March 24, 2016
We read, you skim: property market insight for intermediaries
Our round-up of property market insight for intermediaries, covering a Stamp Duty loophole, house price rises and the 20 factors that sell a home
March 24, 2016
Our round-up of property market insight for intermediaries, covering a Stamp Duty loophole, house price rises and the 20 factors that sell a home
March 24, 2016
Automated lending is a hot topic in coverage of financial innovation, one that has both provoked criticism and fostered misconceptions. The dominant criticism is that widespread automated lending would drag down lending standards. From this flows the idea that there is a blind drive towards automated lending by over-excited tech companies, which as far as...
March 23, 2016
We take a closer look at Amsterdam, one of Europe’s up and coming FinTech Hubs and describe some of its FinTech companies
March 22, 2016
A borrower case study featuring the chief executive of a development group undertaking an office building conversion in Nottingham
March 18, 2016
If you’re a typical 18-34 year old chances are according to a recent feature in the FT, you’re more likely to be saving for a holiday than a house. Perhaps your children are in their twenties. Do they fit the trend? A survey from Eventbrite in 2014 found that 78 per cent of ‘millennials’ would prefer...
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