Tagged: real estate

March 14, 2020 @ 3:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PropertyGuru, an online property marketplace, revealed on March 12, 2020, that it will be  expanding into home finance with the launch of PropertyGuru Finance. According to a release, the proptech company’s management noted that it aims to help Singapore’s residents save money and have a… Read More

March 5, 2020 @ 8:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pan-European marketplace for short-term SME property-backed loans EstateGuru announced on Thursday it has just approved and published the first German project on its funding portal. According to EstateGuru, the first German project is in Sindelfingen, which is close to Stuttgart, and the borrower is an… Read More

March 4, 2020 @ 1:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Roostify, a U.S.-based digital lending platform provider, announced on Wednesday it has extended its partnership with TD Bank to deliver its home equity solution to the bank’s digital home lending platform. Roostify reported that last year, it and TD Bank partnered to launch a digital… Read More

March 3, 2020 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based online mortgage broker, Trussle, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Ian Larkin as its new CEO. The appointment comes just two months after the sudden departure of Trussle’s founding CEO Ishaan Malhi.  According to Trussle, Larkin has held senior roles at Lloyds, Virgin Money, McKinsey… Read More

February 24, 2020 @ 7:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Brace, a U.S.-based digital mortgage-servicing platform, recently announced that it has raised an additional $10M in Series A funding led by Point72 Ventures. Founded in 2017, Brace states it provides technology solutions to “drive innovation” in the mortgage servicing industry. “Brace is developing a full… Read More

February 20, 2020 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

dv01, a platform that connects online lenders and investors with data management, announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with real estate brokerage HouseCanary. dv01 reported that through the partnership it will use the HouseCanary Home Price Index (HPI) to provide investors with… Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a leading platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Monday it celebrated being named one of the top 25 fastest growing companies by Deloitte. The platform revealed the exciting news last fall the ranking is based on fiscal-year revenue growth over… Read More

January 28, 2020 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a leading platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Tuesday it has appointed Ellen Coleman as its new Chief Financial Officer. Coleman reportedly joined the PeerStreet team last year and was previously named  EVP of Finance. The platform noted that Coleman… Read More

January 23, 2020 @ 7:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based online mortgage broker, Trussle, announced on Wednesday it has raised a further £7.5m in funding as it continues its technology expansion. Trussle revealed that the investment includes funding from a new investor, the Dutch-based Rabo Frontier Ventures (RFV), alongside existing investors, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking… Read More

January 9, 2020 @ 5:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

loanDepot announced on Thursday it will celebrate its 10 year anniversary by paying off one lucky customer AND one employee’s mortgage through its nextX Mortgage Sweepstakes, which will feature $680,000 in total prizes. According to loanDepot, the nextX Mortgage Sweepstakes is part of its year-long #nextX… Read More

January 8, 2020 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Roofstock, an online marketplace where you can invest in single-family rental homes, announced on Wednesday it secured $50 million through its Series D funding round, which was led by SVB Capital with participation from Citi Ventures, Fort Ross Ventures and 7 Global Capital as well… Read More

January 3, 2020 @ 11:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  , a Latin-America-based digital real estate platform, announced on Friday it secured $175 million through its Series C funding round, which was co-led by Vulcan Capital and Andreessen Horowitz with participation from QED Investors, Fifth Wall Ventures, Thrive Capital, Valor Capital, and Monashees. Founded… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest, a UK-based online marketplace for mortgages, reported on Tuesday strong inflows to its flagship real estate debt fund during November. LendInvest reported that over the month, it secured £23 million of new investment for its Real Estate Opportunity Fund. This notably brought the fund’s… Read More

December 5, 2019 @ 9:10 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A real estate business that received the backing of Property Innovation (Pi) Labs, a leading Proptech VC, is raising equity capital through crowdfunding. Track, which serves as a property and fund manager for homeowners, is raising £250,000 (appr. $328,000) on Seedrs for 11% of company… Read More

December 3, 2019 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a leading platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced last week that more than $3 billion in loans have been transacted through its marketplace portal since its launch. The latest milestone comes just one month after PeerStreet secured $60 million through its… Read More

October 18, 2019 @ 11:46 am By Omar Faridi  |  

United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based real estate firm Emaar Properties has launched a new blockchain token-based referral and loyalty platform. Emaar, the developer of Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, and the Dubai Mall, intends to use the EMR token to reward its customers, according to… Read More

October 14, 2019 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Commercial real estate crowdfunding platform ArborCrowd announced last week a new offering today that allows investors to acquire equity interests in Biscayne 112, a Class-A, ground-up development located at 11200 Biscayne Boulevard in North Miami. According to ArborCrowd, the offering presents an opportunity for investors… Read More

October 14, 2019 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AvidXchange, a U.S. fintech that provides accounts payable and automated payment solutions to midsize businesses, announced on Monday it has expanded its strategic e-payments partnership with MRI Software, a real estate software solutions provider. AvidXchange reported that as part of the enhanced partnership, it and… Read More

October 1, 2019 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Assetz Exchange, a UK-based property crowdfunding platform, has closed its equity crowdfunding on Seedrs with a total of £750,367 raised. The funding round launched earlier this summer and quickly raised its initial £350,000 funding target. Assetz Exchanged offered 4.83% in equity at a £6,902,276 pre-money… Read More

September 26, 2019 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendInvest, a UK-based online marketplace for mortgages, announced on Thursday it has joined mortgage club Brilliant Solutions’ lender panel in order to bring its Buy-to-Let (BTL) mortgage product distribution to a wider network of brokers.  LendInvest claims that Brilliant Solutions is an “industry expert” in… Read More