Tagged: real estate

March 21, 2021 @ 10:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

  Milind Mehere, founder and CEO of YieldStreet, a digital wealth management platform that aims to transform the way financial products are delivered and how wealth is created, notes that the world had to deal with major challenges during last year’s “roller coaster ride” due… Read More

March 21, 2021 @ 5:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Insurtech firm Lemonade has shared some important information regarding making down payments on properties. Team Lemonade (NYSE:LMND) writes in a blog post that when someone says they are “saving up” for a home, what they’re “really doing is saving up for a down payment.” The… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Real estate investing platform, addy, announced on Tuesday it recently launched its affiliate program in partnership with Fintel Connect. Founded in 2018, addy describes itself as an online investment platform that allows everyone to invest in real estate for as little as $1. “The hottest… Read More

March 13, 2021 @ 8:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Lithuania-based Debitum, which offers borderless small business financing, notes that many people are now beginning to understand that making smart investments can be a good way save money for later or for making bigger purchases. However, Debitum claims that companies or businesses “rarely” think about… Read More

March 13, 2021 @ 4:25 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crowdinvesting or crowdfunding for real estate has long been considered a major potential market. However, there are a number of platforms that have downsized during the past year, even some established players like Exporo. Notably, the first Germany-based firm that’s set to go public through… Read More

February 25, 2021 @ 8:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Security Token Group (STG), which aims to reinvent capital markets with blockchain-based security tokens, has published its January’s edition of the Security Token Market Real Estate report. The report, which was released on February 22, 2021, notes that their security token market tracking site… Read More

February 22, 2021 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ubitquity LLC, an enterprise-grade blockchain-enabled platform for real estate and title recordkeeping, is teaming up with LavaTrust Consultancy in order to gain key insights into the US real estate closing sector. Headquartered in Vancouver, BC, Canada, LavaTrust Consultancy aims to bring its industry expertise and… Read More

February 21, 2021 @ 7:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fundrise, a real estate investment platform using Reg A+ to provide access to “eREITs and eFunds,” notes that it’s hard to imagine a single person or industry who may have been left untouched by the unprecedented events of 2020 (following the COVD-19 outbreak). Fundrise is… Read More

February 16, 2021 @ 9:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Propertybase, a U.S.-based real estate software provider, announced on Tuesday it has acquired Cross Media, LLC, producer of Unify, a full suite mortgage-specific business growth platform. According to Propertybase, Unify offers a “turnkey platform with the richest” set of tools to identify and concert… Read More

February 9, 2021 @ 11:20 am By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Yann Murciano, CEO at online peer to peer lender Blend Network, who had previously explained in an interview with CI last year that we’re witnessing the “democratization of property investing” in the 21st century. As covered in December 2020, the Blend… Read More

February 1, 2021 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CHAOS, a Finland-based proptech startup, recently raised €1.5 million through its latest investment round. According to CHAOS, the round was led by Swedish investment firm Nidoco, with participation from  Kai Keituri, Tapio Heikkilä, and Stefan Lindberg (林渤方). Founded in 2017, CHAOS describes itself as an urban forecasting… Read More

January 29, 2021 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Max Crowdfund, a blockchain-powered real estate crowdfunding platform, announced on Thursday it has expanded its services to New Zealand. The platform will launch in the country under Max Crowdfund NZ Agency Limited.  Max Crowdfund reported that the launch in New Zealand will allow investors to… Read More

January 26, 2021 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Just a little over five years after securing a £25 million investment from a London-based hedge fund and consortium of angel investors, hybrid/online estate agent easyProperty has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Launched in 2013, easyProperty describes itself as a hybrid/online east… Read More

January 26, 2021 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Roostify, a U.S.-based digital lending platform, announced on Tuesday it raised $32 million through its Series C funding round, which was led by Ten Coves Capital with participation from Cota Capital, Mouro Capital, Colchis Capital, Point72 Ventures, and JPMorgan Chase. As previously reported, Roostify describes… Read More

January 25, 2021 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerStreet, a leading platform for investing in real estate backed loans, announced on Monday the launch of its new investment product, PeerStreet Pocket. According to PeerStreet, the PeerStreet Pocket product allows investors to earn more interest on their cash. PeerStreet also revealed that PeerStreet Pocket… Read More

January 24, 2021 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

European real estate firm Vonovia has reportedly issued a €20 million digital bond on the Stellar blockchain or distributed ledger tech (DLT) platform through a partnership with firstwire, a web-based marketplace for handling debt financing, and Bitbond, which is Germany’s tokenization and digital asset custody… Read More

January 24, 2021 @ 1:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

UK-based Blend Network, a peer to peer (P2P) property lending platform, has revealed that they’re expanding their team of professionals.  Blend Network’s management confirmed that they’re pleased to announce that Chloe Stidston-Lewis has now joined their lending team as a lending associate. Chloe has reportedly… Read More

January 21, 2021 @ 9:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  BBVA announced on Wednesday it has signed the sale of a portfolio consisting of loans and real estate assets from Unnim for a gross total of approximately €700 million. BBVA reported it closed an agreement with global investment fund company KKR (primarily through its KKR… Read More

January 18, 2021 @ 11:53 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Proptee, a new property investment platform that announced in November 2020 that it was planning to launch operations in the United Kingdom in January 2021, has released an update in which it noted that they believe that as a company or business, they’ll do better… Read More

January 18, 2021 @ 12:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Perenna, a UK-based mortgage fintech startup, announced on Monday it secured $10 million through its Seed funding round, which included investments from Kevin Flaherty, the former head of structured products at Deutsche Bank, Tony Mallin MBE, managing partner of Star Capital. Founded in 2018,… Read More