunding offer ever, BD Bacata raised over $150 million to finance the first skyscraper in Bogota, Colombia in decades.  It was real estate developer and real estate crowdfunding platform operator Rodrigo Niño who figured out the methodology to help finance the… Read More

April 26, 2016 @ 12:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Shariah-compliant crowdfunding platform Ethis hopes to raise up to S$ 1 million from executives participating in the Global Islamic Finance Forum (GIFF) being held in Kuala Lumpur May 10-12, 2016. EthisCrowd.com claims the title of the world’s first real estate Islamic crowdfunding platform.  Based in… Read More

April 25, 2016 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

    Over the past several months there have been rumblings about impending change at real estate crowdfunding platform Patch of Land.  Following a significant staff reduction, where several well known Patch of Land employees were let go, industry chatter picked up as to what… Read More

April 22, 2016 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, real estate crowdfunding platform, Wealth Migrate, announced that it was officially opening its new Shanghai office, which will be located in the Pudong Pilot Free Trade Zone district.  Wealth Migrate China CEO, Aling Gong, declared that the Shanghai opening is considered a milestone for the crowdfunding movement… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 5:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise has “paused” offering new stand-alone real estate investment opportunities to focus on their ongoing eREIT offer.  The pivot in strategy was first uncovered by the Real Deal (TRD) that noted Fundrise had ditched its traditional crowdfunding focus. While Fundrise has been actively listing new investments… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

“Europe’s global real estate investment platform,” Brickvest, is claiming strong early traction only two months after launch. According to information provided by the company, Brickvest has quickly raised £1 million closing two oversubscribed offers for two German “institutional grade” offers. Brickvest states it now has over 1,120… Read More

April 20, 2016 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

  Small Change is a real estate crowdfunding platform with big ambitions. Launched by urban evangelist Eve Picker, the Pittsburgh-based operation seeks to fund “transformational” real estate projects by connecting developers with investors.  Individual investors gain entry into an asset class that is otherwise difficult… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding has closed a $730,000 raise on an 8 unit for sale condo building in Washington, DC neighborhood Glover Park.  The development was sponsored by Columbia Property Capital, a developer in DC that speciallizes in condo conversion. Guy Prudhomme, President &… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 6:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The ongoing Fundrise eREIT continues to raise capital, and add properties, on a rolling basis on the real estate crowdfunding platform. The eREIT strategy, according the offer page, is to focus primarily on debt investments but incorporates some equity, in commercial real estate. The eREIT… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

QuickLiquidity announced on Thursday that it has acquired partnership interest in a $30 million real estate portfolio, which reportedly portfolio consists of 5 triple net lease CVS’s and 3 Hy-Vee’s, totaling over 220,000-square-feet of single tenant properties with long-term leases and self-amortizing loans. A. Yoni Miller,… Read More

April 13, 2016 @ 1:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money360, a commercial real estate online marketplace lending platform, announced this week that it has appointed Alexander Vellandi as its general counsel, John Gaz as director of asset management, David Fay as underwriter, Mira Johnson as loan processor, and Cameron Hall as loan analyst. The company… Read More

April 12, 2016 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyShares, a crowdfunding real estate marketplace, announced on Tuesday that it launched an equity fund that is focused on large investors. According to the company, the equity fund is aimed at institutions, single-family offices and high net worth individuals to help increase exposure to the potential “alpha-generating” strategies… Read More

April 11, 2016 @ 12:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharestates announced on Monday that it has surpassed $300 million in total funds set aside for the purchase of loans. The investment portal that allows investors to participate in  pre-vetted real estate projects. The company stated that its recent growth was fueled by its partnerships with Colony American Finance and Prime Meridian… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real Estate Investors Funding Association (REIFA), a Texas nonprofit, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $150,000 for its real estate startup application, “FundingFinder.” FundingFinder is described as a web-based application works by matching real estate deals with the right lenders. REIFA states that the application has… Read More

March 28, 2016 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New Zealand investment crowdfunding market has progressed rapidly since the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) provided a regulatory structure to allow both equity and debt based platforms to operate. Today there are 8 equity operations and 4 licensed peer to peer platforms. New Zealand is… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 11:25 am By Lao Zhuo, Weiyangx  |  

The property prices in China’s major cities has surged in recent months, first in Shenzhen, then Shanghai and Beijing. The rapid appreciation of property is drawing people’s attention back to the concept of real estate crowdfunding. Four types of real estate crowdfunding Real estate crowdfunding… Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, one of the trailblazing real estate crowdfunding platforms that has helped to establish the emerging marketplace, has topped $100 million in real estate financing. Patch of Land has targeted its platform at short term debt finance that is utilized to purchase, refinance… Read More

March 17, 2016 @ 4:52 pm By Amy Wan  |  

The RECF (real estate crowdfunding) community has been keenly interested in finding creative ways to use the new Regulation A+ that came into effect earlier last year. However, not all filings have been successful or made much business sense. Last year, I wrote about Groundfloor’s… Read More