Real Estate

SIX Invests in OpenBrick, a Platform of Tokenized Securities for Real Estate Projects in Spain

BME, a SIX Company, announced its investment in OpenBrick, a digital platform for the issuance, management, trading, and settlement of tokenized securities linked to real estate projects. Six Group operates the Swiss Stock Exchange. Grupo Lar, Renta 4 Banco, and ioBuilders established the firm, which welcomes BME, Garrigues, and Teras Capital as partners. OpenBrick… Read More

Spain’s Real Estate Investing App Equito Raises €555,660 via Crowdcube

Equito App creators, who are carrying out a crowdfunding campaign via Crowdcube, have noted that traditional real estate investing is becoming increasingly inaccessible for the average investor. Equito explained that it intends to change that by enabling anyone to invest in real estate properties starting… Read More

Investment Platform Mintos Adds Short Term Rental Offerings

Online investment platform Mintos says it has added short-term rental apartments to its real estate offerings. Martins Sulte, CEO and co-founder of Mintos, said they are opening the doors to a sector once out of reach for ordinary investors. “Through our real estate offerings, retail… Read More

UK’s Assetz Capital Brings to Market Fast Credit Decisioning on Development Finance Deals

Assetz Capital, a funder in the SME residential development market, recently announced a significant milestone with the launch of its new 9.35% development finance rate, aimed at providing house builders, brokers, and landowners with a financing solution “up to 70% LTGDV UK wide.” Credit decisioning… Read More

Real Estate focused Pearlmark Announces Second Closing of Sixth Mezzanine Fund

Pearlmark is pleased to announce the second closing of its sixth high yield credit investment fund, Pearlmark Mezzanine Realty Partners VI, L.P.. Pearlmark Mezz VI totals $300 million+ in commitments, including discretionary managed accounts, gaining on the momentum of the initial closing of $185+ million… Read More

Alternative Investment Firm Stonepeak to Acquire Boundary Street Capital

Stonepeak, an alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets, announced that it has agreed to acquire Boundary Street Capital, LP, a specialist private credit investment manager focused on the digital infrastructure, enterprise infrastructure software, and tech services sectors in the lower middle market…. Read More

R3 to Support Real Estate Services with Digital Titles, Insurance and More

R3’s Corda platform will be utilized to support digital real estate services in partnership with Radian. According to a statement distributed by the firm, digital services will include title insurance, closing, and settlement services process. Corda, R3’s permissioned blockchain, aims to help the real estate… Read More

LendInvest Mortgages Completes Sixth Securitization of £285M UK Prime BTL, Owner-Occupied Mortgage Loans

LendInvest Mortgages completes sixth securitization of £285 million UK prime Buy-to-Let and owner-occupied mortgage loans. LendInvest plc (LSE: LINV), the UK’s platform for property finance and the parent company of LendInvest BTL Ltd and LendInvest Loans Limited, announces the completion of its sixth securitization in… Read More

Real Estate Investments: Aventus Home Is Reportedly Providing Investing Opportunities in Spain

Aventus Home is part of Aventus Group’s international business. Aventus Homes’ primary activities reportedly include the following: constructing, selling, and renting luxury villas in one of the most prestigious European places in Spain – Marbella. The value of Aventus Group’s properties in Spain currently is… Read More

Cross River Bank Reports Over $1 billion in Real Estate Financing in Past 12 Months

Cross River Bank, a New Jersey State chartered FDIC-insured bank says that its Commercial Banking Group (CBG) has closed more than $1 billion in financing over the past 12 months. Cross River reports that funding has been spread across 65 loans nationwide, the deals ranged… Read More

abrdn Investments Becomes Issuer of ETFs via SIX Stock Exchange with Real Estate Product

abrdn Investments has reportedly become the latest ETF Issuer at SIX Swiss Exchange. As noted in the update shared this month, SIX welcomes abrdn Investments as its latest issuer of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) with their new real estate product. According to the announcement, this addition… Read More

Real Estate Fundraising in Q3 Declines 50% QoQ, Reaching $20B – Report

Preqin, the global firm focused on alternatives data and insight, has recently released its Real Estate Q3 2024 Quarterly Update report. The report shared with CI by Preqin revealed that the gradual rebound in global real estate fundraising this year “stalled in Q3 2024, as… Read More

Chasing Yield: Fundrise Lists Preferred Equity Offering Targeting 13% Return

As the US Federal Reserve reverses course and starts a cycle of rate cuts, investors are rethinking their holdings as they look for alternatives to holdings that recently generated a decent risk-adjusted return. Catering to that mentality, Fundrise, a real estate investment platform, has listed… Read More

Private Equity and Real Estate Fund Administrator Seneschal Selects LemonEdge for Back-Office Operations

Seneschal, the specialist private equity and real estate / real assets fund administrator, has selected LemonEdge, the fund accounting solution for private markets funds, to build its back-office accounting operations to deliver the best services to its fund manager clients at scale. ‍Founded in 2021… Read More

L&G Bolsters Private Markets Platform with Equity Stake in Taurus, Commits Up to $200M to US Real Estate Sectors

L&G has bolstered its private markets platform with an equity stake in Taurus and commits up to $200m to high growth real estate sectors in the US. This partnership reportedly enhances L&G’s Private Markets capabilities in the region, while also addressing investor demand for real… Read More

Mortgage Customers Warming to Chatbots: Report

A new report from J.D. Power analyzes if mortgage customers are prepared for AI-powered chatbots. The signs are encouraging. Artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. Three-fourths of business leaders say they are planning to escalate their AI investments as they see its potential to redefine… Read More

abrdn Announces Expansion of Real Estate Investment Business in Japan

abrdn plc, a global investment company, announced earlier this month the expansion of its real estate investment business in Japan via its subsidiary, abrdn Japan Limited. This latest update comes as abrdn commences a new investment mandate to manage a residential portfolio in Japan. The… Read More

Real Estate Market Insights: Gen Z Shouldering Heaviest Load of Increasing Housing Costs in the US

Almost half of all US renter households are being “burdened” by excessive rent costs, with Gen Z renters shouldering the “heaviest load,” a new analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) by real estate firm Zillow (Nasdaq: Z and ZG) and… Read More

UK’s LendInvest Secures £300M Financing Syndicate with BNP Paribas, Barclays, and HSBC

LendInvest (AIM: LdINV) has reportedly secured a £300 million financing syndicate with BNP Paribas, Barclays, and HSBC. LendInvest, the UK’s platform for property finance, has recently confirmed the renewal of its £300 million revolving warehouse financing agreement with BNP Paribas, Barclays Bank PLC, as well… Read More

PropertyLoop Secures £311,007 from 70 Investors via Republic Europe

PropertyLoop enables landlords to find tenants, manage their properties and then remain compliant all in one place. PropertyLoop has raised £311,007 from 70 investors (at the time of writing) of its £350,000 target via Republic Europe (previously doing business as Seedrs). There are, at the… Read More

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