The House Crowd gets set to beat £1m funding target on Seedrs
PROPERTY development lender The House Crowd looks to have already hit its £1m crowdfunding target on Seedrs despite the round not yet being opened to the public. More than £1m has already been pledged...
View ArticleLands of opportunity
Frazer Fearnhead, founder and chief executive of The House Crowd, explains the benefits of property development finance for retail investors SINCE THE CRASH IN 2008, banks have been restricted in what...
View ArticleThe House Crowd secures 500 pledges ahead of Seedrs launch
THE HOUSE Crowd has received more than 500 advance pledges and raised more than £100,000 ahead of its crowdfunding campaign going live on Monday 9 September. The peer-to-peer property lender’s...
View ArticleEditor’s comment: P2P lenders are not just surviving, they’re thriving
READING the mainstream media, one would be forgiven for thinking that peer-to-peer lending is over, investors have left in their droves and only someone completely out of options and rejected by every...
View ArticleThe House Crowd: We are not in a Lendy situation
THE House Crowd is looking to attract £30m of institutional investment over the next 12 months as it sets out plans to tackle non-performing loans and boost returns, liquidity and choice on its...
View ArticleMillennials tap into P2P investing
THE EARLY-ADOPTERS of peer-to-peer investing were typically older males living in the South East of England, looking to top up their pension pots with high-yielding P2P loans. But as the industry has...
View ArticleThe House Crowd hikes returns on fast-access account
THE HOUSE Crowd has raised interest rates for new investors in its fast-access product, to encourage people to move their money from low-yielding savings accounts. The peer-to-peer property lender is...
View ArticleConcrete returns
How does peer-to-peer investing stack up against other routes into the property market? Hannah Smith reports PROPERTY IS ONE OF the busiest segments of the peer-to-peer lending sector, with platforms...
View ArticleBringing property to the people
Frazer Fearnhead, chief executive of The House Crowd, talks to Andrew Saunders about property, pensions and that Dragons’ Den pitch IN A WORLD WHERE THE fintech sector seems to be dominated by...
View ArticleThe House Crowd investments now available within a SIPP
THE HOUSE Crowd has announced that it is now able to accept investments through a self-invested pension plan (SIPP). The peer-to-peer property lender said in an email update on Wednesday that its...
View ArticleThe House Crowd beats £500,000 crowdfunding target
THE House Crowd has surpassed its crowdfunding target with just under a week to go until its fundraising campaign closes. The peer-to-peer property lending platform launched a £500,000 crowdfunding...
View ArticleThe 2019 Peer2Peer Finance News P2P Power 50
THE 2019 Peer2Peer Finance News P2P Power 50 highlights the exceptional achievements of the talented individuals spearheading the growth of this thriving multi-billion-pound industry. We have consulted...
View ArticleAre you getting the most out of your IFISA?
Frazer Fearnhead, chief executive and founder of The House Crowd, explains how an auto-invest IFISA could offer better returns with less risk There are a wide variety of Innovative Finance ISAs on the...
View Article“Level the playing field”
New regulations threaten to stifle growth and innovation in the property-backed peer-to-peer sector, says Frazer Fearnhead, chief executive of The House Crowd… THE INTRODUCTION of the Innovative...
View ArticleCompounding expectations
The House Crowd’s founder and chief executive Frazer Fearnhead explains why investors are turning away from cash ISAs and stocks and shares ISAs in favour of property-backed Innovative Finance ISAs…...
View ArticleUntapped potential for P2P in Scotland
THE SCOTTISH peer-to-peer lending market is “under-served” and “under-represented”, according to industry experts, as England-based P2P platforms start to expand into the country. RateSetter, Assetz...
View ArticleInvesting in the North West property market via P2P
The House Crowd founder and chief executive Frazer Fearnhead explains why the North West is particularly attractive for peer-to-peer property investors… OVER THE PAST FIVE years, various legislative...
View ArticleThe House Crowd shifts to auto-invest model
The House Crowd has started phasing out self-select loans as it launches a new auto-invest model from today (15 January). The peer-to-peer development and bridging lender said focusing on an...
View ArticleThe House Crowd targets Landbay and ThinCats IFISA money
The House Crowd has made a play for peer-to-peer investors using ThinCats and Landbay who will be seeking a new home for their Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) money. Both ThinCats and Landbay have...
View ArticleThe House Crowd appoints Carl Davies as COO
The House Crowd has appointed former FundingSecure director Carl Davies as chief operating officer. Davies (pictured) joined The House Crowd on 2 January and has been tasked with improving processes...
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