The current state of the market The southern hemisphere’s winter has brought chills to the Australian property market, with housing prices declining across most major cities in month-on-month terms. Five out of Australia’s eight capital cities saw month-on-month declines in July, chief amongst them the major urban centres of Sydney and Melbourne, according to data from CoreLogic. Sydney led on-month declines in home values with a fall o...
Continue ReadingThe southern hemisphere’s winter has brought chills to the Australian property market, with housing prices declining across most major cities in month-on-month terms.
Five out of Australia’s eight capital ci...
Project vision
This project is to build five apartments in Brisbane’s Auchenflowe...
Private real estate debt funds can present a range of advantages for investors as an alternative asset class, including reducing risk by diversifying their investment across multiple projects, geographic locations and across different prop...
Co-living arrangements are set to boom in Australia’s inner-city suburbs, bringing opportunities to both property investors and renters.
Houses in multiple occupation (HMO) are on track to see rapid growth in Australia’s ma...
The CrowdProperty team will be at a few events in July and August around Australia. Check them out below and if you’re in town, come along and see the team.
SydneyWholesale Investor - Venture and Capital – 27 July 2022
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Project vision
This project is to build five apartments in Brisbane’s Auchenflower ...
When Phi Le, a mortgage broker turned small-scale property developer, found a lack of suitable accommodation for his family, he also uncovered an excellent opportunity for a high-quality sub-division project. Limited by his ability to acce...
The Australian property market has softened on the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) three-month run of interest hikes, launched in response to supply-chain driven inflation. Futures markets have priced in rate hikes for another year at le...
Small-scale developers have a vital role to play in easing housing supply and affordability challenges by increasing the density of existing urban centres.
Compared to their large-scale peers, smaller developers are better suited to...
Australia’s severe home affordability challenges are only set to worsen, as limited access to finance hampers the ability of small-scale developers to correct entrenched supply-demand imbalances.
These challenges present potential o...
While CrowdProperty reached another milestone in funding over £500m of projects, CrowdProperty Australia has reviewed over $300m of project applications in its first 12 months and launches a new Partner Fund.
UK reaches anoth...
During his recent tour down under (more successful than the ashes), CrowdProperty UK CEO and co-founder Michael Bristow presented at a seminar we hosted with the Australian British Chamber of Commerce.
In this presentation,...
Facing common frustrations in their attempts to source funding we look at how small-scale property developers can put their best foot forward to secure specialist funding fast.
It’s a common source of frustration for small-...
Nestled on the north coast of Tasmania, just over 30 minutes’ drive from Launceston, lies George Town, one of Australia’s oldest European settlements. A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald listed George Town and Bell Bay among what...
Property developers should consider a range of factors when selecting lenders. In addition to cost of funds, these factors include transparency, timeliness, trustworthiness, market expertise and quality of service.
Small-scale prope...
Marketplace lending could be part of the solution to the shortage of affordable housing in Australia, by using online fintech platforms to improve funding options for small-scale property developers.
Australia has seen a ra...
What is marketplace lending?
In a property development and investment context, market...
The Australian property market continues to face uncertainty as the first quarter of 2022...
Here are a couple of the projects we're reviewing right now for project finance.
Adelaide, SA — 6 townhouse development
Key details:
Total loan amount — $1.8m Target interest return* — 7...North Epping, NSW — 2 lot subdivision + new build.
Key details:
Loan amount — $2.5m Target interest return* — 7% p.a....Phase two of this subdivision sees the demolition of the existing property and the initial civil works begin. We’re raising $500k ...
Property Developer Network Sunday Session with Daniel He from CrowdProperty Australia
We were delighted to join Rob Flux and the Property Developer Network on a Sunday Session [31 October 2021]. Our property director Daniel He cha...
CrowdProperty Australia offers residential property development investment opportunities through a rigorous due diligence process.
C...
SME property developers face many challenges in securing project finance. From banks changing the goal posts at the last second, to exorbitant rates, and lenders who just don't get the property industry — there are many hurdles to overcome.
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We raised $1.35m for phase...Marketplace lending, also known as crowdfunding, non-bank, and peer-to-peer lending (P2P), is an alternative to traditional financing options.Marketplace lending is a compelling propo...
Property is popular investment vehicle in Australia, but it can come with long-term commitment, high capital investment, sunk costs, and usual...
Many traditional lending overheads cover retail branch networks, real est...
In February 2020, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) released new guidelines setting ...
We believe property development is inefficiently served by traditional funding sources.
Anyone working in property development hears the same complaints from their peers — not only about the diffic...
Marketplace, or peer-to-peer lending (P2P) represents potentially the most efficient matching of s...
The UK’s leading specialist property lending platform CrowdProperty launched in Australia this month (May 2021). CrowdProperty is a marketplace / peer-to-peer lending...