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News Roundup Online Lending Real Estate USA

·Aug. 30, 2017

Money360 and Ten-X Partner for Online CRE Lending

The partnership will focus on Money360 providing pre-arranged financing options for eligible commercial properties listed for auction on the Ten-X platform; financing options on these properties will be transparently disclosed on the platform and Money360 will work with buyers to complete the underwriting, processing and closing of the loan; the partnership expands deal flow of commercial properties for Money360, which utilizes technology to enable commercial real estate loan transactions from $1 million to $20 million. Source

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Europe News Roundup Online Lending Real Estate

·Mar. 28, 2017

Relendex Receives FCA Authorization

P2P commercial real estate lender Relendex has received authorization from the Financial Conduct Authority; the platform provides secured commercial property loans through its P2P marketplace lending platform and now plans to seek the offering of innovative finance individual savings accounts for its investors; in comments regarding the authorization, Michael Lynn, the firm's founder and chief executive officer said, "FCA full authorization marks a fantastic start to 2017 for the Relendex team and platform which will further encourage and facilitate investment in commercial property from both our UK and foreign investors." Source

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News Roundup Real Estate USA

·Nov. 3, 2016

Real Estate Platform, Wealth Migrate, Incorporates Blockchain

Wealth Migrate is claiming to be the first real estate online investing platform that has incorporated blockchain technology; the company focuses on cross-border real estate investing; blockchain is being applied to defining and recording smart contracts and a decentralized, unalterable record of investment transactions. Source

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Europe News Roundup Online Lending Real Estate

·Mar. 1, 2017

Proplend Gains FCA Authorization in the UK

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has granted full authorization to Proplend; the FCA continues to review authorization applications, primarily focusing on secured lending platforms; Proplend is a secured commercial real estate property P2P lender offering three tranches for investors; returns on the platform range from 5% to 12% with loans of 250,000 British pounds ($307,718) to 5,000,000 British pounds ($6,154,350); the platform has funded 11.5 million British pounds ($14.16 million) of loans since inception with zero defaults; it has plans to offer clients an innovative finance individual savings account however it will likely not be available until 2018. Source

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Fintech News Roundup Real Estate

·Feb. 9, 2017

Lend Academy Article: Buying, Selling and Financing Homes is Changing

Lend Academy shares details about some of the emerging platforms in the real estate market; new platforms have been providing innovative services to help make real estate transactions easier and make homeownership more affordable; companies mentioned are offering lower down payments and some participate in purchasing equity of the home; new platforms are also significantly reducing the expected transaction time for buying and selling a home. Source

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News Roundup Online Lending Real Estate USA

·Mar. 17, 2017

Money360 Exceeds $200mn in Commercial Real Estate Lending

Money360 has reported another milestone in the nascent online lending commercial real estate market; the firm has originated $100 million in new commercial real estate loans in the past six months, doubling its total from August 2016; four recent loan closings for a total of $38 million helped the company reach its $200 million milestone; Money360 says it expects to exceed $500 million in loan transactions by the end of 2017. Source

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Europe Fintech News Roundup Real Estate

·Mar. 13, 2017

UK Digital Bank Revolut Partners with Bricklane

Revolut will now offer its customers investment at property platform Bricklane; investors can invest in Bricklane tax efficient individual savings accounts for a minimum of 100 British pounds ($122); Bricklane investors receive rental income and capital appreciation from the properties they invest in. Source

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Fintech News Roundup Real Estate USA

·Mar. 23, 2017

Unison Leading the Way for a New Era of Home Ownership Affordability

Lending Times reports on the business model created by Unison to improve the affordability of home ownership in the United States; the firm has developed two main products, a HomeOwner and HomeBuyer product, that are based on an investment model rather than a lending model; as a real estate investor the firm provides capital for borrowers and shares in the gain or loss of the real estate property's value; Unison and other innovative real estate businesses participated in a panel at LendIt USA 2017 titled, "The New Era of Buying & Selling a House" sharing further insight on how fintech innovation is evolving in residential real estate. Source

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News Roundup Online Lending Real Estate USA

·Mar. 6, 2017

RealtyMogul Announces IRA Option and New Details for MogulREIT I

Online real estate investing marketplace RealtyMogul has announced it will now allow self-directed IRA investment through its MogulREIT I; provides the benefit of passive investment income through a retirement account; MogulREIT I will also now allow for automated dividend reinvestment which can help add to compounding returns for IRA accounts; the product has also announced the inclusion of two new property investments located in San Antonio, Texas and West Chester, Pennsylvania. Source

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Fintech Real Estate USA

·Jul. 10, 2020