Tagged: real estate

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

March 22, 2013 @ 12:52 pm By Jonathan Sandlund  |  

In the last month a number of new accredited crowdfunding platforms have come online. They join FundersClub, CircleUp, and Angellist in facilitating private equity transactions entirely online. Here’s a list of crowdfunding platforms that have recently opened their accredited doors: 99Funding (Startups/Existing SMBs) Collaperty (Real Estate) EarlyShares (Startups/Existing SMBs) RealtyMogul (Real… Read More

March 20, 2013 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Realty Mogul, an online, equity crowdfunding platform for real estate is going live today and already has its first success story.  AH Capital, a real estate investment company in Los Angeles, raised $110,000 using Realty Mogul’s platform for real estate crowdfunding.  The money was raised… Read More

March 20, 2013 @ 4:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding site Realty Mogul announced their go live today in an email to supporters.  In a call to all fans they announced the launch of there anticipated niche crowdfunding platform which targets equity investments in real estate. The note authored by CEO Jillienne… Read More

March 10, 2013 @ 7:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online equity crowdfunding site for real estate Realty Mogul,  has been awarded First Place  at the  HATCH start up pitch competition.  HATCH is the official pitch competition at South By South West (SXSW) which took place earlier today in Austin.  Only 12 companies from around the world… Read More

February 27, 2013 @ 7:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding has  already inexorably altered many  industries.  The financing of Real Estate projects is another example of the power of crowdfunding. The shear efficacy of attracting a disperse and diverse group of individuals to finance a project or business of which they share an affinity is… Read More

February 14, 2013 @ 6:14 am By TriplePundit  |  

Rodrigo Niño, CEO at Prodigy Network, is well aware of the importance of innovation in the real estate sector. He has achieved major milestones in his career in the industry and has a reputation across the globe as an expert. After experiencing major success with projects… Read More

February 8, 2013 @ 3:12 am By psfk  |  

Rodrigo Niño, CEO at Prodigy Network, is well aware of the importance of innovation in the real estate sector. He has achieved major milestones in his career in the industry and has a reputation across the globe as an expert. After experiencing major success with projects… Read More

January 29, 2013 @ 6:44 am By Law360  |  

Law360, New York — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to issue final rules later this year related to the JOBS Act’s so-called crowd funding statute, which allows businesses to raise up to $1 million per year from individual investors. Here’s a list… Read More

January 24, 2013 @ 11:30 pm By Max Raskin  |  

From the pyramids to the Empire State Building, the world’s largest structures have typically been financed by the superrich. New York-based Prodigy Network, best known for marketing the Trump SoHo hotel condominium, is now trying a different model: It’s bringing crowdfunding to real estate, soliciting… Read More

January 22, 2013 @ 8:05 am By Bloomberg  |  

New U.S. securities laws intended to help startup companies raise money are poised to benefit real estate investors as well, allowing individuals to buy stakes in offices and other commercial buildings once off limits to them. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act will ease restrictions… Read More

January 21, 2013 @ 3:43 pm By The Niche Report  |  

September 14th, 2010 marked the 50th anniversary of Real Estate Investment Trusts in the U.S.  For the first time, REITs brought the benefits of commercial real estate to the average investor. Since then, investors have risen to the opportunity and today U.S. REITs constitute a more… Read More

January 18, 2013 @ 5:54 am By Bloomberg  |  

New U.S. securities laws intended to help startup companies raise money are poised to benefit real estate investors as well, allowing individuals to buy stakes in offices and other commercial buildings once off limits to them. The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act will ease restrictions… Read More

December 20, 2012 @ 10:51 pm By Nerd Wallet  |  

We’ve all heard a lot about the crowdfunding revolution when it comes to funding big and small for startups, small businesses, socially responsible ventures, and the like.  But what about when it comes to real estate? Keep your eye on this trend in 2013 – it might… Read More

December 10, 2012 @ 10:52 pm By Die Welt  |  

(Staff Translation) In Alt-Sachsenhausen, a 1.3 Million Euro Art Studio-House is being financed thanks to Crowdfunding. For the real estate branch, this concept is unique on a national level. “The first ones to conquer a location are the Creatives”, says Steen Rothenberger. The entrepreneur owns… Read More

December 5, 2012 @ 3:13 am By Eprop  |  

Why hasn’t South Africa got a Real Estate Crowdfunding platform? Shouldn’t someone be considering it? It may seem unlikely that anyone will waver in favour of Crowdfunding whilst pondering investing in REITs/PLSs  right now, especially in South Africa since no such option exists, but already… Read More

November 20, 2012 @ 9:34 pm By The Atlantic Cities  |  

Dan and Ben Miller began tugging two years ago at a simple question they believe is central to the failings of the American real estate industry. The brothers – sons of a well-known Washington, D.C. developer – had begun acquiring properties themselves in the city’s… Read More

November 20, 2012 @ 2:29 pm By Slate  |  

Emily Badger has a great long piece in Atlantic Cities about Fundrise and the general idea of “crowdfunding” local commercial real estate ventures. The basic idea is that large-scale impersonal financing models naturally end up steering neighborhoods in the direction of standardized development patterns, generic structures,… Read More

October 20, 2012 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

(Staff Translation) Crowdfunding: Fund Collection via the Internet. Many small donations become one big one. This innovative idea, known for financing cultural and start up projects is being adapted to real estate by the Munich organization Betterterms. Via the crowdfunding platform “Kapitalfreunde.de” private donors are… Read More