Real Estate

August 13, 2021 @ 3:19 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Real estate investing platform PeerStreet has another award for their trophy case. The company was named one of the 2021 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology. The honour was voted on by staff who received an anonymous survey sent directly to them by Best… Read More

August 12, 2021 @ 10:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australia’s first “smartbank,” 86 400, reveals that it has introduced a new 85% Loan to Value Ratio (LVR) tier for Owner Occupied, Principal and Interest home loans, and has now “removed the need to pay Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI) with a 15% deposit/equity, knocking thousands… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 2:42 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Today, nearly a year and a half since the Coronavirus pandemic began, we have all been forced to adapt to the new environment or the “new normal” in almost every aspect of life. As at any time, there are always “winners” in the economy and… Read More

August 11, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fraxtor Private Ltd, an online real estate platform, has acquired in-principle approval for its Capital Markets Services (CMS) license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The CMS License, after it’s issued, should allow Fraxtor to issue security tokens including debentures and collective investment schemes… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

In June, Columbus, Ohio-based Lower, a home finance Fintech, raised $100 million in a Series A Funding round, led by Accel. Ohio is not known to be a tech hotbed like New York City or the Bay Area and at the time. Lower said the… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 12:06 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fintech software company Sagent, which modernizes mortgage and consumer loan servicing for American financial institutions, today announced two major strategic deals with digital lending and payments firm Figure. Sagent will power Figure’s mortgage servicing services, and the firms will partner to accelerate Figure’s blockchain vision…. Read More

August 9, 2021 @ 9:58 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Security Token Market (STM), the world’s security token information source, has published July 2021’s edition of the Security Token Market Real Estate report. As you may notice, there’s a new structure for STM’s monthly real estate analysis report. In the past, this… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 7:00 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Yair Benyamini, CEO and Co-Founder of Lendai. Founded during the COVID-19 crisis, the disruptive digital-first lender allows foreign and non-resident investors to buy US properties through an online mortgage approval process that takes around one week. According to Lendai, this is… Read More

August 8, 2021 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Real estate investment platform Fundrise recently revealed that it’s lowering the entry barrier for a new class of investors, which means “higher potential for the next generation.” Fundrise CEO Ben Miller notes that the platform has remained committed to making the world’s “best alternative investments”… Read More

August 7, 2021 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based Blend Network, a peer-to-peer lending platform, notes that it’s “no secret” that the country suffers from a “structural under-supply” of housing. Blend Network writes in a blog post that the UK government has said it’s committed to providing 300,000 homes every… Read More

August 7, 2021 @ 8:08 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at UK-based Sourced Capital, the home of property-backed peer to peer investing, notes that when you’re deciding to invest into property, selecting the appropriate location is a good place to begin, and the type of property investment strategy that Sourced Capital’s Borrowers choose… Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Property finance platform LendInvest has announced several changes to its Buy-to-Let offerings, including rate reductions across standard properties and HMOs. According to a note from LendInvest, the company has repriced its standard Buy-to-Let (BTL) products, with its two-year 65% LTV product now available at 2.85%,… Read More

August 5, 2021 @ 7:56 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland’s Proptech firm emonitor recently revealed that it has acquired more than CHF 5 million through a Series A round in order to further develop key technologies for the “home” ecosystem. emonitor believes that a good home is the “cornerstone of happiness and well-being.” Their… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform Proplend has added commercial property VAT loans, according to a release. Proplend is an FCA-regulated P2P lending platform specializing in sub £5 million commercial real estate debt. To date, Proplend has completed over £130 million of lending and is rated by… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Property finance platform LendInvest has received the highest possible rating from a European rating agency for the seventh consecutive year, according to a note from the company.  For the 6th year in a row, ARC Ratings affirmed its SQ1 Servicer Quality Rating for LendInvest following… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Localize has closed on a $25 million Series C funding round, according to a note from the Proptech firm. The funding round was led by Pitango Growth with Mizrahi-Tefahot and existing investors joining in. As part of the funding round Pitango co-founder and Managing Partners,… Read More

August 4, 2021 @ 8:24 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Dedicated Prime property lender CapitalRise announced the advancement of a £9.2 million senior loan for the refinancing and development of two freehold Georgian townhouses based in Bloomsbury, London “with a GDV of £14 million.” As mentioned in a release shared with CI, the loan will… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

ABN Amro (AMS: ABN), a Dutch bank with headquarters in Amsterdam and currently the third-largest bank in the Netherlands, will be offering clients a sustainability discount on mortgage interest rates for energy-efficient homes. ABN Amro‘s management noted that they will be using the EU’s Energy Label… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 4:05 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced securities fraud charges against recidivist Michael Shustek, the CEO of several Las Vegas REITs, and his wholly-owned investment advisory firm, Vestin Mortgage LLC. The complaint alleges that since at least 2012, Shustek fraudulently enriched himself and The… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 3:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Figure, a financial services firm utilizing blockchain technology, has announced a merger with Homebridge Financial Services. Figure was founded by CEO Mike  Cagney, the founder of publicly-traded SoFi, a Fintech unicorn. The terms of the deal were not revealed. At the end of July, Figure… Read More