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Home Buying and the Blockchain

Web3.mortgage follows where blockchain and digital assets touch home buying, and separates what works today from what is still an experiment.

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Buying a home means proving who owns it. Title records, searches and insurance exist because those records are scattered and sometimes wrong.

Title

Lenders can accept money that came from selling crypto, but expect to document where it came from and when it was converted to cash.

Source of funds

Some lenders let borrowers pledge digital assets instead of selling them. The same liquidation risk as any crypto loan applies to the pledged assets.

Crypto-backed mortgage

Some counties and pilots record deeds or title history on a blockchain to make them harder to alter and easier to verify. Most records are still kept the traditional way.

Onchain registry

A property can be split into digital shares. Owning a token is usually a share in a company or fund that holds the building, not a deed with your name on it.

Tokenization

Ask what you legally own, who can freeze or reverse a transfer, and how you exit. A pilot program is not the same as a product you can rely on.

Due diligence

Educational only, not financial advice. Crypto prices move fast and you can lose what you put in. Some links are affiliate links; we may earn a commission at no cost to you.

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