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Two firsts at Kingswood for CapitalStackers

A highly attractive scheme in Surrey has tempted CapitalStackers to invest outside their normal corridor of expertise in the North…
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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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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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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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The FCA’s letter to P2P platforms – the only surprise is that it became necessary at all

Last week, the FCA sent a necessary and not-before-time letter to 65 peer-to-peer platforms whose operations they felt were not…
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It’s not the end of the peer show yet

It’s still possible to earn double-digit returns from P2P without excessive risk. Look beyond the trends and big data and…
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Latest funding from CapitalStackers sells out in 12 minutes

Investors hungry for more double- digit returns pounced on the latest opportunity from CapitalStackers – a block of 23 flats…

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