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LendInvest BTL Window Remains Open Ahead of Stamp Duty Deadline

LendInvest, a leading short-term property finance lender, has confirmed that it is still accepting applications for loans to finance purchases that could complete before the 3% Stamp Duty Land Tax increase that comes into effect for landlords and developers on 1 April. LendInvest has avoided… Read More

LendInvest Expands into Scotland

LendInvest is broadening the reach of its mortgage-based lending platform. The P2P lender has traditionally focused on London and the Southeast but now it is moving into Scotland. This expansion marks LendInvest’s first official presence outside London and is part of an intent to expand operations into… Read More

Brief: LendInvest Names Goldman Sachs’ Hugo Davies Capital Markets Associate

This week, peer-to-peer (P2P) platform LendInvest announced it has appointed Hugo Davies as its new capital markets associate. Davies reportedly joins LendInvest from Goldman Sachs, where he worked in liquidity, cash and collateral management. He stated: “I joined LendInvest with a deep appreciation for detail,… Read More

Mike Lobanov: “There will be no boundaries on P2P lenders to conquer the mortgage market”

Peer to peer (marketplace) lending is poised to supplant all types of debt markets. While many platforms have focused on the low hanging fruit of providing consumer credit, online lending will someday soon be the norm across many verticals.  In the UK, the mortgage market… Read More

P2P Lending Platform LendInvest Publishes Annual Report

On Thursday, peer-to-peer lending platform, LendInvest, announced it has published its 2015 report. Highlights from 2015 include the following: Lowered minimum investment from £10,000 to £1,000 Completed UK’s largest ever Series A Funding with £22 million investment by Beijing Kunlun for 20% shareholding. Became world’s… Read More

LendInvest Appoints Ruth Pearson as First In-House Counsel

LendInvest, the leading online lender for short-term property finance, has appointed its first in-house legal counsel to the company’s expanding team. Ruth Pearson joins LendInvest from Simmons & Simmons where she was a Managing Associate in the Banking team. Pearson joined Simmons & Simmons as a… Read More

LendInvest’s Christian Faes Responds to the UK Government’s Housebuilding Plans

On Tuesday, CEO of LendInvest, Christian Faes, offered up his thoughts about the recent UK Government’s Housebuilding plans announcement. The commercial mortgage platform revealed more details about the plans: “In the 2015 Autumn Statement Chancellor George Osborne declared, ‘We choose to build’ and so at the… Read More

LendInvest Now Over £500 Million in P2P Property Loans

LendInvest Predicts it May Top £1 billion before Year’s End. Lendinvest has released that in the first few days of 2016 the platform topped £500 million in commercial property lending. According to the platform, today in the UK approximately 10% of all peer to peer… Read More

LendInvest to Close 2015 Having Lent £470 Million. Has Recorded No Capital Losses on its Loan Book.

Commercial mortgage lender LendInvest will close out 2015 having lent £250 million for the year bringing the total since the company was founded to £470 million. Founded in 2013, the peer to peer lender hailed 2015 as a “transformative” year. LendInvest stated that no investor… Read More

Buy-to-Let Index: LendInvest Shares Industry Trends

LendInvest, the world’s largest P2P mortgage platform, has published its UK Buy to Let (BTL) Index tracking the changes in yields, gains and trends. LendInvest is incorporating data since 2010 to help highlight perspective.  According to the company, there persists interesting differences within regional UK markets…. Read More

LendInvest Hires Former RBS Executive to Launch New Finance Product

LendInvest has appointed Steve Larkin to craft a new property finance product to target the sub £10 million development loan market, a sector of property finance currently under-served by traditional lenders.  LendInvest, the largest peer to peer property lender in the world, has sees a… Read More

LendInvest: We Have Helped to Add 1200 Properties to UK Housing Inventory in 2015

LendInvest, a peer to peer mortgage lender, states it has helped to add over 1200 properties to the UK housing stock since the beginning of 2015.  This is almost double the figure year prior.  LendInvest is now the 4th largest P2P lender in the UK…. Read More

Autumn Statement: “Sound Public Finances & Great Public Services? If You are Bold with Your Reforms You can Have Both”

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne gave a rousing speech highlighting the government’s success and pinpointing areas for economic improvement today in his annual trip to Parliament. The Autumn Statement delivered by Osborne can certainly be viewed as a success once you compare the UK economy… Read More

Business Booms: LendInvest Rushes to Hire Staff to Support Platform Growth

  LendInvest, a peer to peer lender in the commercial property sector, has a good problem. Business is really strong.  The young lending platform has doubled its staff from 30 at the beginning of they.  Demand for its online lending services means it expects to… Read More

P2P Marketplace LendInvest To Launch London-Listed Fund

Peer-to-peer marketplace LendInvest will launch a listed fund, the first such vehicle to focus on property-backed P2P lending, according to the Financial Times. Depending on market conditions, the company plans to launch the fund in early 2016. LendInvest seeks to raise £150m for the float of the fund, listed in London,… Read More

LendInvest is Making Money. P2P Lender Reports 2nd Annual Profit as Revenue Jumps

LendInvest, a UK-based peer to peer lending platform that targets the mortgage market, has reported a profit of £3.1 million on revenue of £15 million for the year ending March 2015.  LendInvest reported a profit in 2014 of £1.2 million on revenue of £5 million…. Read More

P2P Property Lender LendInvest Unveils “New Brand” Identity

On Wednesday, LendInvest revealed an entirely new visual identity, including a new logo and website. The rebranding highlights the key strengths of the company. The peer-to-peer lending platform started out in 2013 as an investment product for High Net Worth investors (initially with a minimum investment… Read More

LendInvest Receives SQ1 from ARC Ratings

Peer to peer lender LendInvest has received an SQ1 Servicer Quality rating with a stable outlook from ARC ratings. According to ARC the rating was based on the following criteria: General: The primary servicer rating reflects LendI General: nvest’s robust internal controls/systems, servicing experience in the… Read More

LendInvest Receives Investment from Beijing Kunlun. Gets £22 Million Boost

Leading peer to peer lending site LendInvest has received a £22 million investment from Chinese internet firm Beijing Kunlun. This is according to an article in the FT but was also referenced in a Board Meeting release from earlier this week. Christian Faes, co-founder and… Read More

LendInvest Celebrates 2nd Anniversary by Topping £300 Million in Loans

  It was just 2 years ago that UK based peer to peer lending LendInvest launched in partnership with its sister firm Montello to provide short-term bridge loans.  Today LendInvest claims the title of worlds largest P2P marketplace for mortgages having surpassed £300 million in… Read More

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