December 2015 - Pocket

Pocket bond on Crowdcube attracts double-investors

December 10, 2015December 10, 2015 Hannah Godwin Leave a comment

So good they invested twice

We launched the first Pocket bond on Crowdcube back in March 2015, offering 7.5% interest over a four year term, and we quickly achieved our funding goal. Our second bond, the Pocket Land Bond, launched last week and we are already 10% funded, thanks to a good level of repeat investment. We are very grateful to those who show continued support for Pocket, and we contacted a couple of our ‘double-investors’ to find out what it was that attracted them to the Pocket bond – twice.

Help for Help to Buy!

December 1, 2015December 7, 2015 Hannah Godwin 4 Comments

Helping to make Help to Buy helpful

Help! The government has its heart in the right place, trying to ‘help’ first time buyers with its Help to Buy schemes… and as of today a new one has launched, the Help to Buy ISA. It can all feel very confusing – we’re not promising to ‘deconfuse’ things completely, but here is a brief summary of how Help to Buy works with Pocket, and links to some nice clear explanations.