Category: VIAINVEST news

Those who are new to investing often experience a strong sense of trepidation and fear. After all, when your idea of “investing” involves crazed London Stock Exchange investors screaming to buy and sell, or memories of past stock market crashes, who wouldn’t be scared to invest?

These extremes don’t paint the real picture of what it’s like to invest, however. The typical investor is an everyday person who keeps a patient watch over the market. It’s also good to know that over the past eighty years, the stock market has returned an average of 9 percent on an annual basis. Continue reading Overcoming Your Fear of Investing

This autumn came with some really great news – our Swedish loan originator VIACONTO.se has been granted a Gold Certificate by Sweden’s leading business and credit reference agency – UC. Continue reading Swedish Loan Originator VIACONTO.se Gains Maximum Creditworthiness

VIAINVEST is a platform that enjoys high levels of trust displayed by its ever-growing investor community. One our primary goals is to make investing experience on our platform as seamless as possible, and we believe that the proper way to do it is by asking users for insights, suggestions and a fair share of criticism. Year after year we reach out to our clients to ask them to fill out our annual investor survey, and this year was no exception. Continue reading Investor Survey 2019: Results

Most of us have been told that it’s better to buy than to rent a home. Rent money tumbles down a massive black hole while mortgage payments build equity and financial security. Owning a home offers greater stability while renters outside of rent-controlled areas may find themselves forced to pay ever increasing rents—or the increases may eventually force them out of their beloved rental property.

But times have changed. The cost of real estate in major cities has skyrocketed to exorbitant prices. Contrary to popular belief, paying rent is also not akin to “throwing your money away.” Continue reading Renting vs. Buying a Home: When and Why One May Be Better Than the Other

VIAINVEST has announced changes affecting its interest rate policy by  introducing one interest rate to all loan originators set to 11% annually. This newly established interest rate will be applied to all loans published on the platform, starting from 13.06.2019. These changes will allow VIAINVEST to offer 2 times bigger loan portfolio with beneficial 11% annual interest rate, and will also raise average interest rate on the platform while making investment portfolio diversification easier. Continue reading VIAINVEST Sets One Interest Rate for All Loan Originators

Only a couple of days ago we were happy to share the wonderful news of having reached the significant milestone of 10,000 registered investors on our platform. After almost three years of hard work and dedication, we are thrilled to see that our tailor-made approach to every single one of our investors has paid off. We also take pride in the fact that we usually try to find time to meet our investors face-to-face when they express willingness to do so, and this was also the case with our long-term investor Alexandre* from the United Kingdom who came to our Riga office a short while ago. We had the opportunity to answer all his questions in person, thus showing that transparency is something that we tend to take very seriously. This is what Alex has to say about us. Continue reading Why Investors Choose VIAINVEST