Tagged: real estate

October 1, 2013 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Space Qube, an innovator in the temporary or “pop-up” shopping space for premium shopping locations is looking to crowdfund capital and they are going to Seedrs to facilitate the equity offering. Launching today the Southhampton based company is looking to offer 35% equity in the… Read More

September 17, 2013 @ 6:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding site Patch of Land, a portal for crowdfunding investment opportunities backed by real estate, has announced they successfully raised $1.2 million in funding via a private investment firm in Los Angeles. The new capital allows Patch of Land to refine their exclusive platform… Read More

September 11, 2013 @ 11:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowfunding platform Prodigy Network has announced the first crowddesigned and crowdfunded city created through their interactive social media and urban planning platform; My Ideal City / Mi Ciudad Ideal. Leaders of the project including curator Gary Hack, lead architect Winka Dubbledam and project visionary Rodrigo Nino… Read More

September 7, 2013 @ 12:56 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Fundrise and Popularise Co-founder Ben Miller was recently on Bloomberg talking about the real estate niche of the crowdfunding space. He briefly hits on the current state of real estate funding and continues on to explain how crowdfunding will help drive capital into real estate… Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 9:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul, a real estate crowdfunding platform for accredited investors seeking opportunities in syndicated investments, has published a report today sharing empirical data regarding private real estate transactions. The survey data indicates that the average preferred return being offered to investors in private real estate transactions… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday real estate crowdfund investing platform RealCrowd pitched to investors at Y Combinator’s demo day. This marks the culmination of RealCrowd’s experience as part of the famed Y Combinator accelerator program. Wired magazine calls Y Combinator “the most prestigious program for budding digital entrepreneurs.” RealCrowd… Read More

August 3, 2013 @ 9:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Realty Mogul issued the following release sharing the news that they’re now going to be active in four states in the US: Washington, California, Tennessee and Kansas. CEO Jilliene Helman shares a bit of insight into how Realty Mogul is strategically choosing which states to… Read More

July 31, 2013 @ 10:48 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Real estate news provider Inman News posted video of a recent panel where four real estate crowdfunding industry stakeholders discussed their platforms, the real estate niche and the power crowdfunding has to drive capital toward real estate investments. The four participants are: Jilliene Helman, founder… Read More

July 25, 2013 @ 10:22 am By David Drake  |  

Fundrise is churning a lot of attention, by  pioneering investing in real estate through the crowdfunding platform. It has empowered large numbers of average folks to pool their money and invest in local projects. Believing that everyone should have the opportunity to invest in real… Read More

July 17, 2013 @ 11:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

HomeFunded, currently in pre-launch will go live on July 22nd, allowing prospective home buyers to sign up and raise funds to be used as a down payment to buy a home through  crowdfunding. HomeFunded was developed by Orlando Realtor, Aaron Mighty, who believes that, “when there… Read More

July 3, 2013 @ 7:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding, based in New York City,  emerged from their stealth mode today and publicly announced their crowdfunding site for accredited investors.   IFunding claims that investors have pledged over $8MM towards their first projects which are to be listed on the… Read More

June 28, 2013 @ 7:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Fortitude Group Inc. (Symbol FRTD) CEO Thomas J. Parilla announced an agreement to purchase a minority interest in PRIMARQ Inc., a private capital market system whose vision it is to provide an improved model for housing finance that delivers measurable benefits to homebuyers, homeowners, investors… Read More

June 27, 2013 @ 9:28 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Mark Perlmutter is organizing the 2013 Crowdfunding World Summit, a two week online event that will bring crowdfunding experts from all over the world together for a comprehensive series of interviews discussing the history, current context and future path of crowdfunding. Crowdfunding enthusiasts and interested… Read More

June 25, 2013 @ 9:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul is a Finalist at Innotribe SWIFT. Real estate crowdfunding site Realty Mogul tipped its hat by announcing it had just surpassed the $2 Million mark after just having surpassed the 1$ Million the end of May.  The site has been crowdfunding only since… Read More

June 6, 2013 @ 4:18 am By Slate  |  

I recently asked a real estate professional about a new company called Fundrise that’s built on the simple dream of selling small shares in urban real-estate projects to the masses. He told me he had three points to make: It’s a very cool idea. It’s… Read More

May 29, 2013 @ 2:17 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Today Mashable released a video that provides a high-level overview of The Prodigy Network, a multinational crowdfunding company with roots in real estate. We’ve written about the Prodigy Network here before among other real estate-focused crowdfunding sites. What the Prodigy Network accomplished in crowdfunding a… Read More

May 17, 2013 @ 8:24 am By The Economist  |  

NAMES, wedding dates and declarations of love cover the Luchtsingel, a new pedestrian walkway straddling a busy main road in central Rotterdam, a Dutch city. Asked by a website to help fund the project, locals paid €25 ($32) each for the right to etch a… Read More

May 4, 2013 @ 6:20 am By The Boston Globe  |  

For $100, Micah Lubens bought a share of a vacant, two-story brick building that was promoted as the next up-and-coming hot spot along Washington D.C.’s bustling H Street corridor. Through food blogs, Lubens learned of plans to transform the building into a minireplica of Asian… Read More

April 20, 2013 @ 1:32 am By Forbes  |  

Crowdfunding is rapidly changing the real-estate investment market, offering developers new ways to finance projects, small investors a way in, and the socially conscious an avenue to support their local communities—and their local farms. Here is a rundown of the real-estate crowdfunding firms I think… Read More

April 12, 2013 @ 4:57 am By The Age  |  

In Colombia, it’s financing a 66-storey apartment tower that developers declare will be the “first skyscraper built by . . . common people”. And in Melbourne, it could provide specially designed dwellings for groups of like-minded owners, such as pet lovers, elderly gays and lesbians,… Read More