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CapitalStackers raises £750,000 in 15 minutes

A hugely viable building scheme that failed to launch through a pooled lending platform has raised all the funding it…
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It’s time to stop bashing landlords

It seems that staring at the same four walls every day has forced many of us to contemplate the nature…
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Our business model always planned for the worst. Well – so far, so good…

Of course nobody saw this COVID-19 situation coming. We certainly didn’t, and it would be pretty despicable to claim we…
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Why is the “Pink ‘Un” so blue about the housing market?

The FT is happily settling into its role as our nation’s most eager Prophet of Doom, rolling over and admitting…
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5 things the Government must do now to resuscitate the housing market

Who knows what kind of economic landscape we will witness when we finally emerge, blinking in the sunlight, from our…
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So how is it going as we crawl toward the end of the first week of lockdown?

Are the hands of your watch moving as slowly as mine? And pure irony, isn’t it – as soon as…
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Financial hygiene is even more important during the COVID-19 crisis

Total transparency has always been a core function to us at CapitalStackers, but in the current climate, just like handwashing,…
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CapitalStackers announces yet another layer of transparency

We’re delighted to add a new layer of transparency on the CapitalStackers website. On the new “Portfolio Statistics” page, members…
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If you think some UK platforms act badly, be thankful we’re not in Wild Westonia

If the recent, much publicised collapse of Lendy and FundingSecure has horrified you – and if it hasn’t, please don’t…
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As ThinCats bows out, who can fatten the savings of P2P investors now?

Is it any more than a coincidence that big players are pulling out of the retail P2P market at the…
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The P2P deals being snapped up before you even see them

What is it about CapitalStackers deals that sees them sold out so quickly to those in the know?   Anyone who’s ever tried…
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The demise of FundingSecure should come as no surprise to those who can tell good P2P from bad

Before the rotten practices of FundingSecure (and prior to that, Lendy) stink out the entire P2P barrel, allow us to offer a free professional opinion: we…

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