Exciting news for your pension pot as Crowdstacker products can now be invested in via a SIPP.
Recently we had the great news that from next year you will be able to earn your Crowdstacker investment income tax-free through the new Innovative Finance ISA, but in the meantime there is another way for you to start earning tax-free investment income by placing your investments within your pension - allowing you to keep more of the interest that you earn. This can be done through a SIPP.

Which is the odd one out? Jacques Cousteau? The comically leggy ostrich? The elusive Cuvier Beaked Whale? Or the Crowdstacker Management team?   

Maybe the title of the piece gives it away, but of course the answer is the ostrich. All the others are accomplished divers.

Jacques Cousteau brought the mysterious underwater world of deep sea diving to the masses over 60 years ago, with his acclaimed documentaries.

Our first product, a peer-to-peer (p2p) loan for property development specialists Quanta Group, has achieved its minimum raise well ahead of the closing date. 

Quanta loans is open for investment until 27th July 2015. It had already raised over its minimum of half a million pounds in the first three weeks after it launched at the start of June 2015. The first wave of Investors’ money is about to be put to work and they have already started earning the inflation-beating 6.8 per cent interest rate offered by the product.

The Innovative Finance ISA Announcement is a welcome addition to investment portfolios. Savers will be able to use peer-to-peer lending platforms as part of their ISA investments from April 2016, the government announced yesterday as part of its 2015 Summer Budget.

The widely anticipated ‘Innovative Finance ISA’ will be welcomed by both investors, and the alternative investment industry.  

At Crowdstacker, our aim, our passion, from the start has been to produce investments for the ordinary investor that are clear and transparent but also to democratise opportunities that are, in most cases, not available for the person on the street or are offered on unequal terms. This means dealing with real people. And, we believe, the only way to show real commitment to the consumer was to go through the lengthy process of full authorisation and its high level of scrutiny.

Listen to Edward from the Quanta Group and Karteek from Crowdstacker talking property development and crowdfunding on the Harriet Scott and Tim Arthur show, BBC London 949. 

Listen here

Edward and Robby, the property developers at Quanta Group, had a busy week on the radio talking about avocado bathrooms and kitsch fixtures and fittings. Here we give you a few of their top tips for refurbishing a property:

1. Decorating
Sprucing up your walls and woodwork with a fresh coat of paint costs relatively little but could reap you a decent profit.

2. New Kitchen
Ditch those tired old cabinets and curling lino in favour of modern replacements. Although this type of work can cost a bit it more often than not delivers back a healthy profit.

12^th June 2015: NEW property crowdfunding opportunity, Quanta, is seeking to raise £3million by giving UK investors the chance to get involved in buying, doing-up and selling properties, all from the comfort of their living rooms.

The British are a nation of property owners and property as an asset class has stood the test of time. You only have to look at how national house prices have risen in recent history to understand the extent to which people value bricks and mortar.