Real Estate

March 4, 2019 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding is going through a bit of a transition right now. Some platforms that garnered early traction have dimmed or disappeared while others have emerged to lead the charge as they execute on their chosen business model. ArborCrowd is a platform that has… Read More

March 2, 2019 @ 2:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender EstateGuru says it has recently made two “significant’ hires for their executive team. EstateGuru says they have appointed the former head of retail credit risk at Coop, Andres Luts, to fill the position of Baltic Risk Manager. Additionally, Mihkel Roosme,… Read More

March 1, 2019 @ 7:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Securrency and Vertalo have signed an agreement to tokenize $260 million in fixed income-generating real estate assets. The new agreement was shared in a blog post yesterday but Securrency and Vertalo announced their partnership in 2018. Vertalo is a digital asset management platform that provides… Read More

February 28, 2019 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Online property lender LendInvest has formed a new partnership with buy-to-let mortgage distributor TBMC to offer its loans through the specialist packager’s broker panel.a According to the TBMC website, the company has operated in the buy-to-let and commercial mortgage markets since 1989. They are specialists… Read More

February 27, 2019 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdStreet, an online marketplace for direct equity investment in commercial real estate (CRE), announced on Wednesday the launch of its investor-friendly approach to investing qualified retirement account funds into commercial real estate offerings. According to CrowdStreet, the new option makes it easier than ever for… Read More

February 26, 2019 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdProperty, a UK based peer to peer lender, is reporting a couple of milestones. Following the funding of the 70th project, CrowdProperty says it has now funded 500 UK homes worth more than £80 million. The P2P lender says over £30 million has been lent… Read More

February 25, 2019 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Banco BTG Pactual, an investment bank based in Sao Paolo, Brazil, is going crypto. More specifically, the bank is issuing a security token based on real estate assets. BTG Pactual is no small operation. In fact, total assets are pegged at over R$270 billion (USD $70+… Read More

February 25, 2019 @ 2:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyMogul announced on Monday it has sold a machine learning and artificial intelligence loan underwriting tool to Hunt Real Estate Capital. According to RealtyMogul, Hunt Real Estate Capital plans to deploy the tool across its commercial real estate lending business. While sharing details… Read More

February 25, 2019 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet has been recognized as one of the 2019 Best Places to Work in Financial Technology (Fintech). The awards program is a project of SourceMedia and Best Companies Group. The relatively young survey seeks to identify and highlight the best employers in Fintech. Previously, PeerStreet received… Read More

February 21, 2019 @ 10:21 am By Therese Torris  |  

Launched last quarter, Anaxago Capital, the asset management sister of French equity crowdfunding platform Anaxago, announces its first investment fund. FCPR ANAXAGO SOCIETY ONE is a real estate development fund dedicate to funding construction and renovation projects. Anaxago Capital aims to raise €30 million to… Read More

February 18, 2019 @ 8:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Today the direct real estate investment platform Groundfloor launched an online public offering enabling any Groundfloor account holder to purchase stock directly from the company. The platform indicated that the online public offering aims to “level the cap table” so members of the public can own… Read More

February 18, 2019 @ 9:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Groundfloor, a direct real estate investment platform, has launched an online public offering enabling any Groundfloor account holder to purchase stock directly from the company. The platform indicated that the online public offering aims to “level the cap table” so members of the public can… Read More

February 14, 2019 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Online property lender LendInvest is reporting a record month of signed applications. According to the Fintech, in January 2019 they received 428 applications totaling £100 million in value. LendInvest said the volume was due in part to rapid hiring in their lending team The LendInvest… Read More

February 13, 2019 @ 1:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Property Partner announced its first “Opportunistic Fund” at the end of January. The new Fund is being launched to take advantage of the UK property market which has hit pause for the moment due to Brexit concerns. The Fund will “move fast as a cash… Read More

February 11, 2019 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Elevated Returns (ER) and Securitize claim they will tokenize $1 billion of real estate assets using the Tezos blockchain. Elevated Returns is the company behind the first tokenized real estate offering with the launch of Aspencoin last year. Securitize is a compliance platform for digitizing securities…. Read More

February 9, 2019 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

In a recent email, real estate crowdfunding platform EquityMultiple provided insight into platform operations. Real estate crowdfunding in the US is going through a period of transition as stronger platforms appear to be pulling away from the heard. There have been several, high profile closures… Read More

February 8, 2019 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK based peer-to-peer lender RateSetter announced on Friday it is expanding its Property Development Finance Team in South West England with the appointment of Ian Granger as its new Business Development Manager. Granger will reportedly oversee client management and business development in Somerset, Devon, and Cornwall as… Read More

February 7, 2019 @ 6:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Kuflink has launched a secondary market to provide liquidity for investors in their property backed loans. Kuflink said this was the first of several new enhancements planned for 2019. The platform said that lenders can list most loan parts on… Read More

February 6, 2019 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a real estate crowdfunding platform that has crafted an interesting niche that pairs retail investors with institutional money, announced on Wednesday it has formed a new integration with Liquid Logics, a market-leading loan origination software (LOS) platform. PeerStreet reported that approved lenders can submit loan information… Read More

February 5, 2019 @ 1:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdStreet, a real estate crowdfunding platform providing access to commercial real estate for smaller investors, is reporting “extremely high demand” for their first ever blended portfolio offering. Announced last October, CrowdStreet states that the portfolio saw significant demand during a period of exceptional market volatility. Apparently, the fund… Read More