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Real-estate Crowdfunding Tops $1 Billion 2014 – an Expected $2.5 Billion in 2015

by | Mar 11, 2015

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(Jeff Sorg, OnlineEd) – Crowdfunding is defined as the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. While most people think of this practice as a group of friends adding their finances together to fund a honeymoon or finance some smaller business venture, it is being used world wide to finance real estate investments. In a recent article by CATHERINE CLIFFORD, ENTREPRENEUR STAFF,  she brings to light that investors are using crowdfunding as a way to own commercial real estate or purchase their homes.

One example of a successful residential real estate crowd-funding platform initiated $240 million of residential loans in 2014.

Read Clifford’s posting here.

 

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