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New Envestio project – Renewal of freight containers – Tier 1

By MPI21st September 2018News, Peer-to-Peer LendingEnvestio, freight containers, invest, investing, investor, logistics industry, peer-to-peer lending, SRR, SRR JSC

Envestio informed today that a new investment opportunity is available at the portal to all registered participants.

By introducing the new Investment Project Owner “SRR” JSC with project “Renewal of freight containers – Tier 1″, Envestio expands the variety of industries available to invest in. “SRR” JSC has a long and successful experience of conducting logistics operations.

The loan is fully secured by mixed commercial pledge and personal guarantee of the main beneficiaries of “SRR” JSC.

As usual, you can invest any amount starting from 1 EUR. Minimum deposit to the investment account is EUR 100.

If you invest for the first time at Envestio don’t forget that you can get € 5 and a 0.5% cashback bonus for the investments made in the first nine months (270 days), more details HERE.

Investment opportunity

High-yielding investment in logistics industry, financing of technical inspection and repair/renewal works for freight containers.
Secured debt, 21% planned annual return.
Investment principal buyback is available at 5% penalty rate.

Project description

The JSC SRR was established in Riga, Latvia in the year 2007. JSC SRR is a member of FIATA, LAFF, LTBA, CCTP, holds ISO 9001:2008 certificate, and employs 64 people.

Company’s key assets include 950 x 20’ and 450 х 40’ containers as well as 825 railroad platforms.

The main fields of company’s activity are:

Multimodal transportation and integrated railway solutions for metallurgical companies and industrial manufacturers
Handling of container trains
Optimizing use of rolling stock and providing own containers
Warehousing of various types of cargo
Regular feeder container line Rotterdam-Riga-Ust-Luga-St. Petersburg-Rotterdam

The company is looking to conduct a round of technical inspection and repair/renewal works for all its containers, used for freight operations. The total cost of the project is estimated to be EUR 650,000. Envestio participants will have a chance to finance this project in several tranches of moderate size, according to the number of containers submitted for inspection and further proceedings in a single batch.

Market

Consolidated figures show that during the year 2017 the global market for transportation of goods using freight containers increased by more than 6% in relation to 2016. Last time so high market growth rates were observed more than 6 years ago – in the year 2011. Overall demand for China-Europe-America freight routes in 2017 increased rapidly due to China’s GDP 6,9% growth that was almost 0,5% higher than anticipated growth of 6,5%. At the same time, also the freight rates in 2017 swiftly recovered from downfall, experienced in 2016.

Further development of the global market is largely dependent on the extent at which current expansion plans of the biggest container lines are realized as well as on the development dynamics of the international trade. Bearing in mind increasing ambiguity on the global markets, caused by geopolitical shifts combined with high growth rates the key factor for success is the ability to manage both own and freighted assets in the most efficient and flexible way.

From the regional perspective the biggest increase in volumes was achieved in the North America (+12,6%), followed by Latin America (+11,1%), China (+10,3%), and Europe (+4,4%).

Sample repayment schedule

Envestio participant’s investment – EUR 1 000.00
Payments:

21.10.2018 – EUR 17.26
21.11.2018 – EUR 17.84
21.12.2018 – EUR 17.26
21.01.2019 – EUR 17.84
21.02.2019 – EUR 17.84
21.03.2019 – EUR 16.11
21.04.2019 – EUR 17.84
21.05.2019 – EUR 1017.26

Total expected return: EUR 1 139.25

Crowdestate real estate crowdfunding marketplace overview

By MPI20th August 2018News, Peer-to-Peer Lending, Real estateCrowdestate, crowdfunding, crowdinvesting, invest, investing, investor, peer-to-peer lending, real estate, real estate investments

Crowdestate is a real estate crowdfunding marketplace offering high-quality, pre-vetted real estate investments. Their close relationships with different local real estate developers and brokerage companies give them access to a large number of off-market real estate investments. Only the best investments surviving the due diligence process are published for investing.

While all relevant information required for making proficient investment decisions are attached to each investment, all investment decisions are made by the investors based on their personal investment preferences and risk tolerance. Extensive background information, business plans, and financial models combined with a low 100 euro minimum investment are making real estate investing quick and easy.

Online marketplace and underlying technology provide access to the real estate investments regardless of your location or time zone.

At the same time, Crowdestate is a perfect partner for real estate entrepreneurs having a bright investment idea but lacking etiher capital or liquidity. Crowdestate is their professional funding partner, consolidating hundreds or thousands of smaller investment orders into a single lump sum.

How it works and who can invest?

You should be a registered user to gain access to the investment opportunities. Before investing, you are expected to provide Crowdestate with necessary information and confirmations required by the law.

As a registered user, you can open one or several investments accounts (for instance, one for your personal holdings and the other for your investment company). All your transactions (investments, distributions, payments etc) will be reflected on your investment account.

You should have sufficient free funds on your investment account to start investing. Funds can be added to your investment account through wire transfer, please always use investment account’s unique reference number to ensure smooth transactions.

Please review investment opportunity before making any investment decisions. Crowdestate’s investment opportunities are of different length, risk profile and return expectations. Please consider the suitability of any investment opportunity to your personal risk tolerance and investment horizon. If the available opportunity does not match with your preferences, please do not invest in it. We are regularly adding new real estate investment opportunities and in time you will find a suitable one.

If you have found a suitable real estate opportunity, please start investing by entering your investment amount and concluding the necessary agreement. At the moment of signing the agreement, Crowdestate will make the reservation in your investment amount on your investment account.

In case the funding campaign is successful (the investment opportunity gets funded before the deadline of the funding campaign), Crowdestate will proceed to concluding the investment transaction. During the settlement process, your investment amount will be debited from your investment account and transferred to the Sponsor.

In case the funding campaign fails (the investment opportunity falls short of full funding before the stated deadline), your investment agreement and the reservation on your investment account are automatically cancelled.

Investors from all countries are welcomed in Crowdestate loans except US citizens (due to the regulations the US government has set).

Investment minimum and maximum amount

The minimum amount of any single investment is usually EUR 100,00 (one hundred euros), and investments can be made with 100 euro intervals (i.e 100, 200, 500, 1000 euros etc).

Any new investment opportunity opens with a 24 hour prebooking period. This is a period where one investor can make one investment order within the preferred maximum investment amounts. The final investment amount will be determined by the number of prebooking investors. It will remain between 100€ and your submitted maximum investment amount.

Different types of capital and their meaning

Equity is the capital placed in the company by its owners. The owners are paid the last, after all liabilities have been paid.

Mezzanine is a hybrid capital (subordinated loan or preferred equity) that lies between equity and secured loan. It has a lower risk than equity – mezzanine financing is repaid before equity, but after all bank obligations have been fulfilled. In addition to the usual interest, bonuses that depend on the profitability of the project may be added to the mezzanine capital.

Unsecured loan is a layer of capital between equity and secured loans. They are riskier than secured loans, but also more profitable. Unsecured loans are repaid to the owner of the capital after all secured debts have been repaid.

Secured loan is the safest and thus the least profitable type of capital. The loan is secured against a collateral, which is usually a mortgage on the assets of the company or some other type of collateral. Secured loans are always repaid in the first priority.

Different types of real estate investment and their meaning

Rental – Investments to projects with available cash flow.

Development – Investments to property development projects (the construction and sale of buildings).

Speculative – Risky early-stage investments to a property where the main parameters of the development project are known, but they can change significantly during the implementation of the project (e.g. the development process of the detailed plan and its duration as well as building rights).

Various asset classes and their meaning

Working capital is a capital needed for financing the running operations of a company.

Investment is a capital placed in the development of a company, in particular in its main assets.

Bridge financing is a temporary short-term financing, usually later replaced by a long-term and more stable financing solution.

M&A is financing mergers and takeovers of businesses.

Lime Zaim has launched on Mintos and initially offers investment opportunities in RUB and will begin to offer loans in EUR in the coming weeks

By MPI12th July 2018News, Peer-to-Peer LendingEUR, invest, investing, investor, Lime Group, Lime Zaim, Mintos, peer-to-peer lending, personal loans, RUB, Russia

The Lime Zaim company is a technology-driven financial service provider from Russia and will offer returns up to 13% and 18% for its EUR and RUB loans respectively on the Mintos peer-to-peer lending marketplace.

Lime Zaim, part of the Lime Group, was established in 2013 in Russia and began issuing loans in the first quarter of 2014. Lime Zaim’s lending products assist under-banked consumers to expand their purchasing power and to manage their short-term cash flow needs. To achieve this, the company offers short-term loans and instalment loans to citizens of Russia completely online. Its proprietary machine-learning scoring algorithms combine standard credit history information with behavioural and demographic factors to provide it with a more accurate credit score. This allows the company to offer credit to borrowers passed over by traditional lenders.

“The Mintos marketplace offers an outstandingly flexible source of funds enabling us to smooth capital flows by exactly matching assets with liabilities and to further diversify our funding structure,” says Kevin Hurley, Vice President of Finance at Lime Capital Partners.

On Mintos, the average Russia-issued personal loan from Lime Zaim is around RUB 7 000, and the average EUR equivalent is EUR 100. The average repayment period is 28 days. You can expect a net annual return of up to 18% for its loans listed in RUB and up to 13% for its EUR loans.

All loans from Lime Zaim come with the buyback guarantee from its mother company, Laim Zaim Holdings Limited. This means, if a loan is delinquent for more than 60 days Laim Zaim Holdings Limited will repurchase the loan. The loan originator will also keep 10% skin in the game, to ensure its interests align with those of investors.

Since its founding in 2013 by Alexey Nefedov and Stanislav Sergushkin, Lime Zaim have scored hundreds of thousands of loan applications, issuing 393 000 loans to more than 100 000 customers.

Lime Zaim’s revenue for 2017 was around EUR 11.6 million and net profit for the same time period was around EUR 1.4 million. As at January 1, 2018 it had a net loan portfolio of more than EUR 2.3 million.

New investment project in Latvia announced by Bulkestate – Barona Dainas II – Launch 10 july 2018

By MPI9th July 2018News, Peer-to-Peer Lending, Real estateBarona Dainas, Bulkestate, invest, investing, Latvia, peer-to-peer lending, property, real estate investments

Bulkestate announced today that it is preparing to launch a new investment project in Latvia.

Launch time: Tomorrow / 10 July 2018 / 16:00 (EEST)

The second phase of the project ‘Barona Dainas’ follows as the borrower has successfully completed the purchase of the property.

Interest rate: 18%

Investment target: 50,000 EUR
Loan period: 12 months
Future loan to value: 33%
Security: Equity

New investment project in Latvia announced by Bulkestate – Launch 6 july 2018

By MPI5th July 2018News, Peer-to-Peer Lending, Real estateBulkestate, invest, investing, investor, Latvia, mortgage, project, real estate investments

Bulkestate announced today that it is preparing to launch a new investment project in Latvia.

Launch time: Tomorrow / 6 July 2018 / 16:00 (EEST)

The property is a 2200 m2 large land plot on Lūku Street, in Mārupe district. The land plot is intended for private house construction. Mārupe is one of the closest private housing areas to Riga.

Interest rate: 13%

Investment target: 35,000 EUR
Loan period: 6 months
Loan to value: 49%
Security: Mortgage

5 essential steps to invest buying a property

By MPI4th July 2018Real estate, Smart moneyinvest, investing, investor, loan, maintenance, market, property, real estate, real estate investments, rent

Real estate invest

The first steps as an investor in the real estate world can be risky and complicated. Like any new approach, there is a learning process and by allocating time and studying the problem, the results will be positive. Before you buy a property, here are some steps to keep in mind.

Prepare the advance and set the rates for the loan

Financing through a loan an investment in a property is not the same as the financing of your own home. If you decide to invest and buy a property, expect a fairly important advance. Get ready the advance and study bank lending offers. Funding conditions are very important.

Decide if you want to rent or sell the property

Renting or selling an investment involves different strategies, so it is important to know what method you intend to apply. If you bought a property and you want to sell it after you arrange it, it is a quick way to earn capital. Renting requires shorter repairs and smaller investments, but it has a much lower return. The gains accumulate over time and the investment is amortized over a long period of time. Rental properties involve long-term commitments to keep tenants, but provide a long-term secure income.

Understand the local economy

Studying the current situation may be helpful. If you intend to rent, it is important to think long-term. Is the city potentially economical, or is the local economy declining? You need an economy that attracts potential tenants who will pay for long-term rent or you can always find quality buyers. Researching this economic situation will take time. Nobody knows the situation better than a local. Create relationships to understand if it is advisable to rent or sell a property. You can start investing in real estate in an area that will be familiar, close to your resentment.

Study the market

If you like a building, look for similar properties on the market. It is helpful to orient yourself according to the market price. Make a comparative study to see at what price you could rent your property, compared to other similar properties. Do not focus only on pricing. Verify if certain properties are for long available for sale on the market, then there are reasons why they are not leased. If real estate agents offer discounts, this indicates a market with few buyers. If the prices are high and few properties are available then the market is weak in quality offers and there are many buyers, that is, you have to compete.

Find out the costs for repair and maintenance

When buying a property, you also have to estimate the costs for repairs and improvements so that it is suitable for rent or later sale. Call a specialist who can find hidden building defects. If you intend to resell, evaluate correctly what costs are involved in the arrangement of the building. External repairs, painting, overhauling are much cheaper as structural defects or electrical network reconfiguration. Take into account not only repairs but also maintenance costs. If you want to resell, then you have to include these expenses in your plans, so you will not to lose. If you want to rent, avoid major repairs and renovations. Renting will bring long-term income, and the investment should not involve large expense.

Get 0.5% cashback bonus for your investments made on EstateGuru

By MPI19th June 2018News, Peer-to-Peer Lending, Real estate, Smart moneybonus, cashback, EstateGuru, investing, investor

EstateGuru now offers a 0.5% cashback bonus for your investments made during the first 3 months from the registration.

How the program works?

In order to get the bonus you first must register by following THIS LINK.

The investor who completed a registration will get a 0.5% cashback bonus for the investments made in the first 3 months. Calculated bonus amounts are transferred to the investment account of the EstateGuru investor.

For other bonuses visit our Cash-back & Bonuses page.

A look into EstateGuru’s loan portfolio – June 2018

By MPI19th June 2018News, Peer-to-Peer Lending, Real estatebridge loans, business loans, development loans, EstateGuru, investing, investor, loan portfolio, mortgage, real estate investments

Since the beginning of EstateGuru, already 367 projects with a total sum of €60 094 383 have been funded on the platform. All these projects have been done in 5 countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland and Spain. In the following blog article, we give an overview of the EstateGuru loan portfolio in a short and informative analysis.

The EstateGuru loan portfolio is mostly divided into 3 types of loans: bridge loans, development loans and business loans. Bridge loans are defined as short-term real estate loans that provide the property owner the necessary capital until a permanent solution for financing has become available. A development loan is used to develop the property, that ranges from construction works to excavation works, i.e. development of area infrastructure, including utilities and roads. A business loan is a mortgage loan that is used to finance the capital needs of a company’s expansion, secured with a collateral that the company owns.

EstateGuru – outstanding loan portfolio by loan type (%)

Over a half of EstateGuru’s outstanding loan portfolio are bridge loans, with nearly a quarter of business loans and a bit over 1/4 of development loans. This shows the popularity of bridge loans to finance the capital needs of real estate developers and entrepreneurs.

Now let’s take a closer look at EstateGuru’s outstanding loan portfolio by country

EstateGuru – loan portfolio by country (%)

Since EstateGuru started its journey in Estonia and only later expanded to other countries, it might not come as a surprise that the highest amount of loans had been funded in Estonia. The country is currently enjoying an economic boom, which ensures that a lot of property developers are using the opportunity to get financing on good terms. 77% of EstateGuru’s whole loan portfolio has been done in Estonia, with Lithuania trailing at 11% and Latvia coming third at 9%. In 2018, EstateGuru also expanded to Finland and Spain, with the first projects on both respective markets already funded.

EstateGuru – loan portfolio by loan status (%)

Already 148 loans of 367 have been repaid on the EstateGuru platform as of today with a total principal returned amount of €23.7 million. This makes up about 36% of the whole portfolio. 2 loans with a combined sum of €360 000 are currently listed as “defaulted” with the sales processes of the collaterals ongoing. 1 defaulted project was recovered and investors gained a 13,72% return from this project.

EstateGuru offers secured loans

All of the projects on the EstateGuru platform are backed by a collateral. This ensures that in case a borrower is not able to repay his loan, then EstateGuru is able to take steps to make sure that the investors still receive their money. The main security against this is ensuring that the loan has a 1^st or 2^nd rank mortgage attached to it.

EstateGuru – loan portfolio security types (%)

As seen on the graph, a majority of the projects on EstateGuru are secured with a 1^st rank mortgage as only 7% of the whole portfolio is secured with a 2^nd rank mortgage. This means that in most cases, EstateGuru has all the rights to the underlying collateral.

Furthermore, all of the collaterals are either commercial real estate, residential real estate or land, which leaves the liquidity of the collaterals at a high level. This can be proved further on the following graph.

EstateGuru – loan portfolio collateral types (%)

61% of the projects on the platform are secured by residential real estate – be it a private house or apartments. A quarter of all loans are secured by a land plot and 14% are secured by commercial real estate like office spaces or a warehouse.

In conclusion, EstateGuru’s loan portfolio is already over €60 million and growing every day. The average return for investors today is 12.32%. In 2018 they are looking to open up even more investing opportunities for the investors by expanding into new countries and increasing the number of projects in the Baltics as well.

Source: EstateGuru.co

Placet Group loan originator has launched on Mintos p2p lending marketplace

By MPI19th June 2018News, Peer-to-Peer Lendingbuyback guarantee, Estonia, EUR, investing, investor, Mintos, peer-to-peer lending, personal loans, Placet Group

Placet Group is a leading non-bank credit provider in Estonia that issues secured and unsecured loans to individuals and legal entities with a focus on personal and short-term loans. The group was established in 2005 and launched its first brand on the Estonian market in 2007. Since then the group has launched additional brands in Estonia and started issuing loans in Lithuania in 2011 and Poland in 2015. The group prioritises an individual approach to customers, a high-quality service and operational efficiency and transparency.

Now you have the opportunity to invest on Mintos peer-to-peer lending marketplace in personal loans issued in Estonia. In Estonia, the company issues its loans under its brands smsmoney.ee, smsraha.ee, laen.ee . Take advantage of this great opportunity to earn net annual returns of up to 10% now.

Placet Group is a well-established non-bank finance lender. It started its operations more than a decade ago in 2005 and launched its first brand in Estonia in 2007. Since then, the group has launched more brands in Estonia and started its operations in Lithuania and Poland. It aims to give its customers an individual approach, high-quality and fast service and transparency. These values have attracted over 125 000 unique customers in Estonia.

“We have been watching Mintos for a long time and the marketplace has demonstrated rapid growth and has achieved magnificent success in the investment market. We know success does not come without effort and the team behind Mintos is made up of hard-working professionals. In Mintos, we see a strong, reliable and professional partner in investments and with the help of the marketplace, we plan to increase our market share and also consider the possibility of entering new credit markets,” says Gennadi Krotov, CEO of Placet Group OÜ.

The average Estonia-issued personal loan from Placet Group on Mintos is around EUR 500, the total range of loans from the company on the marketplace is EUR 100 to EUR 7 500. The repayment period ranges from 30 days up to 5 years, although 30 days to one year is the most common repayment period. You can expect a net annual return of up to 10%.

All loans from Placet Group come with the buyback guarantee. This means, if a loan is delinquent for more than 60 days the loan originator will repurchase the loan. The company will also keep 5% skin in the game, to ensure its interests align with those of investors. Placet Group has a history of low delinquency rates. The percentage of its loan portfolio that is delinquent is around 5%.

Placet Group is well capitalised with an equity-to-assets ratio of 73% and since 2007, has disbursed around 550 000 loans in Estonia worth EUR 180 million. At the end of 2017, its net loan portfolio in Estonia amounted to EUR 15 million while achieving a turnover of EUR 6.2 million and a profit of EUR 2 million. The company expects stable growth and profits for future years in its home market.

New investment opportunity on Mintos p2p lending marketplace: Mogo’s Moldova-issued car loans

By MPI18th June 2018News, Peer-to-Peer Lendingbuyback guarantee, car loan, invest, investing, Mintos, Mogo, Mogo Group, Mogo Moldova, peer-to-peer lending

Mogo, the largest non-bank car loan financer in the Baltics, has yet again increased its offering to investors on Mintos! The company has added its car loans from Moldova for investment with expected net annual returns of up to 14% – so don’t miss out!

In terms of loans funded, Mogo is one of the largest loan originators on Mintos. The company was established in 2012 in Latvia and joined Mintos in March 2015 and it currently offers investment opportunities in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and now Moldova. The company began issuing loans in Moldova from September 2017. To date, Mogo Moldova has issued 903 loans worth EUR 3.8 million loans in the country. Mogo prides itself on its fast service and open communication, which fosters long-term relationships with its customers, and as a result, it has attracted 821 active clients in Moldova already.

“We have had a very long-standing and fruitful cooperation with Mintos at the Mogo Group level so having also Mogo Moldova on the marketplace is a logical step. We believe this will allow us to increase our operations in Moldova and better serve our clients, whilst also give investors on Mintos more investment opportunities,” says Maris Kreics, Chief Financial Officer.

The average Moldova-issued car loan from Mogo is EUR 4 300, with an average repayment period of 53 months. You can expect net annual returns of up to 14%.

To maintain its skin in the game, Mogo will keep 5% of each loan. All Moldova-issued car loans from the company are secured with a buyback guarantee meaning all loans that are delinquent for 60 days or more will be bought back by Mogo. Some of the equity investors in Mogo and Mintos overlap.

As of December 31, 2017, Mogo Group’s net loan portfolio was more than EUR 100 million, a more than 50% increase compared to December 31, 2016. In 2017, turnover for the company amounted to EUR 40 million. Since its inception, Mogo Group has originated more than 91 thousand loans worth EUR 250 million.