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Our vision at CrowdProperty is to build a more rewarding and secure financial era whilst making a lasting a significant contribution to society.

We do this by solving the major pain being faced by property professionals on the one hand and savers on the other, who have all received a really poor deal from traditional banks. We give them what the banks don’t and help to meet the rising demand for quality residential housing in the process.

Banks are reluctant to lend to small professional housing developers for their projects and when they do they provide appalling service, especially in terms of ease, speed, expertise and access to decision makers, all of which are pivotal to our proposition.

The interest rates banks offer to savers are often below inflation. We, however, can offer investors much higher returns – of 8% - simply because we have a much lower overhead costs than traditional lenders and we have the most advanced IT system.

We push the boundaries of technology so that, unlike banks, we efficiently bring together thousanrs of individual investors to directly lend millions of pounds to SME housing developers.

Our founders are leaders in the property industry. Using their expertise, we ensure we select and oversee only the very best housing development projects for investment. Projects are of all types and scales, including refurbishments, conversions and new builds.

We all share in projects’ success, keeping true to the original fair ethos or peer-to-peer lending.

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Mike Bristow

Co-founder and CEO is the
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CrowdProperty closes £1.1m funding round shortly after announcing £100m institutional funding line

April 16, 2019

The CrowdProperty equity raise round has closed a £1.1m. The campaign, hosted on Seedrs, smashed the £600,000 target, over-funding by 81% with £1,089,000 raised from 575 investors. This news comes very shortly after we announced the backing of a major financial institution to lend up to £100 million of loan capital to our expertly curated property projects over the coming...

CrowdProperty rate adjustments for Even Higher Quality Loans

March 26, 2019

Our business has evolved, and so have our rates. But only ever for the better. At CrowdProperty, we offer an outstanding service, allowing quality property professionals to raise finance and provide attractive returns for lenders, this is because we can match the capital needed more efficiently and more effectively than others. With demand for our first-charge secured property projects higher...

Become an ISA millionaire with CrowdProperty

March 23, 2019

The benefit of receiving a higher rate on the accumulation of your tax-free ISA pot is staggering. By making the most of your £20,000 per tax year allowance with CrowdProperty, you could become an ISA millionaire in just 21 years. If you were to invest your £20,000 ISA allowance each year in CrowdProperty projects offering up to 8% per annum (and ensured those...

Saving for something special? Use Your ISA allowance now with CrowdProperty

March 21, 2019

To make the most of your savings, you need to invest your money in projects which are working just as hard as you are. If your investments aren’t beating inflation, you’re losing money. As the rate of inflation stands at 1.8%, and the best rate on the market for a cash ISA is 1.45% (according to moneysavingexpert.com on 21/03/19), where...

Make your ISA funds work harder via the CrowdProperty ISA

March 19, 2019

The end of the tax year is approaching fast. Each tax year, you have an annual ISA allowance of £20,000. This includes the Innovative Finance ISA, introduced in 2016, which is specific to the peer-to-peer lending sector. With CrowdProperty’s Innovative Finance ISA, you can invest your annual ISA allowance in our quality, expertly curated, first charge-secured projects, and earn inflation-beating...

CrowdProperty Launches Equity Crowdfunding Campaign on Seedrs

March 18, 2019

CrowdProperty today launched a new equity fundraise campaign to the public on the equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs. This news comes very shortly after CrowdProperty announced the backing of a major financial institution to lend up to £100 million of loan capital to our expertly curated property projects over the coming 12-24 months. The campaign is already over 100% funded from...

CrowdProperty – Trusted by Financial Institutions

March 14, 2019

We are delighted to announce that CrowdProperty has secured the backing of a major financial institution to lend up to £100 million of loan capital to our expertly curated property projects. This capital will be utilised over the coming 12-24 months. The confidence this institution has placed in our processes to invest in CrowdProperty projects is testament to the relentless...

CrowdProperty - 'Mad March' in support of St Basils

March 06, 2019

Following our borrower manager’s, Tom Edmunds, initiative to run the 18-mile round trip to work every day for a month, we have decided to declare March ‘Mad March’. As part of ‘Mad March’ as a team we have made a commitment to go out of our way to run/jog/walk/swim over 1,250 miles within March. Our aim is to at least...

We are now stress free - CrowdProperty AutoInvest now live

March 04, 2019

We’re delighted to introduce CrowdProperty AutoInvest, our newest and easiest way to invest.CrowdProperty AutoInvest is a stress-free way to invest money across every high-quality, first charge secured project we launch on our platform. We’ve built AutoInvest to save you time and effort, and to help you build a diversified investment portfolio, without platform or financial advisor fees. At CrowdProperty,...

CrowdProperty Hits Three Major Landmarks: 500 Great British Homes Funded Worth £80,000,000 Having Lent £30,000,000

February 26, 2019

We’re pleased to announce that CrowdProperty today moved through three major landmarks after fully funding the 70th project on the CrowdProperty platform. CrowdProperty has now funded the development of 500 Great British homes, worth over £80,000,000 having lent over £30,000,000. Importantly, since founding in 2014, CrowdProperty has a 100% track record in repaying lenders’ capital and interest, £12,650,000 has been...

CrowdProperty Named Finalists in Two Prestigious Property Awards

February 08, 2019

CrowdProperty has been named as finalists in two categories at the forthcoming Property Week Property Awards 2019. CrowdProperty has been named finalists in both 'Financier/Lender of the Year' & 'PropTech Innovator of the Year' and are amongst many of the biggest and best-known players in UK and Global Real Estate across the award categories. The awards are the UK’s leading...

CrowdProperty Hits £1,000,000 Interest Paid to Lenders

December 20, 2018

CrowdProperty, the specialist property peer-to-peer lender, has now paid out over £1,000,000 in interest to lenders in a total of £12,000,000 paid back, continuing its 100% capital and interest payback track record. CrowdProperty has proudly funded 486 Great British homes worth £75,000,000 by lending over £27,000,000 to property professionals. Having tripled lending in 2018 versus 2017, CrowdProperty has a...

CrowdProperty & St Basils – Tackling Homelessness Together

December 18, 2018

CrowdProperty has now funded the development of 486 Great British homes although we are just beginning our journey to unlock a material level of much needed housing supply throughout the country. There are other ways we can help people who need homes and therefore we are delighted to announce that CrowdProperty will be partnering with the charity St Basils to...

CrowdProperty now 'Brismo Verified' and Significantly Outperforms the UK P2P Returns Index

December 05, 2018

CrowdProperty has become the first property development/bridging peer-to-peer lender to become Brismo Verified (formerly Altfi Data Verified), independently validating CrowdProperty’s market-leading performance. We're proud to announce that CrowdProperty (www.crowdproperty.com) has become the latest peer-to-peer loan originator to disclose their lending performance using Brismo’s methodology (www.brismo.com) and in doing so we have become the first real estate development / bridging lender to...

CrowdProperty Surpasses £25,000,000 Funded

November 13, 2018

Specialist property peer-to-peer lender CrowdProperty (www.crowdproperty.com) today surpassed £25,000,000 of funding for property projects. Having today fully funded the 56th project on the CrowdProperty platform, a total of £25,270,000 has now been raised. This means that CrowdProperty has now funded the development of 451 Great British Homes with a value of £69,900,000, showing the potential CrowdProperty has to materially contribute...

CrowdProperty Named in Peer2Peer Finance News Power 50 List

November 01, 2018

CrowdProperty is delighted to be recognised for our team's hard work which is delivering increasing impact and influence in the peer-to-peer lending sector. Mike Bristow, our CEO, is a new entrant in the Peer2Peer Finance News Power 50 List. Read more here: www.p2pfinancenews.co.uk/2018/11/01/the-peer2peer-finance-news-power-50-2018/

Why is CrowdProperty Different?

October 30, 2018

In light of recent developments in the peer-to-peer lending market, we felt it important to highlight some key differences in CrowdProperty's (www.crowdproperty.com) approach to property development finance that make us stand out from the crowd. Aligned to our ethos of full and complete disclosure beyond that required of us, we also outline below the status of our current loan book....

CrowdProperty Surpasses £10m Repaid to Lenders

October 19, 2018

CrowdProperty has now repaid over £10,000,000 to lenders, continuing its 100% capital and interest payback track record. The £10,088,967 paid back includes £9,221,876 capital and £867,091 interest. Having now funded the development of £64,790,000 of property and 423 British homes, CrowdProperty has lent £23,892,000 and has a very strong project pipeline for the remainder of 2018 and beyond. This...

We've funded our 50th Project... making it 392 Great British Homes

October 05, 2018

CrowdProperty is proud to announce the funding of its 50th project, having today completed the £867,000 raise on a 24-bedroom House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) in Somerset, 20 minutes drive from the Hinkley Point Power Station development. CrowdProperty has now raised £23,000,000 for property professionals, £11,500,000 of which has been in 2018 year to date. To date, CrowdProperty has funded...

P2PFA Accepts CrowdProperty Into Membership

September 18, 2018

We are very excited to announce that CrowdProperty has been accepted as the first property development peer-to-peer lending platform to join the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA). The P2PFA is the leading industry body for the peer-to-peer lending sector in the UK. With just eight other members including Funding Circle and Zopa, the association requires members to demonstrate and maintain the very highest standards of business...

New visual identity and website launched

September 11, 2018

We are excited to announce that we have launched a new visual identity including a new website, days after moving through the £20,000,000 funded landmark. Our new identity moves away from the previous property-focused visuals and towards those which better depict the fundamental ethos behind CrowdProperty: ‘Together we build a better future’. The changes include a sharper company logo and the introduction...

We've reached £20,000,000 funded!

September 06, 2018

Having today fully funded the 47th project on the CrowdProperty platform, a total of £20,526,000 has now been raised for the development of 307 homes, demonstrating the potential that CrowdProperty has to materially contribute to the much needed housing supply across the UK as it continues its growth trajectory. Most importantly, CrowdProperty has a 100% track record in repaying lenders’...

What is the 'New ISA Season'?

August 21, 2018

We’re proud to say that our Innovative Finance ISA, the ‘CrowdProperty ISA’ has been hugely popular with our lenders. It’s not surprising considering ISA lenders not only get the 8% p.a. secured returns that CrowdProperty offers all lenders, but these returns can be tax-free within our ISA wrapper as an HMRC approved ISA manager. To illustrate the benefit, a 40%...

CrowdProperty Summer Update

August 14, 2018

It is over the summer when we all get a chance to reflect on the progress of what we are working on, although given that the level of applications for property project finance has never been higher, that reflection can only be brief for us at CrowdProperty as we put our foot down on the accelerator. Fortunately we’ve planned ahead...

Crowdproperty funds £925K in under 10 minutes – the latest in an impressive run of rapid raises for property professionals

July 26, 2018

NEWS RELEASE 26 July 2018 CrowdProperty, the property specialist peer-to-peer lender today funded a £925,000 residential property development project in 9 minutes and 51 seconds with 113 lenders. The project, in Plymouth, is the development of 11 houses on the site of a former hotel. The borrower, an experienced developer and Director at the project SPV Millstone Land & Developments...

Millions in minutes: The peace of mind of expertise

May 01, 2018

As featured in P2P Finance News 01/05/2018... Mike Bristow, co-founder and newly appointed chief executive of the specialist property peer-to-peer lender CrowdProperty, looks at why all types of private investors are queuing up to lend to the residential property projects on CrowdProperty’s online platform Of course our eight per cent annual return and 100 per cent payback record are incredibly...

New CEO at specialist property P2P lender has big ambitions in the development finance market

April 30, 2018

Mike Bristow, business strategy consultant, formerly of strategy consultancies OC&C, Roland Berger and Hambalt, has been appointed CEO of leading specialist property development peer-to-peer lender, CrowdProperty. He co-founded CrowdProperty and has been on the Board as a Non-Executive Director since it was established in 2013 and he takes up management of the company from fellow co-founder, Simon Zutshi, who now...

How can you tell if a financial advert you are reading on Facebook is a scam and you are at risk of losing your money?

April 25, 2018

The Government recognises that it is a serious problem and on Thursday this week Facebook’s chief technical officer, Mike Schroepfer, is to appear before the Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee as part of its enquiry into fake news. In the meantime, authorised and properly regulated companies, offering respectable financial products have to demonstrate their credentials and encourage potential...

CrowdProperty ISA Launch 23-02-2018

February 23, 2018

SPECIALIST PROPERTY PEER-TO-PEER LENDER LAUNCHES INNOVATIVE FINANCE ISA (IFISA) TODAY Today, 23rd February 2018, specialist property peer-to-peer lender, CrowdProperty launched its Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA). The tax-free product will be open initially to existing registered lenders who will be able to take advantage of this year’s ISA allowance of up to £20k and transfer existing ISA funds into the CrowdProperty...

The CrowdProperty ISA: The Next Step in your CrowdProperty Journey

February 21, 2018

We will be launching the CrowdProperty ISA on Friday 23rd February. This will be available to our registered lenders first - please click here to register as a lender today. The rise of Peer-to-Peer Lending The peer-to-peer lending industry is booming, with over £3.7 billion lent in 2017 alone (A). An ever-increasing number of borrowers are using alternative finance to achieve...