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Booming Rent to Continue explained by Capstone

Builders Betting on Booming Rent to Continue—Should They?

Real estate investors are betting, perhaps mistakenly, that the six-year trend of rising rents in luxury urban apartment units will continue. Likewise, developers are hoping it will be worth their time, and money, to continue building them. According to research conducted by Axiometrics Inc., developers have built nearly 900,000 new urban apartment rental units over …

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Market Woes Affecting Online Lenders - Capstone

Market Woes Affecting Online Lenders

There’s a great deal of uncertainty in the market right now. The Fed has already increased their target short-term rate from 0.25% to 0.5%, and they’re planning on increasing it incrementally throughout 2016. In recent years, online platforms like LendingClub Corp. and Prosper Marketplace, Inc. have challenged banks’ hegemony in the lending industry. Today, we’ll …

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Banks Threatened as Lending Leaders - Capstone Financing

Banks Threatened as Lending Leaders?

Since time immemorial banks have been the default institution for lending, but online lending sites, together called FinTech companies, are now posing a threat to bank’s hegemony. FinTech Companies a Legitimate Threat to Banking? Though there are many FinTech enthusiasts, some believe this is simply a phase that will fizzle out, much like the peer-to-peer …

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Banks Attempt to Finance Small Businesses Fall Short - Capstone Funding

Banks Attempt to Finance Small Businesses Fall Short

Since the financial crash, small loans have represented a decreasing percentage of banks’ overall business. Banks are hesitant to work with small businesses, and—naturally—small businesses are hesitant to borrow from the very same lenders who many believe caused the crash in the first place. Trying to improve the state of affairs, banks have now begun …

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