Real Estate

January 7, 2025 @ 8:28 am By Omar Faridi  |  

OakNorth, the digital bank for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs and structured real estate lender, REL Finance, have completed a £16.6m co-loan to JMK Group, a family-run hospitality business. JMK’s story began when an entrepreneur, John Kajani, made “a decision to move from textiles to the hospitality… Read More

December 28, 2024 @ 2:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso, the technology-enabled real estate marketplace that helps people buy, co-own, and sell a luxury vacation home, released its fourth annual Top Vacation Home Markets Report, identifying the “leading” luxury vacation home markets for 2024. The report reveals the top 20 counties across the United… Read More

December 28, 2024 @ 9:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru CEO Mihkel Stamm recently stated that their goal is to surpass €1 billion in total loan volume. The total volume of loans issued by investors on the Estateguru platform over the course of its roughly 10-year operation “may exceed the €1 billion mark next… Read More

December 27, 2024 @ 8:52 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group has shared the Halifax UK housing / property market review and outlook for real estate in 2025. Here are the key takeaways from the extensive research report on the United Kingdom‘s property market: UK housing market beat expectations in 2024, with recovery… Read More

December 26, 2024 @ 8:03 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PeerBerry’s business partner, real estate developer SIB Group, has reportedly repaid investors a €500 000 loan (real estate project “Vytenio55 II”) and paid their investors €102,368 in interest. PeerBerry also mentioned in another recent update that it is processing the last repayment of war-affected loans…. Read More

December 23, 2024 @ 4:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a lawsuit against Rocket Homes claiming kickbacks for real estate brokers and agents who steered customers to use the platform for mortgages. The CFPB reported that it had also sued Jason Mitchell, his real estate brokerage firm,… Read More

December 22, 2024 @ 4:56 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Erratic and dramatic mortgage rate movements that heavily influenced the housing market in 2024 are destined to “play a major role” in the coming year, according to real estate firm Zillow‘s (Nasdaq: Z and ZG) latest market report. Zillow Chief Economist Skylar Olsen said: “There’s… Read More

December 19, 2024 @ 5:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Macquarie Real Estate Partners (MREP), a real estate fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management’s Real Estate division (MAM), announced it has invested in IDA, an Australian specialist real estate private credit and investment manager. The investment by MREP will provide funding to support the growth… Read More

December 18, 2024 @ 12:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JLL Income Property Trust, an institutionally managed daily NAV REIT (NASDAQ: ZIPTAX) with appr. $6.6 billion in portfolio equity and debt investments, announced a partnership with iCapital, the fintech platform enabling the alternative investment marketplace for the wealth and asset management sectors. The partnership results… Read More

December 17, 2024 @ 9:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Results of a new survey from online mortgage marketplace EveryRate.ca show that most Canadians would struggle with a 15% increase in their housing expenses. The survey was conducted with polling firm Leger in mid-November and asked 1,526 Canadians: “If your mortgage or rent increased by… Read More

December 12, 2024 @ 1:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Preqin, the global firm focused on alternative assets data, tools, and insights, released its Preqin Global Report 2025: Real Estate. The report from Preqin shows that global real estate aggregate transaction value in North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific (APAC) all saw “a rebound during the first three quarters… Read More

December 6, 2024 @ 9:02 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK Finance released its Household Finance Review for Q3 2024, which explores trends in household spending, saving, and borrowing. According to the update from UK Finance, mortgage lending grew for the second successive quarter, rising by “15 per cent year-on-year, despite the continuing affordability challenges… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 9:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Offa, a UK-based Islamic property finance Fintech, has acquired Bank of Ireland’s Alburaq Sharia-compliant home finance portfolio in a deal including over 350 home purchase plans. The deal means that the customers transferred over to Offa will reportedly have access to a broader “range of… Read More

December 3, 2024 @ 4:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Forum Partners, a global real estate investment and asset management firm, and its portfolio company TSCG, announced the launch of TSCG Credit Opportunities I, LLC, a private credit fund seeking to raise up to $25 million from accredited investors, with the option to “increase the… Read More

December 2, 2024 @ 4:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Mortgage rates are again in the spotlight as 2025 approaches, according to an update from real estate focused firm Zillow (Nasdaq: Z and ZG). Zillow predicts a more active real estate / property market and more buyers gaining the upper hand in 2025, but those… Read More

December 1, 2024 @ 5:11 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Survey data from Fundrise, which claims to be America’s largest direct-to-consumer private markets manager, reveals key insights into retail investors’ attitude towards their investment portfolio as this year closes out and a new 2025 begins to takes shape. During the last few years, retail investors… Read More

November 28, 2024 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

BME, a SIX Company, announced its investment in OpenBrick, a digital platform for the issuance, management, trading, and settlement of tokenized securities linked to real estate projects. Six Group operates the Swiss Stock Exchange. Grupo Lar, Renta 4 Banco, and ioBuilders established the firm, which welcomes BME, Garrigues, and Teras Capital as partners. OpenBrick… Read More

November 25, 2024 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Equito App creators, who are carrying out a crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube, have noted that traditional real estate investing is becoming increasingly inaccessible for the average investor. Equito explained that it intends to change that by enabling anyone to invest in real estate properties starting… Read More

November 20, 2024 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Online investment platform Mintos says it has added short-term rental apartments to its real estate offerings. Martins Sulte, CEO and co-founder of Mintos, said they are opening the doors to a sector once out of reach for ordinary investors. “Through our real estate offerings, retail… Read More

November 14, 2024 @ 11:10 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Assetz Capital, a funder in the SME residential development market, recently announced a significant milestone with the launch of its new 9.35% development finance rate, aimed at providing house builders, brokers, and landowners with a financing solution “up to 70% LTGDV UK wide.” Credit decisioning… Read More