Real Estate

April 24, 2025 @ 4:07 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of Phoenix Group, one of the UK’s long-term savings and retirement business, has provided £235 million of long-term financing to Westminster City Council (WCC) to acquire more than “350 temporary accommodation properties within the borough of Westminster.” Purchased from the… Read More

April 22, 2025 @ 3:34 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru, a European platform specializing in property-backed loans, has recently announced two significant updates that underscore its role in supporting the real estate sector. Estateguru reports that it has reached a key milestone by paying out €90 million in interest to its investors, while also… Read More

April 20, 2025 @ 6:49 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Dubizzle Group, the MENA region’s digital marketplace group, announces today the acquisition of Property Monitor, a real-estate market intelligence platform in the UAE. The acquisition of Property Monitor reinforces Dubizzle Group’s leadership in real estate classifieds and technology “through a portfolio of brands, including Bayut… Read More

April 20, 2025 @ 6:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Castlelake L.P., a global alternative investment manager with 20 years of experience investing in asset-based private markets, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Invictus Capital Partners, an alternative asset manager that specializes in residential credit, “to invest in up to $2 billion… Read More

April 16, 2025 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Propy says it has eliminated in-person notary hurdles to improve the home-buying experience. Propy says it has directly integrated Proof’s network of notaries into its platform. Buyers and sellers may now transact online, thus evading potential delays. Propy’s mission is to digitize real estate transactions by streamlining KYC,… Read More

April 12, 2025 @ 6:15 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Schroders Capital real estate team, acting on behalf of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF), has acquired a 59-bed, best-in-class care home in southwest London for £14.2 million. This deal marks the fifth acquisition for GMPF “over the past 12 months, with investments totaling… Read More

April 6, 2025 @ 11:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru noted that Estonian buy-to-let investors have become increasingly active in recent months. Estateguru also mentioned that instead of targeting the local market, many are focusing on the Latvian capital, Riga. According to Daniil Aal, Chief Operating Officer at the digital financing platform Estateguru, this… Read More

March 31, 2025 @ 9:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

This week, the Polymesh Association and Ocree Capital announced the launch of a Canadian-regulated real estate platform utilizing blockchain, featuring a $51.9 million commercial real estate property as its inaugural listing. This strategic partnership brings together Polymesh’s purpose-built blockchain for regulated assets with Ocree’s exempt… Read More

March 31, 2025 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

A report by Le Figaro claims that “real estate crowdfunding sites are on the verge of suffocation.” [translated] The commentary reflects on the decline in France of investment crowdfunding, more specifically in the real estate sector, which at one point led the growth of online… Read More

March 27, 2025 @ 12:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online investment platform CrowdStreet is bucking a bit of a trend and moving its headquarters from Austin Texas to New York City. In recent years, there have been many reports about companies exiting high-tax states like California and relocating to low-tax states like Florida and… Read More

March 27, 2025 @ 9:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Equifax (NYSE: EFX) has launched a new solution, The WorkNumber Report Indicator, enabled by the Equifax Cloud to empower lenders by delivering a  Equifax credit report with an indicator of “employment status earlier in the mortgage qualification process.” The current lending environment requires a fuller view… Read More

March 25, 2025 @ 4:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The global real estate market has been navigating a challenging landscape for nearly two years, but some hope / expectations of eventual recovery are beginning to emerge. According to PitchBook’s H2 2024 Global Real Estate Report, preliminary data from Q3 2024 suggests that private real… Read More

March 20, 2025 @ 4:46 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Multiply Mortgage, the financial technology company that is reportedly making homeownership accessible via employer benefits, announced it raised a $23.5 million Series A funding round, led by Kleiner Perkins. A*, Box Group, Mischief, and Workshop also participated, “bringing the company’s total funding to $27 million.”… Read More

March 19, 2025 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty, a real estate investment platform, says it has launched a new product that will help developers gain greater financial flexibility. The “accelerated funding solution” or REAL (Residential Expertise Accelerating Lending) seeks to help developers overcome the challenge of slow and complex property development finance… Read More

March 17, 2025 @ 5:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Trillions of dollars’ worth of real estate is at major risk of damage from flood, fire or extreme wind, a new Zillow (Nasdaq: Z and ZG) analysis finds. Climate risks threaten trillions of dollars in U.S. real estate, the report from real estate tech firm Zillow… Read More

March 15, 2025 @ 4:14 pm By Robin Sosnow and Jason Siev  |  

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) just made a game-changing move for capital raisers utilizing Rule 506(c) under Regulation D. On March 12, 2025; the SEC issued two new C&DIs as well as a pivotal no-action letter (the “Latham No-Action Letter”) which together significantly… Read More

March 14, 2025 @ 2:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The mortgage industry, traditionally burdening professionals with excessive paperwork, outdated manual processes, and sometimes error-prone human decision-making, is undergoing a major transformation due the emergence of advanced AI algorithms and other innovative technologies. Artificial Intelligence (AI) is emerging as a useful tool, aiming to streamline… Read More

March 10, 2025 @ 6:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged real estate investment platform Outlier Realty Capital with misleading investors about the use of funds. The SEC reports that a settlement is in the works, as defendants have agreed to pay a total of $3.3 million to move… Read More

March 10, 2025 @ 1:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Redfin (NASDAQ: RDFN) has been acquired by Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) in an all-stock transaction for $1.75 billion or $12.50 per Redfin share. Shares of Redfin were trading considerably higher following the news as the markets ingested the acquisition. As for Rocket, shares were slightly lower… Read More

March 10, 2025 @ 8:56 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Asset Token Ventures, a company merging real-world assets with blockchain, has launched MBSToken, a solution targeting the $11 trillion mortgage-backed securities market. Designed for institutional accredited investors and qualified purchasers, MBSToken offers on-chain exposure to mortgage-backed securities, which have been traditionally restricted to major financial… Read More