The House Crowd reports its developments are ‘heading back to normality’
Developments funded on The House Crowd are set to return to action by the start of May, the peer-to-peer property lending platform has revealed. Frazer Fearnhead (pictured), chief executive of The...
View ArticleBridging the chasm
Carl Davies, chief operating officer at The House Crowd, explains why secured property loans can help investors ride out the Covid-19 storm… “Unprecedented” seems somewhat of an understatement for what...
View ArticleThe five rules for a successful development
Frazer Fearnhead, founder and chief executive of The House Crowd, explains the five key factors that add up to a successful property development… Property development can be full of risk, unless you...
View ArticleIFISAs: Dark horse
ISA season has been and gone with less fanfare than ever before. But amid the pandemic panic, stock market crashes and plummeting interest rates, there has been a quiet winner… Innovative Finance ISAs....
View ArticleThe House Crowd director departs
Simeon Barnes has resigned as a non-executive director of The House Crowd after eight years in the role. The peer-to-peer property development lender told Peer2Peer Finance News that Barnes has decided...
View ArticleWhat returns can peer-to-peer investors expect during the pandemic?
Several peer-to-peer lending platforms have cut their rates of return recently due to the current macroeconomic conditions, but there are still inflation-busting returns on offer. We analyse the...
View ArticlePandemic inspires P2P innovations
Coronavirus has inspired some peer-to-peer lending platforms to introduce new innovations, such as virtual property tours and a retooling of existing products. The House Crowd, which specialises in...
View ArticleLearn from the crowd, don’t follow the crowd
Carl Davies, chief operating officer at The House Crowd, explains why investors should trust peer-to-peer property loans in the current climate… Many people look to the spectacular past failures in the...
View ArticleP2P is vital to the nation’s “build, build, build” recovery
Property peer-to-peer lending platforms will be vital to the government’s plan to build the nation’s way to economic recovery, industry stakeholders have claimed. Earlier today (30 June), Prime...
View ArticleHot property
Carl Davies, chief operating officer at The House Crowd, explains why affordable residential property development will be the “hot pick” in property investment after the pandemic… Until recently, two...
View ArticleP2P property lenders boosted by pick-up in landlord demand since stamp duty cut
Peer-to-peer property lenders have reported a boom in demand in the first weeks since the chancellor raised the stamp duty threshold. Chancellor Rishi Sunak increased the stamp duty threshold to...
View ArticleThe House Crowd extends higher interest rate incentive
The House Crowd has increased its annual target return to eight per cent for an extended period. The limited offer had previously expired on 31 July but has now been extended until 14 August as not...
View ArticleInstitutional investment: Caution or confidence?
Institutions were playing an increasingly large role in the peer-to-peer lending sector, and then Covid-19 hit. Michael Lloyd explores the changing role of City funding in P2P… Peer-to-peer lending...
View ArticleSeedrs and Crowdcube: A P2P history
Seedrs and Crowdcube announced their intention to merge earlier this month, paving the way for an equity crowdfunding giant in the UK. The two platforms have been used on numerous occasions by...
View ArticleFour ways to access the P2P sector as a retail investor
Retail investors were the original inspiration for peer-to-peer lending, but it has become more challenging for them to enter the P2P space. Investor marketing restrictions, platform liquidity issues...
View ArticleP2P property lending: Survival of the fittest
Peer-to-peer property lenders are facing their biggest test to date. Michael Lloyd reports… The phrase ‘survival of the fittest’ has never been more pertinent than right now. The Covid-19 crisis has...
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Investors ready to put more money into P2P lending
Investors are ready to pile money into peer-to-peer lending but are just waiting for the vaccine rollout and job security to bring certainty back to the market, research claims. An investor survey by...
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Which P2P platforms offer SIPPs?
In the peer-to-peer lending sector, self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) have proved less popular than their fellow tax-wrapper, the Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA)- although this is starting to...
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Why haven’t more platforms joined the 36H Group?
It has been one year since the 36H Group was founded as a dedicated trade body for the peer-to-peer lending community. Yet one year on, just six platforms have joined the group. Some P2P lending...
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The House Crowd goes into administration
The House Crowd has entered into administration. The property peer-to-peer lending platform has appointed Frank Ofonagoro, Jeremy Woodside and Frank Wessely at business advisory firm Quantuma as joint...
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