Fintech startup Milo is offering 30-year 'crypto-mortgages'
Consumers will be able to leverage their BTC holdings and digital assets to purchase real estate in the U.S. Miami-based fintech startup Milo is introducing what it claims is the world’s first “crypto mortgage.” The digital bank will allow crypto investors to leverage their digital assets to purchase real estate in the U.S. At the moment, only customers wanting to use Bitcoin (BTC) as collateral qualify for Milo’s 30-year mortgage loan. Both American and International customers will be able to use the service to purchase real estate in the U.S. Milo’s website states:“Instead of selling....
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More innovations keep springing up to fascinate and intrigue digital investors with increased cryptocurrency adoption. In line with that, Milo, a fintech startup based in Miami, introduced the first global crypto mortgage. Through the bank’s offer, digital investors have the opportunity of buying real estate in the U.S. by using their cryptocurrencies. The offer from Milo, a digital bank, runs as 30-year mortgage loans. These are currently accessible to customers that could place collaterals with Bitcoin. This offer is open to both Americans and other investors to acquire real estate in....
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Weiss analysts are wary over the usage of volatile crypto assets as collateral for long-term property loans. Florida-based ratings and research firm Weiss Ratings has fired out a warning over the risks of crypto mortgages amid the current economic climate in the United States. The company paid particular focus to Milo, a digital banking startup from Miami that offers 30-year mortgages backed by Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), or stablecoins as collateral. The firm requires zero down payments, and its loan rates vary between 3.95% and 5.95%.In the May 3 report, Weiss analyst Jon D. Markman....
The fintech announced U.S. and non-U.S. customers alike would soon be able to use bitcoin as collateral to invest in real estate.
If there's an industry that cries out for the efficiencies and data integrity that blockchain tech promises, it's undoubtedly the US residential mortgage business. First off, there's the size of the business. At last count, according to the Federal Reserve, there were about $10tn-worth of residential mortgages outstanding, with about $2tn in new loans being originated in a good year. Then, there's the amount of data – most of it sensitive – that goes into and supports every loan. "A mortgage application requires hundreds of documents and very sensitive data," Leo Loomie, senior....