Real Estate

February 1, 2017 @ 3:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zoopla Property Group (LSE:ZPLA) announced on Tuesday it has agreed to acquire Hometrack, a provider of residential property market insights and analytics. Hometrack, which was established in 1999, notably provide residential property market insights, analytics, valuations and data services to over 400 partners including mortgage lenders, new… Read More

February 1, 2017 @ 1:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Commerical real estate marketplace lending platform, Money360, announced on Wednesday it has provided a bridge loan to the owner of a retail center in Jacksonville, Illinois. According to Money360, the $8.3 million loan is allowing the borrower to pay off a maturing loan on the Lincoln… Read More

January 30, 2017 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The forthcoming Fundrise IPO was revealed last week as a public filing under “Rise Companies” was uncovered. Today, the Form 1-A has been updated revealing additional information regarding the self-crowdfunding campaign under Reg A+. According to the document, Fundrise will be offering up to 2… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 4:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The other day Crowdfund Insider shared that Fundrise was preparing for its “Greatest Innovation Yet”, today we may have a bit more information. Fundrise is going to crowdfund itself. True to form, the real estate marketplace will use Reg A+ to raise capital and offer equity… Read More

January 25, 2017 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

EstateGuru, a real estate crowdfunding platform based in Estonia, has added an Auto Invest feature to its investing marketplace. The new feature was said to be launched due to investor demand. The application is pretty straightforward. Following activation, Auto Invest will allocate resources based on… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, Money260, announced it hired two new directors, David Christensen and Kenneth Wood, to support the increasing demand in the northeast and northwest regions of the U.S.  According to Money360, Christensen has more than 30 years of industry experience in… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 1:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares has announced that over $300 million in real estate finance has been raised on its crowdfunding platform. During the fall of 2016, RealtyShares announced they had topped $200 million indicating solid growth in the past several months.  Serving both institutional… Read More

January 24, 2017 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Global Alternatives has announced the “relaunch” of Property Crowd. Described as “property crowdfunding 2.0”, the updated platform will now offer cross-border investments in institutional grade real estate opportunities. Property Crowd is now offering professional investors and high net worth individuals (HNWIs) an 11.2% IRR via… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 6:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding has experienced rapid growth in the US.  Yet most opportunities have been made available only to accredited investors. As securities laws are updated to accommodate the emerging innovation of internet finance traditional methods of funding real estate projects are being disrupted. At… Read More

January 23, 2017 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise has posted a page blocker announcing a new feature or application to be revealed soon. While short on details, Ben Miller, CEO and co-founder, states they are preparing to embark on “perhaps our greatest innovation yet.” Fundrise was the first online investment platform to… Read More

January 19, 2017 @ 10:25 am By JD Alois  |  

While real estate crowdfunding holds much promise, risk remains. France, home of multiple real estate crowdfunding platforms, has just experienced its first big loss. According to a report in Capital, real estate developer Terlat has used two crowdfunding platforms to finance projects. Terlat has leveraged… Read More

January 18, 2017 @ 4:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sharestates, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has hit $275 million in loans since platform launch in 2015.  The milestone makes Sharestates one of the largest online real estate investment platforms of its kind.  Sharestates said the December 2016 was the most active month in the… Read More

January 17, 2017 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is a list that Cleveland can be proud to be a part of, and not only that, it is at the top! HomeUnion, a new online real estate management platform that helps landlords invest in property and then rent it out, has published their… Read More

January 16, 2017 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, Money360, announced on Monday it provided financing to a commercial property owner to purchase a fully leased retail center in Mobile, Alabama. According to Money360, the $3,865,000 five-year loan is secured by the 1.61-acre, 16,710-square-foot Airport Boulevard Shops shopping center,… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 11:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

CoAssets Limited, a Singapore-founded Fintech firm that is listed on the ASX (ASX:CA8), has launched a newly incorporated subsidiary, CoAssets Real Estate (Care) Pte Ltd. CoAssets described the new subsidiary as part of the company’s long-term growth strategy. The new CoAssets subsidiary will provide “a… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Commercial real estate marketplace lending platform, Money360, announced on Monday it closed a record $35.6 million in commercial real estate loans in December 2016. The marketplace lender revealed that December’s transactions reflect short-term bridge loans for a mix of property types, including retail, office and… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 12:13 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

Peer to peer lending platform Wellesley has been crowdfunding on Seedrs for almost a month to raise £1.5M (approximately $1.82M). The campaign is currently restricted to Wellesley customers so it is hard to track. Investors have the chance to buy shares in the P2P platform… Read More

January 9, 2017 @ 6:57 am By Jessica Pham  |  

Kellerhhof International Sdn Bhd led RE/MAX Malaysia‘s equity crowdfunding campaign over the past month to aim to raise MYR 200,000 (approximately $45,000).  The campaign on CrowdPlus.asia finished yesterday and resulted in RE/MAX Malaysia successfully surpassing its minimum goal, raising MYR 322,888 (approximately $72,000).  RE/MAX Malaysia offered… Read More

January 6, 2017 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding may possess the biggest potential within the sector of online investment marketplaces. The ability to make a popular asset class more accessible to a wider audience simply makes sense. Both debt and equity investment opportunities in real estate are available across multiple… Read More

January 2, 2017 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last year due to time constraints I was unable to publish my list of Crowdfunding/Fintech predictions for 2016. This year I am back once again, for better or worse, peering deep into my crystal ball with a list of prognostications for the coming year. The… Read More