Real Estate

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

February 2, 2019 @ 6:17 am By JD Alois  |  

Property Partner is now offering an Innovative Finance ISA (IF ISA), according to a release from the property crowdfunding platform. Just like a regular ISA, investors may place up to £20,000 per year into an IF ISA account, which may then be used to invest… Read More

January 30, 2019 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Property finance investment platform LendInvest has funded a £7.35 million bridge loan for an “industry-leading developer” in under seven days. The online investment platforms says they stepped in to fill a void left by another lender. Daniel O’Neil, Director at SPF Private Clients explained that… Read More

January 30, 2019 @ 1:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

The Paris Fintech Forum gathers more than 2,500 participants this week in Paris at the old stock exchange to meet hundreds of Fintechs and listen to more than 200 CEOs, heads of government and regulation agencies, as well as luminaries such as Ms Christine Lagarde,… Read More

January 25, 2019 @ 4:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

iFunding was an early entrant into the real estate crowdfunding sector. Once Title II of the JOBS Act became law (Reg D 506c), it opened up a new world of online promotion for securities offerings and real estate almost immediately became one of the hottest… Read More

January 25, 2019 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealBlocks, a U.S.-based blockchain-powered real estate tech platform, announced on Friday it secured $3.1 million through its latest seed funding round, which was led by Science Inc. with participation from Morgan Creek Digital, Zelkova Ventures, Ulu Ventures, and Cross Culture Ventures. Founded in 2017, RealBlocks revealed… Read More

January 24, 2019 @ 8:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

French SME crowdlending platform Credit.fr has announced the acquisition of Homunity, a real estate crowdlending platform. The acquisition is a welcome move in a fragmented marketplace. The acquisition of Homunity, France’s leading independent real estate crowdfunding platform, enables Credit.fr to strengthen its position in the… Read More

January 23, 2019 @ 12:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrediFi, a fintech and commercial real estate finance platform, on Wednesday it has raised an additional $6 million in funding. This funding comes on the heels of the $13 million previously raised in Series B funding. The company reported that the total amount it has… Read More