Real Estate

June 13, 2017 @ 2:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise, one of the leading online investment platforms for real estate, has launched the “2.0” version of their platform. Fundrise has created a Robo-Advisor focused on real estate thus providing an investing tool to match individual investor needs. Ben Miller, co-founder and CEO of Fundrise,… Read More

June 13, 2017 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Relendex Limited, a peer to peer lender in the commercial and residential real estate sector, has announced the completion of a rights issue and a new round of financing from new investors. The company said the proceeds will be used to allow further investments in new… Read More

June 12, 2017 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Online real estate investment platform Fundrise has filed a post-qualification amendment to their earlier offering statement under Reg A+ to sell more shares in the company. Back in the first quarter of 2017, Fundrise launched an initial public offering of shares in the company using… Read More

June 10, 2017 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Cadre describes itself as a tech-enabled real estate investment platform with an emphasis on differentiated sourcing, diligence enhanced by data, increased transparency, and investor-friendly terms. Cadre is targeting bigger investors but has plans to expand their and now they have additional funding to execute on their… Read More

June 8, 2017 @ 1:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

American Homeowner Preservation (AHP) 2015A+ LLC  has acquired 799 non-performing mortgages from the 3 Star Properties, LLC bankruptcy. AHP paid $2,875,000 for $43,822,832 in total debt from the bankruptcy proceedings. The mortgages are on properties located in 39 states plus Puerto Rico, with the largest… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 3:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

iintoo a real estate marketplace for accredited investors has shared some interesting information on their young platform. According to company representatives,  iintoo recently raised $4.5 million for a student housing complex in Oshkosh, Wisconsin with Annex Student Living, a development firm from Indiana. The funds… Read More

June 7, 2017 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Sharestates, an online real estate investment marketplace, has topped a major milestone: $500 million in loan originations for real estate investment. Sharestates predicts it will surpass $1 billion in real estate loans before the end of 2017. The announcement was joined by the release of… Read More

June 6, 2017 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

A new real estate crowdfunding platform has launched in Germany. Grundag GmbH & Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CrowdDesk, has launched to provide debt based crowdfunding for German real estate projects. CrowdDesk is a white label crowdfunding platform that powers several well established platforms in Germany…. Read More

June 4, 2017 @ 8:32 pm By Soren Godbersen  |  

In recent years, a growing number of online platforms have begun to offer direct investments in residential properties, allowing individual investors to access this asset class much more readily and at lower minimums. Some platforms offer investments in apartment buildings (multifamily properties, in industry lingo),… Read More

June 1, 2017 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

RealConnex, a platform that connects real estate professionals to both access to capital as well as investments, has announced a strategic partnership with the Miami Association of Realtors. According to RealConnex, the agreement will see the Miami Association of Realtors, and their 46,000 plus members,… Read More

June 1, 2017 @ 7:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

LendInvest Capital, a UK-based specialist real estate lender and fund manager, has announced that its flagship private debt fund, the Montello Real Estate Opportunity Fund, is now managing over £100 million ($128m) on behalf of private and institutional clients. “In such a consistently low-yield interest… Read More

May 30, 2017 @ 5:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

UK alternative lender Growth Street has revealed that 37.4% of its investors are under the age of 35, contradicting public figures who have chastised millennials for not thinking about saving and investment. Growth Street’s news follows comments made by property mogul Tim Gurner earlier this month…. Read More

May 26, 2017 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK housing market has struggled for years as high demand has challenged supply. The markets have reacted naturally by driving housing costs up. Home buyers and renters have struggled to keep up. London has become one of the most expensive property markets in the… Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 12:20 pm By Therese Torris  |  

    After multiple formal and informal discussions with representatives of the crowdfunding sector, consumer associations and the German financial establishment, the Financial Committee of the German Parliament has drawn its conclusions from the review of one year of operation under the German crowdfunding regulation,… Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 6:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Relendex has launched its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) following authorisation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Relendex offers loans for commercial real estate via its online marketplace. The UK Government introduced the IFISA in April 2016 as a vehicle for investors to… Read More

May 23, 2017 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer property lender EstateGuru has shared that investors on its platform have now earned in excess of €1 million. The Estonia-based company said that nearly 6900 investors from 39 different countries have earned, on average, 12.63% since platform launch in 2014. EstateGuru also reports there… Read More

May 23, 2017 @ 1:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Estate Baron, a Melbourne-based crowdfunding startup, has announced an initiative to allow property developers the ability to crowdfund their property development projects online by using the Estate Baron platform as a white label service. Estate Baron co-founder, Moresh Kokane, says that the concept will provide… Read More

May 22, 2017 @ 8:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Kufflink is out with a report that UK investors are turning to property investment in response to Brexit uncertainty and the forthcoming snap election.  Kufflink is a relatively young P2P lender in the property sector so any shift in property investment… Read More

May 18, 2017 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

iintoo has announced it has launched in the U.S. to allow accredited investors  the ability to invest in high-yield  real estate projects. Starting at $25,000, iintoo will offer ownership shares in projects vetted and made available by the company. Management expects to deliver double-digit, annual… Read More

May 18, 2017 @ 7:26 am By Erin Hobey  |  

M0ney360, a leading commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, closed more than $45 million in loans in April, bringing the company’s total production to over $250 million in closed loans, with an expected $500 million in transactions by year-end. Money360’s recent loan closings span properties… Read More