Facilitate Real-Estate Property Transactions: Using Blockchain and Smart Contract Technology
Facilitate Real-Estate Property Transactions: Using Blockchain and Smart Contract Technology
Facilitate Real-Estate Property Transactions: Using Blockchain and Smart Contract Technology
• The current real estate market and the transactions is a highly computerized
system which is maintained at individual systems.
• The system doesn’t provide complete online services like online reports and
centralized database.
• Most of the data is maintained manually and in excel sheets.
• The data security and data accessing is very slow,it also takes time to retrieve
from the database.
PROPOSED SYSTEM:
• The Proposed System is to develop a proof of concept digital platform that simulates the processes
of buying and selling property, in the residential real estate industry, using blockchain and smart
contract technology.
• The current processes of buying, selling and renting property are carried out for the most part by
third party real estate agents.
• As a result of this, there is an element of trust required from the transacting parties( buyers, sellers,
landlords & tenants).
ADVANTAGES:
This trust gives rise to various problems that affect the speed, costand security of the real
estate transaction processes. A few of these problems are:-
• Property fraud
• In accurate market statistics
• Can result in slow price discovery for sellers and buyers
• Exposure of the transacting parties personal data
• Inaccessible property information E.g. Maintenance records
• Some times this information is also kept behind pay wall of sorts
• Amount of time elapsed between commencing and concluding are real estate
transaction
• High middle men costs for processing applications.
MODULES:
STEP 2:
Design, write, compile and deploy the smart contracts responsible for key activities in a
modified version of the real estate transaction process, onto the private network.
ARCHITECTURE
STEP 3:
Design and develop a partially decentralized web application (dApp) that will allow
buyers and sellers to interact with the private Ethereum network and the deployed smart
contracts.
STEP 4:
Test the platform's functionality by simulating a real estate transaction between a
buyer and seller, from start to finish.
Usage
• A typical residential real-estate transaction begins when a property is listed on the market
and offers can be made towards it.
• Usage of this platform was designed to mimic that, however before a property can be
listed, the seller must have it verified.
Seller
• The seller proceeds to add details about their property.
• Before this property can be listed on the platform, it needs to be verified.
• The seller requests verification by uploading a copy of their title deed.
• Once verification is obtained, the seller can now choose to list their property.
• The seller is able to view submitted offers towards their property and select one to
proceed further with.
• When an offer is selected, it creates a session between the buyer and seller.
• Stage 1 of the session involves having the seller acquire a holding deposit from the
buyer towards the property.
• This is done by having the seller make a request with the deposit amount deadline.
• The seller obtains verification of the buyer.
• The seller uploads the sales contract.
• The seller can then choose to continue to the final stage of the session.
• The seller uploads the title transfer document and creates the escrow.
• Once the seller sees that the final deposit was made, they can request the final title transfer.
Buyer
• The buyer searches for properties on the platform.
• When they find a property they like, they submit an offer towards it.
• The buyer pays the holding deposit.
• The buyer signs and uploads the signed sales contract.
• The buyer can download the title transfer document and then simultaneously approve
and deposit the final payment towards the property.
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• Both parties receive a draft copy of the final title deed, to which they are required to
indicate their acceptance/rejection of its contents.
• When the smart contract receives two greenlights for the draft title deed's contents, it will
carry out the final disbursement by sending the buyer a finalized copy of the property
title deed and the seller, the final payment.
REFERENCES:
• https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8946229
• https://jfin-swufe.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40854-016-0045-6
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0736585318306324
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