Real Estate

July 9, 2019 @ 1:03 am By JD Alois  |  

A “leading financial institution” has committed to funding £1 billion in buy to let mortgages originated on the Landbay platform, according to a post by CEO John Goodall. The company did not disclose the name of the institution. Landbay is also a member of the… Read More

July 8, 2019 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Short term real estate financing platform EstateGuru has been added to the list of approved crowdfunding platforms by the Bank of Lithuania, according to a release. The company has been operating since 2014, connecting an international group of investors and businesses to real estate backed… Read More

July 8, 2019 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Initiative Ireland has announced the appointment of Aisling Healey, as the company’s new Director of Finance & Treasury. Healy is said to bring over 30 years’ experience in financial management to the role. She will be responsible for all aspects of… Read More

July 5, 2019 @ 6:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Ethis Dubai, part of the Ethis Group of crowdfunding platforms headquartered in Singapore, has announced its participation in the Dubai “Real Estate Investment Opportunities” (REIOs) launched by Dubai Land Development. Ethis said the initiatives came at a time when the Dubai property market is at… Read More

June 28, 2019 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Yielders, a property investment platform based in the UK, has successfully secured its initial £500,000 funding target on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. The funding round comes less than a year after Yielders closed on a pre-series A funding round. The platform is offering 4.76% of… Read More

June 26, 2019 @ 11:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Equisafe has completed the very first real estate transaction facilitated by blockchain in France, according to a report. Equisafe is described as a “neo investment bank” for digital security issuance. Equisafe can provide a variety of services including security token issuance and a secondary market… Read More

June 24, 2019 @ 1:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blend, a U.S.-based mortgage tech company, announced on Monday it secured $130 million through its Series E funding round, which was led by Temasek and General Atlantic. Founded in 2012, Blend claims it works with banks and lenders to power frictionless, compliant, and more accessible… Read More

June 20, 2019 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Smartlands has joined the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN). Smartlands is a blockchain based crowdfunding platform that tokenizes real estate investments. Earlier this month, Smartlands announced their first tokenized property investment while staking claim to being the first platform in the UK to accomplish… Read More

June 14, 2019 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Monax is a blockchain based platform that seeks to lead the sector regarding “digital legal infrastructure.” While finance may be the immediate focus for much of the blockchain industry, other early-stage firms are using the tech to improve a diverse sector of businesses. Edinburgh-based Monax… Read More

June 14, 2019 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Kuflink has reported surpassing £50 million worth of bridging and development loans. Kuflink is a UK based P2P lender serving the property market. All loans are said to be secured by UK property. According to the website, investors may earn up… Read More

June 12, 2019 @ 9:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Blockchain-based Smartlands is claiming to be the first crowdfunding platform in the UK to tokenize property investments. Based in London, Smartlands describes itself as a “worldwide security token issuance platform.” Smartlands is regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). A quick visit to the… Read More

June 11, 2019 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender CrowdProperty has funded its 92nd project. In doing so, CrowdProperty funded its 600th home having lent over £40 million. In total, CrowdProperty pegs the aggregate value of the property at over £100 million CrowdProperty highlights the fact that, to date,… Read More

June 7, 2019 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

OpenLTV is a new platform that seeks to offer investors access to secured real estate debt in tokenized form. Investors may participate in the offering either with fiat or crypto via a partnership with Paxos. According to a release from OpenLTV, qualified investors can earn… Read More

June 5, 2019 @ 2:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealCrowd reports that High Net Worth (HNW) investors are looking to increase their portfolio of real estate investments during 2019. According to a survey by the Fintech platform, 53% of surveyed HNW individuals expect to make “two-to-four direct real estate investments… Read More

June 4, 2019 @ 4:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest, an online marketplace for mortgages, announced on Tuesday it has reported a period of strong growth and significant operational and strategic progress for the year, ending on March 31st. The online lender revealed the following: Financial highlights: Platform revenue increased 36% to £72.7m (FY18:… Read More

June 4, 2019 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, an Estonian lending marketplace dedicated to cross-border property finance, has received the backing of Speedinvest f – a fund launched by Speedinvest, targeting Fintech investments across Europe. In a release, EstateGuru said that Speedinvest will support its geographic expansion across Europe. The amount of… Read More

May 31, 2019 @ 6:42 am By Therese Torris  |  

In its 3rd edition, Viva Technology, the Paris technology innovation show gathered more than 124,000 attendees from 125 nationalities, a 24% increase over last year. French President Emmanuel Macron, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Alibaba’s founder and CEO Jack Ma were among the 450… Read More

May 29, 2019 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MetaProp recently announced the opening of applications for the 2019-2020 MetaProp Accelerator at Columbia University, which is a PropTech accelerator program based in New York City. According to MetaProp, the 22-week boot camp connects up to eight PropTech startups from around the world to award-winning… Read More

May 22, 2019 @ 10:57 am By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet, a leading crowdfunding platform serving the real estate marketplace, is expecting “substantial institutional growth.” In the online capital formation world, institutional money is needed for a platform to effectively scale. Since platform launch, PeerStreet has done a pretty effective job as loan facilitations have… Read More

May 18, 2019 @ 4:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently Crowdfund Insider encountered a successful service that is not exactly a high profile business in the Fintech world. Back office fund management provided by Assure Services. What we did not realize is that many Fintech platforms are outsourcing their fund management so they may… Read More