Tagged: real estate

December 29, 2015 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

In China, there is an estimated $21 trillion held in savings deposits.  This incredible sum was described in Bloomberg as one of the most significant financial opportunities that will take place as capital borders open in the most populous country in the world. HengXinLi, a… Read More

December 28, 2015 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Washington-based Crowdfund.co, a platform owned by Merit Harbor Group, has decided to move into the real estate crowdfunding market – one of the hottest sectors of internet finance.  According to information released by company, the shift comes due to client demand.  Crowdfund.co (the Crowdfund.co brand was… Read More

December 27, 2015 @ 5:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we published earlier this month, Shelbourne Falcon has listed an equity crowdfunding offer on EarlyShares for Hotel RL in Washington, DC.  The property was acquired in October for $22.5 million; renovations are already underway.  The sponsor is holding a reception and tour of the… Read More

December 26, 2015 @ 12:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The end of one year, and the entry into another, typically brings a cacophony of predictions for the new year along with lamentations and accolades for the one ending. At the beginning of 2015 (January 2nd to be precise), I peered deeply into my… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 3:06 pm By AdaPia d'Errico  |  

A look back on a momentous year in real estate crowdfunding takes its many high and notable points not just from one or two players or headlines, but rather, a whole field of them. There are many contributors — as with the structure of crowdfunding… Read More

December 23, 2015 @ 8:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, NexusCrowd Inc.  announced it has closed its second commercial real estate offering, raising $500,000 in 5 weeks. By partnering with Downing Street Realty Partners on the project, the Canadian real estate crowdfunding platform allowed accredited investors to participate in the redevelopment of a… Read More

December 21, 2015 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, accredited crowdfunding platform RealtyShares announced it has reached more than $100 million invested to date. Each investment was made on the platform from accredited and institutional investors who have invested in over 270 transactions involving over 1,500 different properties. CEO of RealtyShares, Nav Athwal, stated:… Read More

December 18, 2015 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

RealtyMogul.com, probably the largest real estate crowdfunding platform in the US, is reporting it has crossed $20 million in both principal and interest returned to its investors.  The company stated, “this marks a significant milestone”.  RealtyMogul.com stated the success was an affirmation of its capacity… Read More

December 17, 2015 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise has listed its first asset to be included in the new eREIT vehicle that allows non-accredited investors access to real estate crowdfunding offers. Fundrise has invested in a senior loan for the acquisition, and renovation, of a 2 unit condo project located in Long… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, CEO of Singapore-based real estate crowdfunding platform CoAssets, Getty Goh, sat down with CNBC to discuss how the website’s growth. Goh revealed that the CoAssets offers projects in the regional markets and serves the funding gap of between $1 million to $5 million…. Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

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

December 10, 2015 @ 5:22 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

For David Behin, co-founder and CEO of CityFunders, proving real estate investment opportunities for accredited investors, his goal was to help bring real estate investing to the masses. Fast forward to now, and the pool of real estate investors has noticeably increased, with the passage of the JOBS Act, Title III. The… Read More

December 10, 2015 @ 11:52 am By JD Alois  |  

In the midst of the Fundrise eREIT offer, a $50 million raise that allows non-accredited investors access to participate in crowdfunded offers on the Fundrise platform, the Real Deal criticized the offer as “cherry picking” its numbers. This comes as Fundrise just closed its second funding… Read More

December 8, 2015 @ 2:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise’s eREIT product sold out in hours when it launched launched. The first $1 million portion was swamped by demand that exceeded the subscription amount by 503%.  Tomorrow, according to Fundrise, the platform will open up the next $2 million investment round to fund the eREIT…. Read More

December 8, 2015 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vitacon Incorporadora e Construtora, a real estate company based out of Brazil, has launcheda investment crowdfunding campaign on URBE.ME to raise funds of what’s considered the first building to be financed by the funding method, VN Cardoso de Melo. The financing of the real estate development… Read More

December 7, 2015 @ 7:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform CoAssets is highlighting platform growth. According to a report from the Singapore-based company, registered users now exceed 30,000 having grown 30% in November alone.  Founded in May of 2013, initially 100% of users were from Singapore. Today that percentage has dropped… Read More

December 6, 2015 @ 10:36 pm By Anthony Zeoli  |  

  Real estate crowdfunding is arguably one of, if not the, most popular and fastest growing segments of the crowdfunding industry. Particularly those portals focused on P2P (or “marketplace”) lending of real estate projects. That is probably why it seems like I hear about a… Read More

December 4, 2015 @ 3:54 am By JD Alois  |  

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

December 3, 2015 @ 2:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one day after announcing plans to open its next investment opportunity, Fundrise debuted what’s dubbed as the world’s first eREIT. The crowdfunding platform shared: “Commercial real estate has historically been one of the best performing investment assets. Investors whose portfolios have up to 20% allocated to… Read More

December 3, 2015 @ 1:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Legislation is a Positive Step But Includes Unnecessary Costs. According to real estate crowdfunding platform CrowdfundUp, Australia has “missed an opportunity” as released crowdfunding law falls short of ambitions.  Following many months of discussion, the Australian government published its “Crowd-sourced Funding” bill allowing eligible companies… Read More