LandlordInvest CEO hails strong demand
Filip Karadaghi, chief executive of LandlordInvest, has said that demand from both borrowers and lenders is “certainly there”, while the outlook for alternative property lending is “good”.
In an interview with European peer-to-peer lending comparison site P2PMarketData, Karadaghi (pictured) said that he is positive on the future of P2P property lending.
“I believe that the outlook is good if the platforms do it well and the regulator ensures that the industry is well regulated,” he said.
“The demand from both borrowers and lenders is certainly there as there are few viable alternatives to asset-backed lending, which is uncorrelated with most other financial products such as stocks and bonds.”
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Karadaghi said that for more than five years LandlordInvest has provided average return in the double digits, “which is higher than most platforms in the UK”.
“ We provide loans catering for every risk appetite; from relatively safe first charge loans to second charge high leverage loans, with broad geographic spread and diversification,” he adds.
“Our borrowers tend to be established and successful property investors with substantial property portfolios and experience. Many of our loans are refinanced by banks, dispelling the myth that P2P is a ‘lender of last resort’.”
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He also confirmed that LandlordInvest has never lost any investor capital, having encountered just four defaulted loans since it began trading more than five years ago. All of these loans have since been repaid in full.
“Although we hope that our strong underwriting and recovery experience will ensure that it stays this way there is of course never a guarantee as there are many factors outside our control,” he added.
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