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How the blockchain will transform housing markets

  • Written by Danika Wright, Lecturer in Finance, University of Sydney
imageA blockchain's ability to move assets from one owner to another allows less dependence on intermediaries. www.shutterstock.com

An emerging technology, blockchain, could transform the way we buy and sell real estate by doing away with the hidden costs and inefficiencies of our housing markets.

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