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Access denied

Why borrowing short and lending long was always going to end in tears for Assetz Capital and their Access Account…
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Special skills pull special deal out of the fire

“I don’t know who you are. I don’t know what you want. If you’re looking for money, I can tell…
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Change the record, Dr Hindsight

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated,” Mark Twain once remarked when an overexcited journalist transmuted the illness of a…
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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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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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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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How about something more interesting than flat returns?

CapitalStackers investors can look forward to a return of up to 14% from a development of nine luxury flats in…
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Impressive development begins in Yorkshire Dales thanks to £2.5m funding raised by CapitalStackers

Building begins this month on a sympathetic development of 2, 3 & 4 bedroom stone houses in the Nidderdale Area…

CapitalStackers receives full FCA approval

P2P lending platform CapitalStackers has been awarded full FCA authorisation, following a detailed assessment by the FCA. CapitalStackers is a…

Development at Foss Place, York by Norstar Limited

CapitalStackers – the P2P property development lending platform – has raised a £2.25m loan to fund the purchase and development…

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