Real Estate

October 16, 2017 @ 11:36 am By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet, an online marketplace for real estate backed loans, has appointed Louis Nees as Head of Capital Markets. Nees is a Wall Street veteran with over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Nees previously served as  SVP of Global Capital Markets for… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 7:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, the online marketplace for investing in real estate, shared today that total quarterly dividends topped $3.9 million – the largest to date. More importantly, Fundrise compared their “Supplemental Income portfolio” annualized rate of return to other benchmarks and it looks pretty good. Fundrise is… Read More

October 12, 2017 @ 1:56 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Private investors may now participate in a new equity crowdfunding real estate round for a mortgage of residential buildings in Darmstadt / Frankfurt area of Germany.  “Wohnen Im Village 11” on zinsbaustein.de features ten semi-detached houses and one detached house.  Private investors can participate in the… Read More

October 11, 2017 @ 3:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lending platform LendingHome announced on Wednesday it has expanded operations by opening its new office in Pittsburgh. The online lender revealed it plans to bring a total of 50 well-paying financial technology jobs to Pittsburgh over the next year.  Co-Founder and CEO Matt Humphrey, who is Pittsburgh native… Read More

October 10, 2017 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate marketplace lender Money360 announced on Monday it completed more than $100 million in loans during the third quarter of 2017. The platform revealed that the amount brings its total loan closings to over $450 million, with a target of $600 million in transactions… Read More

October 9, 2017 @ 2:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares announced last week it has financed several commercial properties in Texas. The funding portal revealed that a total of $10.1 million was raised for Sheraton DFW Airport Hotel and Texarkana Multifamily Portfolio. RealtyShares reported that it secured $2.4 million equity investment… Read More

October 5, 2017 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the launch of CMG Financial’s crowdfunding platform HomeFundMe, CEO of the mortgage-banking firm, Christopher George sat down with CNBC to share more details about the new funding portal. As previously reported, HomeFundMe helps potential homeowners increase the amount of their down payment – resulting in more buying… Read More

October 4, 2017 @ 7:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

PeerStreet is getting bigger. The marketplace lender for real estate backed loans, has now topped $500 million in loans and the company is well on its way to $1 billion in online lending. Even more importantly, PeerStreet says that no money has ever been lost… Read More

October 4, 2017 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Roofstock has just closed a substantial funding round led by Canvas Ventures. The online investment marketplace for single-family rental homes, has raised $35 million in Series C financing. The new funding included “substantial participation” from existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, Khosla Ventures,… Read More

October 3, 2017 @ 11:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Lendy, the UK P2P property platform, has increased its pretax profits by 164% over the last year, rising from £1.04m to £2.74m, while turnover increased 104% over the same period, going from £13.5m to £27.5m. Lendy is now one of Europe’s leading P2P secured property platforms,… Read More

October 3, 2017 @ 11:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

CrowdStreet, a commercial real estate investment platform for investor acquisition and relationship management, now offers several new “enhancements” to its flagship Sponsor Direct white-label software platform which was designed to address the needs of modern investment firms. With these new features, Sponsor Direct’s software combines… Read More

October 3, 2017 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Shojin Property Partners is the newest entrant into the property crowdfunding space. The London based, FCA regulated crowdfunding platform was officially opened on 27th September. Shojin seeks to will investors looking to invest in property with property developers looking for funding.  Interestingly, Shojin said that… Read More

October 2, 2017 @ 12:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, privately held mortgage-banking firm CMG Financial announced the launch of its new crowdfunding platform mortgage payments, HomeFundMe. The company claims HomeFundMe is the first industry approved crowdfunding service providing homebuyers the support, education, and platform they need to crowdfund a mortgage down payment. CMG Financial… Read More

October 2, 2017 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Proplend, a UK based peer to peer lender in the property space, has now topped £25 million in online lending. Proplend revealed the accomplishment in a recent blog post where it also shared it has been shortlisted for the Best Peer to Peer Lender for… Read More

October 2, 2017 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Property Moose, (aka DFI Financial Services Limited) has appointed two senior finance professionals to its Board of Directors. The property crowdfunding site has added Richard Avery-Wright and Tim Parkes to the Board following a recent investment round, in which they both participated. Parkes previously was… Read More

September 29, 2017 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Assetz Capital, one of the UK’s fastest growing peer-to-peer finance platforms and the largest property backed peer-to-peer lender, announced on Friday it has lowered its entry interest rate for commercial mortgages from 7.9% to 6.9% in an unprecedented move to give access to even lower rates… Read More

September 29, 2017 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lending platform LendInvest announced on Friday it has released the latest LendInvest Buy-to-Let Index report with a spotlight on university towns. Published quarterly, the LendInvest Buy-to-Let Index notably ranks each postcode area around England and Wales based on a combination of four critical metrics:… Read More

September 29, 2017 @ 2:00 am By Therese Torris  |  

The French real estate crowdfunding market grew by 50% in 2016 and keeps growing at the same linear growth pace in 2017. While new platforms continue to join, first entrants strongly dominate the nascent market. With €160 million worth of real estate projects funded, the… Read More

September 26, 2017 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Commercial real estate crowdfunding platform ArborCrowd announced on Tuesday it is now offering a $40.8 million multifamily real estate deal to investors. The property, Quarry Station Apartments, is located in San Antonio, Texas. According to ArborCrowd, Quarry Station was built in 1993 and has 18 buildings… Read More

September 25, 2017 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online real estate marketplace Patch of Land announced on Monday the launch of its new platform feature, AutoInvest. According to the lender, AutoInvest automatically secures access to the platform’s investment opportunities that match participants’ pre-selected customized investment criteria. Additionally, the feature facilitates portfolio diversification with… Read More