Crowdfunding hits Dubai as the worldwide phenomenon continues to spread
An article in Arabian Business on Sunday , had us enthralled as we read of further international growth of crowdfunding.  Click here to read the article. According to the report, in the last month alone, two Dubai-based crowdfunding firms, Eureeca and Aflamnah, have launched. In the…
Could This Be The Largest Crowdfunded Charity Project In The World?
Could This Be The Largest Crowdfunded Charity Project In The World? News is filtering through to The House Crowd HQ that a new viral philanthropy project, named “7 Million Acts of Love“, is aiming to become the world’s largest crowdfunded charity project. Every day we…
Crowdfunding helping advance science for the benefit of our planet!
At The House Crowd, we love to see how the pace of crowdfunding is gathering momentum, and the new sectors beyond property investment that are now embracing this method of fund raising for the greater good of all. Scientists are now using this funding mechanism…
The international crowd
It’s great to see that word about crowd funding for property investment is spreading around the globe. We now have nearly 1000 members from all around the globe including Ireland, Spain, America, Australia, Belgium, Turkey, India, Pakistan, The Netherlands, Italy, Thailand, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, Serbia,…
Hear hear to the “National Empty Homes Loans Fund”
It was music to our ears this week, to hear in the news that The National Empty Homes Loans fund will be launched later this year, offering low interest loans to owners of empty homes to help bring these properties back to life and into…
The Latest News On Buy To Let Mortgages
Buy To Let Mortgage News There are only 20% of the number of Buy To Let mortgage products available compared with the number on offer five years ago. There are now 411 Buy To Let deals on the market, compared with 2,265 just five years…
Kickstarter Set To Kickstart UK Businesses
Kickstarter Set To Kickstart UK Businesses A few weeks ago we blogged about crowdfunding and how it appears to be sweeping the nation, and this is showing no signs of easing, with news that leading crowdfunding website, Kickstarter, is reportedly launching in the UK this…
The Inspirational Bank Of Dave
Just been watching Bank Of Dave on 4OD. If you haven’t heard about Bank Of Dave, the show is about the inspirational story of Burnley businessman, Dave Fishwick, who decided he would open his own bank to lend to local businesses which had been unable to…
Can you blame people for thinking differently?
Moneyfacts reveals that there has been a considerable fall in buy-to-let property investment mortgages, the number of products now available is less than a fifth of those on offer five years ago. There are now 411 prime product buy-to-let deals compared with 459 a year…
Streets paved with Gold
As Britain goes Olympic crazy, and the torch continues its route through many a village, town, river and city, we thought it an appropriate time to share with you some quirky statistics we read recently in the news, in light of the looming Olympics. Research…