Tagged: real estate

September 23, 2015 @ 2:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

DC based Interactive Shares is the newest equity crowdfunding platform to dive into the real estate market.  The investment funding portal joins Fundrise as having its base of operations in the US capitol city. Founded by Yulia Yaani and Burak Bunes, the company wants to… Read More

September 19, 2015 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

EquityMultiple, a new real estate crowdfunding platform, has launched its first public offering for $750,000 in equity for a redevelopment project in Brooklyn, New York.  The sponsor for the project, Bushwack Capital, is developing the $7 million mixed-use project in the North Bushwick neighborhood of… Read More

September 18, 2015 @ 1:31 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  VENTURA, California — iRent Inc., a top real estate marketplace for home and apartment rentals, announced today the appointment of Michael W. Walsh to its Advisory Board. iRent is a rental property marketplace where managers, owners and renters can connect in a secure, trusted environment. On iRent, anyone can sign up and list or search rental properties for… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visio Financial Services, a residential real estate marketplace lender, announced that it has expanded its loan offerings to include a 30-year fully amortizing landlord loan at industry-leading rates as low as 6.9% and LTVs up to 75%, filling the gap for long-term investor financing in the rental… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 11:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Landbay, a peer to peer lender in the mortgage sector, has voluntarily taken the Bank of England stress test, provided by MIAC Acadametrics, and the results are said to be quite  positive. Landbay states it is the first direct lending platform to go through the… Read More

September 17, 2015 @ 7:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Prestamos Prima, a Spanish finance group, has announced a new platform, Viventor, which will launch soon.  Viventor will be providing peer to peer loans secured by mortgages.  According to the website, no loan will be higher than 50% LTV. Andris Rozenbahs, CEO of the Prestamos… Read More

September 11, 2015 @ 11:06 am By Amy Wan  |  

  Since the SEC announced the intent to implement the new Regulation A+ rules in March, there’s been a lot of hype around the potential for Regulation A+. This newly implemented offering mechanism has been heralded for its ability to bring increased opportunities to the… Read More

September 10, 2015 @ 9:09 am By Ben Miller  |  

The investment crowdfunding space is on fire – growing by more than 1000% a year. Within real estate alone, total investment is projected to hit $2.5 billion by the end of December. Meanwhile, FinTech has become glorified as a revolution in finance ready to take… Read More

September 8, 2015 @ 12:34 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Named a ‘Disruptor of the Year’ by the FT, eMoov is an online estate agent platform backed by James Caan, Maxfield Capital and Episode 1, the VC behind Zoopla and LOVEFiLM. Challenging the property sector, the company charges a fixed-rate, lower fee, which, according to the… Read More

September 8, 2015 @ 8:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced on Tuesday that it has raised a total of $4 million for two real estate projects located in Asbury Park, New Jersey from investors nationwide. After the success of raising iFunding’s largest deal, $3.2 million for 301 Memorial Drive,… Read More

September 8, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Charles Clinton  |  

  If you’ve even casually followed the startup world over the last five years there’s a word that you’ve surely heard – disintermediation. It’s a fancy new word for a plain old business concept: cutting out the middleman. Disintermediation, to its devotees, is the role… Read More

September 3, 2015 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

RealtyShares has announced the introduction of new mezzanine financing products “designed to meet demand from both investors and sponsoring real estate companies.” Riskier than senior secured debt but superior to equity in the capital stack, these shorter-term debt offerings can generate higher returns for investors…. Read More

September 3, 2015 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, real estate crowdfunding platform EarlyShares launched a new equity investment opportunity available to accredited investors. The offering is for the redevelopment of the Shoppes at Godwin, a mixed use retail center in Midland Park, New Jersey. Accordia Realty Ventures LLC, the sponsor of the… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 11:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

EarlyShares keeps moving forward in the real estate crowdfunding space. Today the platform has announced a new investment opportunity for a mezzanine loan from Pillar, a Guggenhiem Partners affiliate.  The offer is described as “institutional quality” and is secured debt for the Racquet Club Apartments… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 4:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Groundfloor, a real estate crowdfunding platform based in Atlanta, Georgia, is claiming to have received the very first 1-A, Regulation A+, approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Groundfloor is also noting this will be the first real estate microlending offer as well and is… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 11:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has helped to finance a “Class A” apartment building in Salt Lake City, Utah.  The 158 unit building, called the Bonneville, is located in the Central City neighborhood of Salt Lake City.  According to Fundrise, investors participating in the offer… Read More

August 28, 2015 @ 10:20 am By Jason Fritton  |  

The traditional world of real estate needs to prepare for the next wave of investors – Millennials. Currently ranging in age from 18 to 34, and numbering roughly 77 million, Millennials make up about one-fourth of the U.S. population – and are far less interested… Read More

August 27, 2015 @ 3:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform CoAssets is looking to set up shop in neighboring Malaysia.  Earlier this year Malaysian securities authorities announced the approval of 6 investment crowdfunding platforms but CoAssets, based in Singapore, was not on the list.  Denied at the time,  CoAssets is currently… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 11:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Of course readers want to know what’s in your portfolio! Fundrise’s CEO Ben Miller just posted that he indeed invests in Fundrise’s offerings, 28 deals to date. “As a developer myself, I understand that there are risks in any real estate project and not everything… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  As the co-founder and CEO of CityFunders, a New York-exclusive real estate crowdfunding platform, David Behin leads a team of seasoned real estate experts who bring neighborhood knowledge and relationships to each deal. Within the tri-state area and Pennsylvania, David has been involved in more than $3… Read More