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October 26, 2016 @ 8:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online commercial mortgage marketplace lender, LendInvest, announced on Wednesday it is now offering dates for a second London course for its Property Development Academy as a way to accommodate some of the applicants who were not included in the first Academy course. This second course… Read More

October 14, 2016 @ 1:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the release of LendInvest’s latest financial results, co-founder Christian Fae announced the investment platform’s latest updates. Faes also revealed more details about the platform’s growth and development: “We built an online investment platform where people could invest their money in property loans, hand-picking their… Read More

October 13, 2016 @ 8:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online commercial mortgage marketplace lender, LendInvest, announced on Thursday it appointed Willem Wellinghoff as its new VP of Compliance. Wellinghoff will reportedly be responsible for leading the compliance function, setting and maintaining LendInvest’s compliance and risk management strategy. According to LendInvest, Willem has served as a… Read More

October 7, 2016 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Online commercial mortgage marketplace lender LendInvest has released financial results and for the 3rd year running has reported a profit of £3.4 million. The company also stated that revenue rose 133% in the 12 months ending in March 2016. Gross revenue hit £32 million versus… Read More

September 14, 2016 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, an online mortgage marketplace that has facilitated over £740 million in financing, has launched the “first” Property Development Academy in an attempt to boost construction of new homes. The UK has had supply challenges for housing for some time now. Of course, the result… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 4:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, online mortgage lender LendInvest unveiled its latest Buy-to-Let Index, which revealed that England’s Sunderland is the top postcode area for landlords who are letting properties to students.  The report observed specifically at 2016 average rental yields, the most important factor for landlords letting to students, in postcode areas… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, an online peer to peer marketplace for commercial real estate loans, has published its quarterly research index deciphering the UK property market. According to their data, the UK Buy-to-Let Market, the top rental markets are areas where voters overwhelmingly voted for Brexit. Reflecting on the… Read More

July 25, 2016 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, CEO of LendInvest Christian Faes took to the website’s blog to reflect on the Brexit decision, which was voted on last month in the UK. Following the shocking vote to leave the European Union (EU), the largest peer-to-peer mortgage lender in the UK… Read More

July 6, 2016 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest has appointed Mike Nuttall to be the company’s first VP of Engineering. Nuttall was most recently at Moo but previously led tech teams at FanDuel, Doctors.Net.Uk and MedicAnimal. The new hir was described as part of LendInvest’s effort to scale up the technology side of the… Read More

June 29, 2016 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Despite the recent news that the UK has voted to depart from the European Union (EU), the National House Price Index announced the house prices have raised up by 0.2% this month, with an annual house growth now standing at 5.1% (average price £204,968). LendInvest’s co-founder… Read More

June 27, 2016 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Commercial mortgage marketplace lender LendInvest saw its ARC Ratings affirmed receiving a Limited SQ1 Servicer Quality rating, with stable outlook. Revealed last Friday, ARC stated; “LendInvest, the mortgage marketplace lender, was previously accorded a public SQ1 Servicer Quality rating on 23rd June 2015. Over the past… Read More

June 24, 2016 @ 10:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The United Kingdom remains in collective shock as the largely unexpected result of the EU referendum will see the UK depart the European Union. As markets react to the many questions being asked by policy makers and financial firms, participants in the alternative finance sector… Read More

June 18, 2016 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

This past week LendInvest appointed  Stephen Wilcke as a Senior Advisor.  Wilcke has a long track in finance including being  CEO of HM Treasury’s Asset Protection Agency.  He was also head of OneSavings Bank where he positioned the firm for an IPO back in 2014.  Now… Read More

June 17, 2016 @ 8:21 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, the leading online lender of commercial mortgages in the UK, has appointed Stephen Wilcke as a Senior Advisor.  Wilcke is the former Executive Chairman of OneSavings Bank – a FTSE 250 specialty lender.  According to LendInvest, Wilcke led OneSavings Bank on an extensive turnaround,… Read More

June 10, 2016 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Short term property lender LendInvest, has launched a new website designed to appeal to mortgage intermediaries. LendInvest states that further online tools will be added to the intermediary site in the coming months.  For now the Intermediaries site provides detailed information on loans as well… Read More

May 20, 2016 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest Capital, the fund management and advisory division of UK’s online lender LendInvest, announced on Friday that former Scotiabank Fund distributor, Jesse Mosebye, has joined its growing team.  During his time at Scotiabank, Mosebye was responsible for building investor relationships for the brokerager’s hedge fund and asset… Read More

April 28, 2016 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

LendInvest, the leading property marketplace lending platform, has received a £40 million warehouse facility from Macquarie.  The funding will be dedicated to bridge  and buy-to-let loans. The financing from Macquarie brings institutional investment for LendInvest to £230 million.  Macquarie, based in Sydney Australia, is a… Read More

March 30, 2016 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Leading mortgage peer to peer lender LendInvest has published a statement of caution and concern regarding the recently increased stamp duty tax on buy-to-let properties.  Christian Faes, CEO of LendInvest, called the Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) increase “bad news” as landlords will be facing… Read More

March 14, 2016 @ 7:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Commercial mortgage lender LendInvest has received a £17 million Series Be investment from Atomico, the venture capital firm created by Skype creator Niklas Zennerström. Mattias Ljungman, who formed Atomico with Zennström, will take a seat on the LendInvest board.  Since 2006, Ljungman has been involved… Read More

March 8, 2016 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendinvest, a peer-to-peer lending platform, announced on Tuesday that it has been shortlisted for the RESI Awards 2016 by Property Week. The portal was named on the event’s “Residential Financier of the Year” alongside seven other property finance companies: Cain Hoy Homes and Communities Agency Investments… Read More