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Meet Italo, Junior Full Stack Engineer at LendInvest. Hear what he thinks about working in FinTech and what the future trends for the sector are.

Today, we announced our financial results for the year ending 31 March 2018, reporting strong growth across all key metrics. Financial highlights: Total loan originations up by 91% to £536 million Revenue increased to £53 million Profit before tax was £1.9 million, marking LendInvest’s fourth consecutive annual profit from operations Lending capital grew 94% to...

Property professionals need to keep their alternative investment options open, including the potential benefits of a holiday let

We are very pleased to announce that ARC Ratings, the European Credit rating agency, has given LendInvest the highest possible rating for the quality of its loan servicing for the fourth year running. As part of the comprehensive annual review, the agency assessed and rated the processes used by LendInvest to originate, underwrite and service...

Today we’ve announced our brand new membership of the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT), the country’s leading FinTech innovation hub. As many of our investors will know, we’ve had a presence in Luxembourg since 2014 when we set up our first Luxembourg-domiciled fund, the Real Estate Opportunity Fund. That fund has grown exponentially in...

The Government’s focus on tackling the housing crisis has been to build more homes, but is it ignoring the significant housing resource in empty homes?

For property investors, outdoor space is one of those desired features that tenants often seek in their rental homes, which may enable you to command a higher rent price and, therefore, improve your yield. At the same time, spending some time and money on updating your property’s outdoor space will likely increase the home’s value, meaning...

We need to build more houses in this country, but this will only be achieved with a housebuilding market more dynamic and diverse than one we have

We outline the urgency with which we need to address the housing crisis and how small housebuilders are the key, as well as FinTech companies

Ministers must recognise the opportunity presented by alternative finance to enrich the housing sector by financing the complex or custom developments