Tagged: real estate

June 30, 2014 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Mid-West Based Debt & Equity Portal Offers Pre-Vetted Real Estate Deals to Investors. Grand Rapids based Loquidity, a debt and equity real estate crowdfunding platform, has fired up its digital marketplace for premier real estate assets initially targeting the Central and Midwestern U.S. The new… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundrise has been a trailblazer in the real estate crowdfunding world. They were the first to offer “Regulation A” type investments – a process that allows anyone – not just the wealthy class – to participate in real estate investments that generate solid returns. Fundrise… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 6:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Homeowner Preservation is closing National Homeownership Month with the announcement that it has reached the halfway mark in crowdfunding its third pool of distressed mortgages, opportunity 2014A. Thus far, American Homeowner Preservation has raised $690,000 of the $1.2 million needed to complete the purchase of… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based real estate crowdfunding platform Property Crowd is looking to raise £1 million for their initial investment opportunity, significantly raising the bar for property-focused crowdfunding with what appears to be the largest single investment opportunity of its kind to date. The property crowdfunding market… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

South East Asia’s first real estate crowdfunding site CoAssets has announced another successful real estate crowdfunding deal. Polaris Pte Ltd, a Singapore based opportunity listed on CoAssets, will be making an early redemption in July 2014 and paying crowdfunders the principal as well as proceeds… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Expo for Property Investments & Crowdfunding (EPIC) Asia Conference will be held on the 18th and 19th of July in Singapore at the Marina Bay Financial Centre.  The conference is expected to increase understanding and appreciation for the power of crowdfunding specifically for real… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 3:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A team of seasoned, long-term investment advisors with a combined total of more than 150 years of experience in the real estate industry today announced the creation of PropFund L.P., a firm focused on purchasing, owning and operating commercial and residential real estate investment properties…. Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CEO of EarlyShares Joanna Schwartz spoke to CNBC’s Realty Check to discuss real estate crowdfunding. Ms. Schwartz states that the real estate funding option is “really taking off” in the U.S. and that is outpacing other sectors in equity crowdfunding. EarlyShares is a equity-based crowdfunding… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Hatched, an online low cost estate agent with offices across Wales and England, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £250,000 for a 5% equity stake in the company.  Just recently launched the campaign has already attracted the interest from 29 investors…. Read More

June 15, 2014 @ 8:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Over $500,000 Returned to Investors to Date. Real estate crowdfunding platform Patch of Land has surpassed $3 million in funding with their 13 project launched on Friday (Friday the 13th  no less).  The debt based marketplace has achieved this amount in just under 8 months… Read More

June 11, 2014 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently I was attending a real estate finance conference on crowdfunding and I was fortunate to hear Brandon Jenkins, the Fundrise Director of Product, speak about the future of real estate from the perspective of Fundrise.  His comments were coming off the exciting announcement that… Read More

June 10, 2014 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Patch of  Land is part of the fast moving real estate crowdfunding sector.  The founders have positioned there company to fill a funding void that has been largely ignored by larger investors but promise substantial returns.  There is a significant opportunity in innovating the funding… Read More

June 7, 2014 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this year Mainstreet Property Group, via a partnership with CrowdStreet, offered accredited investor to participate in a offering of a senior care – assisted living facility in Indiana.  While the bulk of the financing was accomplished via traditional bank financing (over $10 million) a… Read More

May 30, 2014 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

You no long need to be a multi-millionaire to invest in the nation’s premier luxury real estate market. Through Realty Crowdfunding LLC, labeled as the first investment vehicle of its kind, investors can now own a piece of beachfront mansions that have defined the most… Read More

May 28, 2014 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has raised more than $31 million in financing from a consortium of real estate, technology, and financial institutions. The financing round was led by Chinese social media site Renren, Marty Burger and Tal Kerret, the CEO and CIO of Silverstein Properties, and… Read More

May 27, 2014 @ 5:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Global Expo (CFGE) kicks off a series of investment crowdfunding events over the coming weeks with a first stop in Austin, Texas where the hot topic of Real Estate will be addressed. The in depth event will provide a venue for many industry leaders… Read More

May 27, 2014 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Opportunities for homebuilders to crowdfund their projects is starting to take hold.    Open Source Capital, based in Florida, asks builders why not engage investors and homebuyers to be part of the project? With crowdfunding, builders can provide an early stage to showcase their projects… Read More

May 26, 2014 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore based CoAssets, one of South East Asia’s first real estate crowdfunding sites, has announced that Bastien Jack Pte Ltd, an investment crowdfunding opportunity from the United Kingdom listed on the platform, will be making their first payout to crowdfunders in June 2014. “As real… Read More

May 22, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Stefano D'Aniello  |  

Last month, I attended the Second Real Estate Crowdfunding Conference, hosted by the Soho Loft, in New York. The first iteration of this event was only this past fall. After just a few months, the increase in attendance, and the difference in the type of… Read More

May 20, 2014 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul has shared that it has successfully closed the crowdfunding offer for the Barstow Shopping Center, a 110,100 square foot Vons-anchored retail center located in Barstow, Calif. “With the completion of this offering, the company has enabled individual investors to participate in another significant… Read More