Tagged: real estate

May 18, 2015 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Traditional financial executives moving over to join the innovative crowdfunding and direct lending crowd is becoming more and more prevalent. AssetAvenue, a debt based real estate funding portal has just announced the Varun Pathria, previously a Senior VP at Colony Capital, has moved over to… Read More

May 17, 2015 @ 2:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land co-founder and CEO Jason Fritton was recently interviewed about his real estate crowdfunding platform.  Patch of Land is one of the trailblazers of investment crowdfunding and they have been growing rapidly as they fix some of the challenges in raising capital for… Read More

May 15, 2015 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment funds targeting deals in North America are expected to raise about $51 billion of equity commitments this year. Such vehicles raised $43 billion in 2014.* IMN’s 16th Annual US Real Estate Opportunity & Private Fund Investing Forum will be held on June… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 4:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

SBREFunds, a crowdfunding marketplace that targets pooled real estate assets, has added the Alturas Real Estate Fund to its offerings bringing total investment opportunities to almost $2 billion.  The $100 million fund is a diversified residential and commercial property income fhe potential of the Small Balance Real… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 12:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Acquire Real Estate has created unique technology to significantly reduce the time and effort Registered Investment Advisors need to bring institutional-quality commercial real estate investments to their clients. Acquire is a platform that offers accredited investors unprecedented access to exclusive real estate opportunities through crowd… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has partnered with Buchanan Partners to raise $1.5 million for the acquisition and recapitalization of the Innovation Business Center in Manassas, Virginia.  According to Fundrise, the flex-office space property is fully occupied today. Investors in the project may expect an… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platforms largely leverage 506b/506c private placement offers with the “c” offers being allowed to advertise (or generally solicit). It was Title II of the JOBS Act that effectively legalized crowdfunding on a broad scale changing decades of institutionalized private placement practices. Being… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdfundUP, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has closed the very first deal in Australia. The offer was for a $500,000 development project listed by Perth based developer Megara. The project will build eight, 2-level, residential units in Doubleview, Perth. Both wholesale and retail investors had… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 3:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, PeerRealty, announced today that it is now accepting reservations from investors interested in investing in a portfolio of two triple net lease properties located in Schaumburg, IL and Orland Park, IL. PeerRealty CEO, Jordan Fishfeld, explained: “At PeerRealty, we aim to… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Florida based Benworth Capital has launched a real estate crowdfunding platform called Fundrageous.  Bedworth is an alternative mortgage provider based in Miami.  The new portal was announced at the eMergeAmericas conference held this week. Benworth founder and CEO of both companies, Bernie Navarro, was quoted on… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Sharestates, a real estate crowdfunding platform, has received a $30 million commitment for fraction and whole loan deals from Ranger Direct Lending Fund, a Ranger Capital affiliate.  Ranger Direct Lending Fund trades on the LSE and recently completed a $200 million public offering specifically for investing… Read More

May 5, 2015 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Indicative of the dramatic shift occurring in finance today, LendInvest has announced the appointment of a former Microsoft executive to join the fast growing peer to peer lending platform. Bart Boezeman will be LendInvest’s new Chief Marketing Officer.  Previously Boezeman was Director of Global Brand… Read More

April 27, 2015 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Fairway America has announced the launch of Habitribe Fund I, a $50 million fund on SBREfunds, a crowdfunding marketplace that focuses exclusively on the pooled real estate asset based investment space.  SBREfunds claims to provide the largest collection of investment opportunities presented by small business… Read More

April 24, 2015 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Online marketplace for commercial property loans, Proplend, has announced the Proplend Loan Exchange (PLE) where active peer to peer loans listed on their platform may be immediately purchased or sold. Prior to the hosted exchange, Proplend investors could lend via their “In Funding” channel. However… Read More

April 23, 2015 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The first investment crowdfunding project in Texas is now open to investors. San Antonio-based technology start-up MassVenture, Texas’ first approved investment crowdfunding portal, launched the state’s first ever Texas investment crowdfunding project. Located in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, this project will allow any Texan to… Read More

April 22, 2015 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate development crowdfunding site Build Backer has launched an updated online lending platform designed to match property developers with private investors.  According to information received from the company the site upgrade has been joined by an increase in its network of lenders to include institutional and… Read More

April 21, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Rodrigo Niño  |  

In the 19th century, there were 11 cities with over 1 million inhabitants.  Today there are over 500 cities around the world where the population stands above 1 million.  There are over 7 billion souls on this planet and this number is predicted to grow… Read More

April 21, 2015 @ 8:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Prodigy Network, one of  the most prominent real estate crowdfunding firms, aims to combine shared workspace and short-term rental apartments, according to the The Real Deal.  The firm hopes to launch the concept, sources said, at three locations in Manhattan: 17 John Street, a project that generated $35 million in… Read More

April 20, 2015 @ 12:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Acquire Real Estate has created an exchange that offers investors a tool to put their equity interests up for re-sale, affording them possible liquidity with what are traditionally long term, illiquid investments. Steven Bettinger, CEO of Acquire, stated: “The Acquire Exchange addresses the biggest concern that… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 6:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has shared a bit of history.  The first ever crowdfunded real estate project has opened up as a “communal food” and retail market in the H Street corridor in our nation’s Capitol. Maketto, located at 1351 H Street NE, was… Read More