Crowd-lending portfolio review for July 2022

Website changes I managed to bring many reviews up-to-date; among them, , , or . What comes next is a total rewrite of several hopelessly outdated reviews, such as and . Noteworthy news from the crowdlending world Like last months, several pieces of news are related to compliance with new regulations. Indeed, both Mintos and … Read more

Crowd-lending portfolio review for June 2022

Website changes I published my previous portfolio review in November 2021… so much for a monthly review ! I’m currently trying to update reviews, as several of them are hopelessly out-of-date. Among them, I will probably rewrite review from scratch as a lot has changed for this platform thanks to the regulation. Noteworthy news from … Read more

Favorite platforms – July 2022 update

2022: New year, new risks After the Covid in 2020, the war in Ukraine as well as the worldwide inflation are guaranteed to give investors headaches. On a positive side, a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine, the direct impact on our peer-to-peer and real-estate loans has been more limited than expected. Although and are … Read more

EstateGuru review

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Collateral for one of EstateGuru's bridge loans
Collateral for one of EstateGuru's bridge loans
Collateral for one of EstateGuru's bridge loans

EstateGuru's overview focuses on real-estate loans. The projects are rather conservative, usually yielding around 10% for durations of one year or more. My opinion on EstateGuru While the interest rates offered by EstateGuru‘s projects are lower than at or , this platform provides great investment opportunities for those who want a more conservative portfolio. It’s … Read more

Real-estate and business crowdfunding platforms

An much reduced number of P2B platforms In early 2020, many platforms offering P2B (peer-to-business) loans proved to be scams : Kuetzal disappeared first in January, shortly followed by Envestio. The bad news weren’t over for investors as in April, Monethera announced its wind-down. Finally, Grupeer proved to be at least partly a scam, as … Read more

Default risk : what if the borrower doesn’t pay ?

The #1 risk when investing in loans A borrower who doesn’t reimburse the loans is obviously the greatest risk when investing in loans. Unfortunately, individual borrowers may be unable to reimburse their loans, real-estate projects may fail, and businesses may go bankrupt. Overall, all loans kinds are likely to default. In this article, we’ll examine … Read more