Tagged: property

January 13, 2026 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Lloyds Banking Group has announced a £195 million finance package with Orbit Group, one of the UK’s housing providers. This collaboration aims to upgrade thousands of social homes across the Midlands, East, and South East of England, focusing on energy efficiency and sustainability.  The deal,… Read More

April 8, 2024 @ 10:30 am By Aaron Rafferty  |  

Generative AI [artificial intelligence] has taken the world by storm, especially with the proliferation of OpenAI’s massively popular ChatGPT. However, these generative AI models can potentially make an even greater impact than one might imagine. In the commercial real estate sector, generative AI has inspired… Read More

April 7, 2024 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Six out of 10 or 60% of property managers reportedly experienced fraud during the last two years, according to the latest TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) research which finds outdated risk assessment methods leading to alarming levels of late detection. As the rental market grew over the… Read More

January 8, 2024 @ 7:24 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Buffalo, New York, will be the most active major housing market this year, according to a new analysis by Zillow (NASDAQ: Z and ZG). It may be hard to believe for some but as prices are rising elsewhere, Buffalo remains more accessible. Affordability is the… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Founded in 2013, Assetz Capital claims it has become a leading alternative finance provider to SMEs in the UK. Now, as the business marks its ten years of doing business. The firm announced “that over the course of its history its supported the construction of… Read More

April 28, 2023 @ 8:18 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Wayhome, the Gradual Homeownership provider, announced that they have closed a Series A equity funding round of £8 million. The firm’s investment round was reportedly led “by existing investors Allianz X (Stripe, WeLab, CLARK), Augmentum Fintech (interactive investor, Tide, Zopa) and new funders Volution, Love… Read More

April 2, 2023 @ 7:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pacaso announced the launch of an opportunity for accredited U.S. investors to invest in a technology-enabled real estate marketplace “that helps people buy and co-own a luxury second home.” The new investment opportunity with Pacaso is “a two year, 10% annualized promissory note backed by… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 10:48 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wayhome has raised 102% (£3,087,566) of its £3,000,001 target from 448 investors via its crowdfunding campaign, carried out via Seedrs. There are now (at the time of writing) 20 days left in this sale. According to the Wayhome team, they aim to offer “a new… Read More

September 5, 2022 @ 8:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PropertyLoop, which enables landlords to find tenants, manage their properties & stay “compliant” all in one place, has raised 101% (£1,221,194) of its £1,200,000 target from 129 investors via Seedrs with 23 days left in the firm’s crowdfunding campaign at the time of writing. Located… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Arturo, the Proptech company that delivers intelligent analytics from individual property to portfolio, announced “the appointments of Greg Oslan as chief executive officer and Joe Brown as vice president of sales and service.” Oslan will be “responsible for leading Arturo through a new period of… Read More

August 9, 2022 @ 1:27 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Jarvo, which provides remote teams access to local workspaces in other people’s homes, has secured 179% (£359,332  ) of its £200,002 target from 313 investors (at the time of writing) through its crowdfunding campaign carried out via Seedrs (with 25 days left in the sale)…. Read More

December 27, 2021 @ 10:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Gazeal, which aims to transform the way property is bought/sold with “upfront information and binding Reservation Agreements,” has raised 164% (£591,249) of its £360,004 target from 217 investors (at the time of writing) via Seedrs. Based in London, United Kingdom, Gazeal operates in Property / Digital… Read More

December 13, 2021 @ 7:57 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Just Move In, which claims to be on a mission to build the United Kingdom’s highest rated home move platform, saving customers time, hassle & money, has secured 139% (£1,396,199 from 337 investors) of its £1,000,000 target via Crowdcube (at the time of writing) with… Read More

November 14, 2021 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-based StepLadder, which claims to be a fast-growing Fintech focused on helping consumers buy their first home, reveals that it has secured 91% (or £686,050) of its £750,000 target with 26 days left in its crowdfunding campaign via Seedrs. Here are some key business highlights… Read More

December 27, 2020 @ 11:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

    UK property crowdfunding platform Assetz Exchange is set to close its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with nearly £300,000 raised from more than 300 Seedrs investors. Assetz is now offering 5.25% in equity at a £5 million pre-money valuation through the funding round,  As… Read More

December 17, 2020 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RateSetter, a leading UK based peer to peer lender, announced on Wednesday it has sold its £120m portfolio of property development loans to Shawbrook Bank. According to RateSetter, the acquisition follows the announcement in August that the lending platform was focusing on consumer finance. The… Read More

December 6, 2020 @ 10:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Just a little over a year after raising £690,453 through its previous Seedrs campaign, UK property crowdfunding platform Assetz Exchange has returned to the investment platform and has already surpassed its initial £250,000 funding target. As previously reported, Assetz Exchange describes itself to be… Read More

August 2, 2020 @ 9:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Property crowdfunding platform CapitalRise has raised more than £1.9 million through its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, which is set to close later this week. The funding round was launched last month, originally seeking £1 million. The initiative made its debut just a little… Read More

July 28, 2020 @ 8:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over a year after raising £2,395,250 through its first Seedrs campaign, property crowdfunding platform CapitalRise has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform and has successfully raised nearly £1.7 million from more than 300 Seedrs investors so far. The funding round’s co-investor is the… Read More

June 24, 2020 @ 11:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm RenoFi, a platform that partners with lenders in order to make it possible for them to offer “the next generation of renovation loans,” has reportedly secured $6.4 million in capital through a Series A investment round. Established around two years ago by former… Read More