Real Estate

July 9, 2018 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Kuflink, a peer-to-peer property investment platform, says it has topped £20 million invested since platform launch in 2016.    Kuflink provides buy to let borrowers quick access to short-term finance that may not be available from a high street bank. Retail investors gain access to a… Read More

July 8, 2018 @ 9:18 pm By Therese Torris  |  

Early-days monitor of the German crowdfunding market, Crowdfunding.de announced in its latest quarterly report that Germany passed the half billion-euro mark in cumulated in SME crowdfunding at the end of June 2018. The report monitors only equity crowdfunding and crowdlending on marketplaces open to German… Read More

July 3, 2018 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK marketplace platform for mortgages, LendInvest, announced on Tuesday its 2017 financial results, with the year ending on March 31st. The platform reported that the results revealed strong growth across all key metrics. LendInvest revealed that it currently manages more than  £820 million ($1.1 billion) on… Read More

June 27, 2018 @ 6:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Jointer is claiming to be the first security token platform for the real estate market. Currently, there is a lot of talk about blockchain enabling the securitization of real estate offerings making it simpler for issuers and simpler for investors to participate in the asset… Read More

June 26, 2018 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

This may be a harbinger of things to come. StraightUp,  an online real estate investment platform, has merged with Slice. The is to combine real estate investment opportunities via a blockchain enabled platform thus boosting transparency, liquidity, and efficacy of transactions. The two companies said… Read More

June 26, 2018 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Unison Home Ownership Investors has closed on a $40 million Series B led by F-Prime Capital, with participation from Citi Ventures and Royal Bank of Canada. Unison said that as part of the funding, David Jegen, of F-Prime Capital, will join Unison’s board of directors…. Read More

June 23, 2018 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

It appears that RealtyMogul, an online real estate investment platform, is preparing a new fund for investors. According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, RealtyMogul is looking to offer a new “blind pool” REIT under Reg A+. The offering is seeking up… Read More

June 22, 2018 @ 8:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Newchip, a platform that connects new and experienced investors to business and real estate investment opportunities, announced on Thursday it secured $2 million through its latest seed funding round. Along with the funding news, the company declared it has surpassed 50,000 in users. Newchip also welcomed institutional investments… Read More

June 19, 2018 @ 6:44 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, an online property lending platform, is now offering NACFB-registered brokers an increased fee for NACFB registered brokers. LendInvest is increasing the fee paid from 1% to 1.2%. LendInvest describes this initiative as part of a series of measures implemented by LendInvest to support raising… Read More

June 8, 2018 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

  Online mortgage lender LendInvest reports it is scrambling to hire new employees due to the demand of its Buy-to-Let (BTL) product. The LendInvest team has now grown to 15 people in the short period since the  BTL product was launched in November 2017. Antonia… Read More

June 6, 2018 @ 12:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

MoloFinance, a UK-based fintech that is aiming to revolutionize mortgages, announced on Wednesday it secured £3.7 million through its latest seed funding round, which was led by Ubon Partners. Founded in 2017, the company reported it is developing what it thinks is the first true fully… Read More

June 5, 2018 @ 1:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Obligo, a fintech startup that’s focused on the real estate market, announced on Tuesday it has raised $5 million through its latest financing round to launch its next-generation security deposit alternative. The funding round was led by 83 North (formerly Greylock IL) and included investments from Entrée Capital and HFZ… Read More

June 1, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a marketplace for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Friday that one its managers, Nia Patel, has been named to HousingWire’s 2018 Rising Stars list of young leaders to watch in the housing industry. According to PeerStreet, HousingWire’s 2018 Rising Stars list… Read More

May 31, 2018 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest announced on Thursday it has named firms JMW Solicitors LLP and Lightfoots Solicitors as its first official panel of solicitors for its Buy-to-Let product. According to the online lender, JMW Solicitors is one of the North West’s leading full-service law firms, with significant experience in handling… Read More

May 23, 2018 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, an online platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Wednesday that one billion in loans have been funded through its marketplace since launch. This announcement comes after the investment portal announced the close of its $30 million Series B last month. PeerStreet reported that… Read More

May 20, 2018 @ 7:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, an online real estate investment platform, has just filed a Reg A+ update with the Securities and Exchange Commission that updates on their equity eREIT offering. Several years old now, the eREIT offering circular indicates the company has sold approximately $73 million in shares… Read More

May 17, 2018 @ 7:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Small Change was the first real estate crowdfunding platform in the US to use the Reg CF exemption to offer non accredited investors the option to invest in property online. Recently, Small Change has listed their first side-by-side Reg D 506c / Reg CF offering… Read More

May 13, 2018 @ 5:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Two recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have provided some insight into the progress of Fundrise’s eFunds. Last year, Fundrise launched two eFunds – both targeting “For Sale Housing” in two different markets: Washington, DC and Los Angeles. These new funds were… Read More

May 10, 2018 @ 9:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding continues to be a promising sector for both issuers of securities and investors in the space. It is an inevitability that property as an asset class will migrate to being available nearly 100% online. Easier for investors to participate and incredibly easier… Read More

May 7, 2018 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Better Mortgage, a digital mortgage company working to improve access to home financing through transparency, honest guidance, and zero commissions, announced on Monday it has appointed Howard Katzenberg as its new CFO. According to Better Mortgage, Katzenberg was the CFO of small business lending platform OnDeck… Read More