Real Estate

September 15, 2023 @ 4:25 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Real estate investing investment marketplace Groundfloor had a busy week. The company announced a partnership program after unveiling its Labs initiative at the Blueprint Conference. Groundfloor recently surpassed $1 billion in investments on its platform and is accelerating growth through the Labs partnership program. Labs… Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 2:11 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Lender Toolkit, a provider of automated mortgage technology solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI), announced the promotion of Tammi Alexander to chief operating officer (COO) this week. Previously, Alexander served as senior director of mortgage technology for the company. Alexander has more than 25 years… Read More

September 11, 2023 @ 8:06 am By Omar Faridi  |  

UK’s Blend Network, a specialist development finance lender, is reporting solid progress on-site at one of the schemes that they recently funded in Cambridge, where the borrower “intended to acquire, convert and extend an existing building into nine apartments.” At Blend Network, they are supporting… Read More

September 10, 2023 @ 10:51 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The individual who acquired the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) recently made a $11.9B commitment so that he may help people streamline their mortgages for a lot less than what consumers are paying right now, according to a report. Founder and Chief Executive Jeffrey Sprecher’s… Read More

September 8, 2023 @ 12:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stock.estate has been approved to operate as a securities crowdfunding provider in Romania. The company has been approved by the Romanian Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) and is described as the first “crowdlending” platform in Romania. Stock.estate will provide loans to real estate developers for periods… Read More

September 7, 2023 @ 10:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Fundrise Innovation Fund has invested $2 million into Jetty, a financial services platform for the rental real estate industry. Rental housing represents roughly 12% of US GDP, “making it the largest addressable market by several measures.” Yet, it has historically “been overlooked in spite… Read More

September 7, 2023 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform Groundfloor says it has surpassed $500 million in loan repayments. This includes both principal and interest paid. Groundfloor says that it is currently home to over 230,000 registered investors. Currently, Groundfloor reports that it has nearly $300 million in Assets Under… Read More

September 7, 2023 @ 7:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Perenna has issued a statement indicating their restrictions have been lifted by the Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority. This means they can now offer fixed-rate mortgages in the UK. Unlike the US and other European countries, the UK market is… Read More

September 5, 2023 @ 1:41 am By Michael Wong  |  

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has proposed a sustainability-linked financing package of €150 million to support Lion’s Head Investments AD (LHI), a commercial property investment platform in Bulgaria and Romania. The investment will be used for the acquisition… Read More

September 4, 2023 @ 4:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nada, a wealthtech platform, says that it is focused on unlocking the $20T home equity market for homeowners & investors. This wealthtech platform has raised $8M+ from VCs and around 3k+ individuals (LiveOak, Revolution, Capital Factory). This platform released “Cityfunds,” which is described as “the… Read More

September 3, 2023 @ 6:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, the national real estate valuation technology company, announced a partnership with LenderX, a real-estate valuations SaaS provider, “to deliver its lenders access to AURA, Clear Capital’s automated collateral underwriting solution.” LenderX is the first Clear Capital partner “to provide lenders with access to… Read More

September 1, 2023 @ 12:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform CrowdProperty is reporting that over £200 million has been returned to investors since the property investment service launched. At the same time, CrowdProperty says that August 2023 has emerged as its best-performing month of all time. UK-based CrowdProperty offers individual investors… Read More

August 25, 2023 @ 8:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

TWINO reveals that it is pleased to share that their first real estate securities project is more than halfway funded. According to TWINO, this achievement underlines “the potential of short-term rental properties as a popular investment type.” For those who’ve already invested, they thank you… Read More

August 23, 2023 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

A couple of years ago, a new online lending platform – Steward, was launched as the “world’s first CrowdFarming platform.” Steward was founded by Dan Miller, the co-founder of Fundrise, a prominent real estate investment platform. Miller had exited his leadership role at Fundrise and… Read More

August 23, 2023 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest (LSE:LINV), a real estate financing platform, has launched a residential mortgage product. According to a statement from LendInvest, the product is now available to Legal and General Mortgage Club members. LendInvest states that Legal & General Mortgage Club is the largest and longest-running mortgage club… Read More

August 22, 2023 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Property finance platform LendInvest has added automatic decisions in principle (DiP) in its latest platform update, according to a note from the firm. The goal is to streamline the financing process for residential mortgages further. LendInvest says that the DiP process is applicable for applications… Read More

August 21, 2023 @ 6:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest Bank Financing Supply and Demand Survey conducted by Bank Indonesia in July 2023 reportedly “indicates limited growth of corporate financing, as reflected by a relatively stable Weighted Net Balance (WNB) of 17.6% compared to 17.8% in June 2023. Corporate financing was primarily sourced… Read More

August 20, 2023 @ 10:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PostFinance is boosting its mortgage lending: the financial service provider is acquiring a stake in Credit Exchange Ltd (CredEx) and taking a seat on its Board of Directors. The two parties have “signed a contract to that effect.” This partnership with the mortgage marketplace CredEx… Read More

August 19, 2023 @ 6:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Nottingham Building Society has announced further updates to its mortgage products, designed to support both residential and Buy-To-Let mortgage applicants. The new products, launched this week, “offer advantages for a broad spectrum of borrowers against a volatile economic backdrop.” Amongst the latest offerings is a… Read More

August 13, 2023 @ 2:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Blackfinch Property, the Gloucester-based rapidly growing agile lender to the UK property market, has completed a £4.3m buy-to-let (BTL) refinancing loan “for the completion of a collection of seven modern and energy-efficient homes contained by a gated closed mews in Archway London.” The 24-month deal… Read More