Tagged: real estate

April 18, 2016 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding has closed a $730,000 raise on an 8 unit for sale condo building in Washington, DC neighborhood Glover Park.  The development was sponsored by Columbia Property Capital, a developer in DC that speciallizes in condo conversion. Guy Prudhomme, President &… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 6:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The ongoing Fundrise eREIT continues to raise capital, and add properties, on a rolling basis on the real estate crowdfunding platform. The eREIT strategy, according the offer page, is to focus primarily on debt investments but incorporates some equity, in commercial real estate. The eREIT… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

QuickLiquidity announced on Thursday that it has acquired partnership interest in a $30 million real estate portfolio, which reportedly portfolio consists of 5 triple net lease CVS’s and 3 Hy-Vee’s, totaling over 220,000-square-feet of single tenant properties with long-term leases and self-amortizing loans. A. Yoni Miller,… Read More

April 12, 2016 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealtyShares, a crowdfunding real estate marketplace, announced on Tuesday that it launched an equity fund that is focused on large investors. According to the company, the equity fund is aimed at institutions, single-family offices and high net worth individuals to help increase exposure to the potential “alpha-generating” strategies… Read More

April 11, 2016 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, mortgage marketplace, LendingHome, announced at LendIt 2016 that it has funded over $550 million in mortgage loans and grew loan originations six times in 2015 vs. 2014. LendingHome notably serves borrowers looking for financing to purchase or refinance residential real estate properties. At the same time, it serves… Read More

April 7, 2016 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Groundfloor,a real estate crowdfunding platform based in Atlanta, Georgia, announced on Thursday it has reduced its loan interest rates by 10 to 50 basis points. According to the funding portal, the loan rates will now start at 5.9 percent for “fix-and-flip” renovations. According to Groundfloor, investors… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real Estate Investors Funding Association (REIFA), a Texas nonprofit, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $150,000 for its real estate startup application, “FundingFinder.” FundingFinder is described as a web-based application works by matching real estate deals with the right lenders. REIFA states that the application has… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prime Meridian Capital Management, a company specializes in an online peer-to-peer (P2P) lending strategies, announced on Thursday the launch of its Real Estate Lending Fund. This new fund reportedly offers investors a diversified and short duration loan portfolio with no hard lock-up. Sharing details about the fund, Prime Meridian explained:… Read More

March 28, 2016 @ 4:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

The New Zealand investment crowdfunding market has progressed rapidly since the Financial Markets Authority (FMA) provided a regulatory structure to allow both equity and debt based platforms to operate. Today there are 8 equity operations and 4 licensed peer to peer platforms. New Zealand is… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 11:25 am By Lao Zhuo, Weiyangx  |  

The property prices in China’s major cities has surged in recent months, first in Shenzhen, then Shanghai and Beijing. The rapid appreciation of property is drawing people’s attention back to the concept of real estate crowdfunding. Four types of real estate crowdfunding Real estate crowdfunding… Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, one of the trailblazing real estate crowdfunding platforms that has helped to establish the emerging marketplace, has topped $100 million in real estate financing. Patch of Land has targeted its platform at short term debt finance that is utilized to purchase, refinance… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

HomeUnion, an online real estate investment management platform, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $16 million in Series B funding. The round included various new investors which included Colchis Capital, Northgate Capital, and Tamarisc with participation by Artiman. Akhil Saklecha, a partner with Artiman, stated: “HomeUnion… Read More

March 17, 2016 @ 4:52 pm By Amy Wan  |  

The RECF (real estate crowdfunding) community has been keenly interested in finding creative ways to use the new Regulation A+ that came into effect earlier last year. However, not all filings have been successful or made much business sense. Last year, I wrote about Groundfloor’s… Read More

March 17, 2016 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Last month, Crowdfund Insider reported that Fundrise had terminated its CFO for allegations of extortion.  In a filing with the SEC, Fundrise CEO and founder Ben Miller stated; “I am saddened to have to inform you that an employee of our company has engaged in… Read More

March 16, 2016 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, Sharestates, announced it has passed the $100 million in raised capital mark. As previously reported, Sharestates is a investment platform that allows investors to participate in  pre-vetted real estate projects. Sharestates sources and qualifies potential opportunities and offers securities to accredited investors… Read More

March 16, 2016 @ 2:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a pretty big win for the real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding, the lawsuit filed against it by CapStack Partners was “discontinued with prejudice in all respects” yesterday. Crowdfund Insider reported in January that CapStack Partners had filed a grievance with the Supreme Court of… Read More

March 15, 2016 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Generation Income Properties, a real estate investment trust, announced it has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to raise capital through Regulation A+ as part of its growth plans. The company is looking to secure $20 million.  Generation’s founder and… Read More

March 14, 2016 @ 10:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Commercial real estate manager Allegiancy announced their $30 million Reg A+ equity crowdfunding offer today during a presentation at SXSW.  While speaking at the NextGen Crowdfunding Ignition 1.0 event, Allegiancy CEO Steve Sadler explained how his firm would use the new capital to “attack inefficiencies in… Read More

March 14, 2016 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

RealtyMogul.com, best known for its real estate crowdfunding marketplace, has announced the addition of a 1031 exchange  with pre-vetted investments to its platform. According to a company spokesperson, this marks the continued expansion of products available on the company’s website, alongside other debt and equity… Read More

March 13, 2016 @ 4:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Patch of Land has updated their product offerings with a mid-term loan option.  The new financing vehicle is designed to provide financing for 2 to 5 years with rates commencing at 6%. Financing is for both purchases and refis. Previously the… Read More