The Impact of Blockchain Technology on the Real Estate Sector Using Smart Contracts

Uzair, Muhammad Mansab and Karim, Emadul and Sultan, Prof. Dr. Shair and Ahmed, Syed Sheeraz (2018): The Impact of Blockchain Technology on the Real Estate Sector Using Smart Contracts.

Abstract

The block chain technology has been in the topic of much discussion due to its successful application in the crypto currency known as “Bitcoin" which has investment experts, economists, billion dollar financial institutes, big banks as well as governments taking sides on whether it should be legitimized and used as a currency or make it illegal to be used as a means of exchange. However, experts from different field like supply chain management and even from the medical field are more interested in how the block chain technology’s decentralized record keeping and numerous other benefits can be of use to them in their fields of work. This study concentrates on the block chain being used for real estate record keeping, since most geography’s have different procedures for record keeping, this study focuses on Defence Housing Authority in Karachi to check what the impact of applying the block chain technology to this area in Karachi would have on investors, real estate agents, residents and the government.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Block chain, Real Estate, Karachi, Pakistan
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services; L - Industrial Organization > L8 - Industry Studies: Services > L85 - Real Estate Services; R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R3 - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location

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