Real Estate

December 23, 2019 @ 8:21 am By Therese Torris  |  

The French community of Fintech startups gathered at the annual dinner of the France Fintech Association to review the achievements of the past year and celebrate the holiday season. Crowdfund Insider took the opportunity to ask leading executives in Fintech and alternative finance to take… Read More

December 22, 2019 @ 11:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peer-to-peer lenders reportedly raised over £7 million (appr. $9.1 million) to fund the ongoing development of their platforms via crowdfunding in 2018. Overall, Fintech has been a hot sector of crowdfunding with many big names in the emerging financial services sector recognizing the benefits of… Read More

December 20, 2019 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital asset platform Smartlands and UK Sotheby’s International Realty have agreed to experiment on the tokenization of luxury properties, according to a note from Smartlands. The tokenization platform said that blockchain technology can facilitate access to exclusive opportunities for a new generation of investors worldwide…. Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest, a UK-based online marketplace for mortgages, reported on Tuesday strong inflows to its flagship real estate debt fund during November. LendInvest reported that over the month, it secured £23 million of new investment for its Real Estate Opportunity Fund. This notably brought the fund’s… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Roofstock, an online marketplace where you can invest in single-family rental homes, has topped $2 billion in transactions. The three-year-old platform topped $1 billion in January 2018. In July, Roofstock said it had surpassed $1.6 billion thus investing velocity is increasing. In a release, Roofstock… Read More

December 12, 2019 @ 4:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Bitbond, a Berlin-based online lender and trailblazer in the digital asset sector, is leveraging its experience in issuing blockchain-based bonds to move into real estate. According to a note from Bitbond, the investment platform has formed a partnership with KlickOwn, a property investment platform. Bitbond… Read More

December 9, 2019 @ 5:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, previously a debt-focused Reg CF platform, has recently listed its first real estate offering for a property being redeveloped in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico. Securities are being issued under Reg D 506c – so accredited investors only. According to NextSeed, ARRIVE Albuquerque “offers a… Read More

December 7, 2019 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Property investment platform CrowdProperty has topped £20,000,000 in capital returned during 5 years of lending, according to an email from the company. CrowdProperty states that since platform launch, approximately £55 million has been lent which has helped to finance over £130 million of property and… Read More

December 6, 2019 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday in a blog post, Landbay founder and CEO John Goodall announced that his property crowdfunding platform will no longer serve as a peer to peer lender as institutional money has taken over. Landbay said that a UK bank will now handle the current retail… Read More

December 5, 2019 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A real estate business that received the backing of Property Innovation (Pi) Labs, a leading Proptech VC, is raising equity capital through crowdfunding. Track, which serves as a property and fund manager for homeowners, is raising £250,000 (appr. $328,000) on Seedrs for 11% of company… Read More

December 4, 2019 @ 12:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Fronted, a new company that plans to make renting easier for people, is preparing to launch in 2020 with a Fintech product that has been designed to help renters finance their deposits. The company, called Fronted, has been established by Jamie Campbell, former commercial… Read More

December 3, 2019 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a leading platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced last week that more than $3 billion in loans have been transacted through its marketplace portal since its launch. The latest milestone comes just one month after PeerStreet secured $60 million through its… Read More

December 3, 2019 @ 11:16 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Property investment for the average person usually involves making investments in projects that have already been completed. However, there’s now an opportunity to invest in property projects before they’re actually completed. This has been made possible by leveraging blockchain technology. It can take several years… Read More

November 29, 2019 @ 12:55 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

France-based Virgil, a Fintech firm that supports millennial home-ownership, recently raised €2.1 million ($2.3 million) from Alven Capital, Kima Ventures, LocalGlobe, and several angel investors. The capital raised will help Virgil achieve its short-term goals, which include finalizing at least 100 transactions each month by… Read More

November 28, 2019 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, the Fintech marketplace for property finance, has promoted Andy Virgo from Business Development Manager to Head of Key Accounts for LendInvest. In this new role, he will be championing the day to day relationship management of LendInvest’s distribution network, including Mortgage Clubs and Networks. … Read More

November 26, 2019 @ 8:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Entera, a Proptech that allows investors to purchase residential properties, has raised $7.5 million in funding. Entera’s investment round was led by Bullpen Capital and Craft Ventures. ValueStream Ventures and Chris Heller, former CEO at Keller Williams and current Chief Real Estate Officer at OJO… Read More

November 21, 2019 @ 9:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Groundbreaker, previously an investment crowdfunding platform and now a software solution for real estate investment firms, has raised $2 million in growth capital. The funding was led by Andrew Bluhm, of the family behind Rivers Casino, Walton Street Capital, and marquee Chicago properties. Groundbreaker, a… Read More

November 20, 2019 @ 7:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform EstateGuru and OberHaus, real estate agency operating across the Baltic region, have joined together to produce shared real estate market research and analysis with a specialized focus on the needs of the crowdfunding platform. A general and combined analysis of the… Read More

November 16, 2019 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

British Pearl, a property investment platform that promises to provide “hassle-free property investment” is seeking £800,000 on Seedrs. The offering is for a 3.38% equity stake at a pre-money valuation of £22.8 million.  As it stands today, 141 investors have committed £641,503 to the crowdfunded… Read More

November 13, 2019 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Online property finance platform LendInvest has announced the expansion of its services into Scotland. LendInvest will offer Buy-to-Let property financing as the “Scottish property market booms.” LendInvest states that recent research shows that property prices in Scotland have soared to an 11 year high, with… Read More