Real Estate

April 30, 2023 @ 10:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Government of Singapore announced increases in the Additional Buyer’s Stamp Duty (ABSD) rates in order to support a sustainable property market. The revised rates will “take effect from 27 April 2023.” The implementation of the property market measures in December 2021 and September 2022… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 10:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

LendInvest (AIM: LINV), the UK’s platform for mortgages, announces that Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) joins its £200 million financing syndicate with National Australia Bank (NAB) in order “to support the continued growth of its Buy-to-Let proposition.” Wells Fargo reportedly “joins a growing roster of global… Read More

April 30, 2023 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CubiCasa, the global-reaching real estate software company, announced a collaboration with Bright MLS, which claims to be one of the largest Multiple Listing Services (MLS) in the country, “to offer CubiCasa’s easy-to-use floor plan creation app to Bright subscribers.” The collaboration will aim to “expand… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wayhome, the Gradual Homeownership provider, announced that they have closed a Series A equity funding round of £8 million. The firm’s investment round was reportedly led “by existing investors Allianz X (Stripe, WeLab, CLARK), Augmentum Fintech (interactive investor, Tide, Zopa) and new funders Volution, Love… Read More

April 23, 2023 @ 6:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Capital, a national real estate valuation technology company, announced an expanded relationship with CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, “to assist lenders in modern valuation and appraisal readiness.” Through an existing integration, Clear Capital’s recently launched Universal Data Collection (UDC)… Read More

April 21, 2023 @ 3:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, an online real estate investment platform that has recently added early-stage venture funding (the Innovation Fund) as an option, has provided an update on platform performance during Q1 2023 and at a time when markets are flagging. According to Fundrise, the average net return… Read More

April 18, 2023 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdStreet Advisors has announced the launch of CrowdStreet REIT I  (or C-REIT) with iCapital. This represents an expansion of access for the fund, which has been available on CrowdStreet and now may be accessed via iCapital channels. CrowdStreet Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CrowdStreet and… Read More

April 16, 2023 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at LendInvest plc (AIM: LINV) recently shared its FY 2023 Trading Update. LendInvest, which claims to be one of the UK’s leading platforms for mortgages, announces its trading update “for the year ended 31 March 2023, ahead of its full year results announcement… Read More

April 16, 2023 @ 4:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Built Technologies, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing construction and real estate software providers in the U.S., has announced a strategic investment from Citi through its SPRINT program. Citi SPRINT (Spread Products Investment Technologies), the strategic investing arm of Citi’s Global Spread Products… Read More

April 12, 2023 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Built Technologies, which claims to be one of the fastest-growing construction and real estate fintech software providers in the U.S., announced the launch of a new business unit focused on commercial property developers. This expansion will “enable the development of new, purpose-built solutions designed to… Read More

April 10, 2023 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

CI has once again reviewed the roster of FINRA-regulated funding portals to gauge the growth or decline of these platforms that provide online capital formation. Funding Portals were created under the JOBS Act of 2012 and typically list securities under Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF). This… Read More

April 7, 2023 @ 1:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CrowdProperty, an online property lending platform, has raised 103% (£414,271) of its £400,009 target via Seedrs (at the time of writing) from 403 investors with 5 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign. CrowdProperty has utilized the services of Seedrs multiple times in the past…. Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Acre, the “one-click” mortgage intermediaries platform, has announced it has secured £6.5 million investment to grow its tech platform and enhance the process of buying a home. The McPike Global Family Office (MGFO), “joins returning investors Aviva and Founders Factory, to provide new funds to… Read More

April 3, 2023 @ 1:33 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts recently became the 43rd state to pass legislation authorizing remote online notarization (RON). Signed into law by Governor Maura Healey and effective on January 1, 2024, the legislation expands access “to online notarization — and the Notarize platform — to all… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso announced the launch of an opportunity for accredited U.S. investors to invest in a technology-enabled real estate marketplace “that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home.” The new investment opportunity with Pacaso is “a two year, 10% annualized promissory note backed by… Read More

April 1, 2023 @ 3:17 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Rocket Companies, Inc. (NYSE: RKT), a Detroit-based fintech platform company consisting of tech-driven financial businesses – including Rocket Mortgage, Rocket Homes, Rocket Loans and Rocket Money – unveiled the Rocket Visa Signature Card, the first credit card created “to make homebuying easier and more accessible… Read More

March 31, 2023 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest has launched a new Mortgage Tech Meetup event series to discuss the future of mortgage technology.  The inaugural session will focus on key trends in Mortgage Technology in 2023 and the Future of Lending. The discussion is expected to be centered on the state… Read More

March 29, 2023 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty, a real estate investment platform, reports that it has topped 3000 homes financed. According to the funding platform, it has provided financing for 3010 houses worth £680,000,000, originating over £375,000,000 of financing facilities and lending more than £299,000,000 to date. CrowdProperty is authorized and… Read More

March 28, 2023 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Estateguru, the Pan-European property investment platform, and the Czech investment bank J&T Banka have made an agreement “to fund real estate-backed loans in the Baltics.” J&T Banka initially “invested €2.5M in Finnish and German loans as part of its continued commitment to funding Estateguru loan… Read More

March 27, 2023 @ 10:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ohmyhome Limited (Nasdaq: OMH), a data-driven property technology company based in Singapore, recently announced “the closing of its initial public offering of 3,775,000 ordinary shares at a price of $4.00 per share.” The offering “consisted of 2,800,000 ordinary shares issued and sold by Ohmyhome and… Read More