March 17, 2016
If there’s one thing you can take away from The Big Short- the story of a handful of traders who made a fortune betting against the mortgages behind the housing bubble- it’s that when robust underwriting is ignored or sidelined the risk profile of a portfolio of mortgages becomes unquantifiable. Underwriting is a hugely powerful...
March 14, 2016
Today we are announcing the second equity investment into LendInvest by an experienced and expert external investor. Atomico, a venture capital investment firm that was founded by Niklas Zennström, the founder of Skype in 2006, has invested £17 million ($25m). This comes only nine months after we raised £22 million ($34m). In that time, so...
March 11, 2016
Our round-up of the second PropTech meetup in the LendInvest offices, where we welcomed more industry innovators to chat and network
March 8, 2016
As a borrower it’s important for you to have an exit strategy in place when taking out a property loan, either through refinance or sale.
March 8, 2016
We are delighted to have been shortlisted for the RESI Awards as one of the residential financiers of the year
February 24, 2016
If you’re planning to buy an investment property, you don’t have much time left before the new Stamp Duty rules come into place. It’s important to note that the deadline is not in line with the start of the new tax year, which is on April 6th. Instead, the new rules come in 5 days...
February 22, 2016
Auctions have long been a great source of investment properties for experienced professionals. But the market, worth three billion pounds in 2015, has traditionally been dominated by cash buyers. With only 20% of auction properties purchased using finance, the appeal of extra liquidity clearly isn’t proving strong enough for many investors, who would otherwise be...
February 17, 2016
When time is of the essence and your client needs access to property finance in a hurry, there are some things you can do to make sure you’ll achieve a quick property completion. Here we’ve put together a list of some of the information to have to hand to speed up the process of getting...
February 17, 2016
As we continue in our mission to reinvent the property finance market, we’re rapidly expanding our team and our business beyond London and the Southeast. With that in mind, we’re now planning to expand to Scotland, so we’re recruiting a Scotland-based Business Development Manager to join the LendInvest team. At a later date this will...
February 16, 2016
We’re really excited to be nominated for the European FinTech Awards, which recognises the most innovative FinTech companies in Europe. The voting system opened 15th February and will end 15th March 2016, with the final ceremony taking place in Amsterdam 14th April. Votes from you – the general public – will have a weight of...