Tagged: real estate

January 22, 2015 @ 11:06 am By Rodrigo Niño  |  

As we start the beginning of 2015, expectations are increasing that final rules for both Title IV and Title III crowdfunding will finally be released to the public with the first offers commencing later in 2015.  Yes there are many questions regarding the final rules… Read More

January 22, 2015 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Homeowner Preservation (“AHP”) recently launched its very crowdfunding campaign to raise $30 million for Opportunity 2014B. Funds raised will be utilized to purchase non-performing mortgages at substantial discounts from banks and other lenders. Borrowers are then offered sustainable solutions to stay in their homes with affordable payments… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Inner 10 has announced the completion of its first successfully funded deal. The Austin based company completed an investment offer for construction of a 2 unit condo in Austin. The project was in conduction with their sister company – Inner 10… Read More

January 21, 2015 @ 11:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Acquire Real Estate has launched a crowdfunding platform that is said to open up a new world of commercial real estate investments to accredited investors, allowing them access to institutional-quality deals that didn’t exist until now. The firm has joined the growing momentum behind crowd… Read More

January 20, 2015 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform AssetAvenue has topped another milestone and rather quickly. The funding portal has now passed $24 million in loans, according to a report from the company.  AssetAvenue targets bridge and transitional loans for commercial real estate across the US.  Investors are both… Read More

January 19, 2015 @ 8:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new and innovative way for people to invest in the UK residential property market has emerged, with the launch of crowdfunding platform, Property Partner. Property Partner enables people to invest in individual residential properties, just as they can in company stocks. They then receive a monthly… Read More

January 16, 2015 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul real estate investment platform has hired Kendra King as a Senior Vice President of Mortgage Lending. King previously had acted as a consultant to Realty Mogul and had aided in the development of its online borrower application process.  King is said to be skilled at… Read More

January 13, 2015 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

  Following the launch of Swiss-Crowd, entrepreneur Augusto Vecchi has announced the launch of Italy-Crowd: a real estate crowdfunding platform for Italy.  Italy-Crowd, operating out of the same offices in Switzerland, is the first real estate crowdfunding site targeting the Italian market. In a recent… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, one of the growing legions of innovative real estate crowdfunding platforms, is an early player in the space.  The company’s CEO Jason Fritton was an early advocate of crowdfunding and the JOBS Act prior to co-founding his site.  Patch of Land was… Read More

January 10, 2015 @ 11:02 am By JD Alois  |  

THE LARGEST EVENT OF ITS KIND ON THE WEST COAST After the tremendous success of our January 2014 Forum, at which 900 senior real estate executives were in attendance, IMN is pleased to be holding our 12th Annual Winter Forum on Real Estate Opportunity &… Read More

January 7, 2015 @ 2:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise received some exposure in the Gray Lady recently also known as the New York Times. Fundrise co-founder and President Dan Miller participated in a “30 minute interview” about his budding platform. A few interesting notes distilled from the brief include… Read More

December 30, 2014 @ 7:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Swiss Crowd Launch to be Followed by Italy Crowd Real Estate Site The first real estate crowdfunding platform targeting Switzerland has launched.  As previously announced earlier this month, Swiss Crowd is now live with a diverse group of investment opportunities. Founded by Swiss Crowd President… Read More

December 29, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (December 29th), UAE real estate crowdfunding platform Durise announced that investors are now allowed to use Bitcoin as a form of payment. According to Trade Arabia, founder and CEO of Durise Waleed Esbaitah stated, “Although Bitcoin may seem revolutionary to traditional investors this… Read More

December 29, 2014 @ 3:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Southeast Asia’s first real estate crowdfunding platform CoAssets has said they intend on launching a print publication covering the crowdfunding space.  Crowdfunders is expected to see its first publication in January and will be available in all major Singapore bookstores. Getty Goh, co-founder and CEO… Read More

December 26, 2014 @ 3:52 am By JD Alois  |  

As reported earlier this week, Mill Residential became the first successfully crowdfunded REIT to publicly trade shares on the LSE’s AIM market.  The company raised capital on Syndicate Room with the intent of listing soon after the offer closed on the equity crowdfunding platform.  According… Read More

December 22, 2014 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform AssetAvenue, has shared that it closed $13.28 million of deals in the last week in loan sizes ranging from $475,000 to over $5 million.  The debt based funding site targets commercial real estate focusing on bridge and traditional loans such as office buildings, industrial… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 6:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform PropFunds has just funded a bridge loan of $750,000 for a luxury home development in Hidden Hills, CA. According to the company the loan to value does not exceed 65% and the annualized return to the investors should be 11.25%. The… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iFunding, the real estate crowdfunding platform that makes investing simple, announced on Thursday (December 18th) Richard Reynoso has joined the company as Vice President of Underwriting. Reynoso will oversee end-to-end lending operations for iFunding. This is a further step the company is taking to expand… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 10:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Landbay, a peer to peer lending platform that targets the buy-to-let market (or rental real estate sector), has commissioned a research report provided by Wriglesworth Consultancy to review their market niche.  The publication titled Democratizing Mortgage Lending has just been released. The published results, as… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

First Crowdfunded Real Estate Project in Detroit  Fundrise, a leading real estate crowdfunding platform, today announced it is partnering with Larson Realty Group to develop the former Tiger Stadium in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood.  It will be Fundrise’s first project in Detroit. The Economic Development Corporation… Read More