Empirical Evidence on the Ownership and Liquidity of Real Estate Tokens

Laurens Swinkels ()
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Laurens Swinkels: Erasmus University Rotterdam

A chapter in Blockchain, Crypto Assets, and Financial Innovation, 2025, pp 434-467 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract To better understand the potential and limitations of the tokenization of real asset markets, empirical studies need to examine this radically new organization of financial markets. In our study, we examine the financial and economic consequences of tokenizing 58 residential rental properties in the US, particularly those in Detroit. Tokenization aims at fragmented ownership. We found that the residential properties examined have 254 owners on average. Investors with a greater than USD 5000 investment in real estate tokens, diversify their real estate ownership across properties within and across the cities. Property ownership changes about once yearly, with more changes for properties on decentralized exchanges. We report that real estate token prices move according to the house price index; hence, investing in real estate tokens provides economic exposure to residential house prices.

Keywords: Blockchain; Cryptocurrency; Real estate; Tokenization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G1 G12 G23 G32 K25 O33 R30 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-96-6839-7_16

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