Keith Knutsson evaluates Blockchain and the Commercial Real Estate Industry

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“Blockchain will have a significant impact on he Commercial Real Esate Industry” states Keith Knutsson of Integrale Advisors.

A blockchain is a type of decentralized database that supports and provides a constantly expanding inventory of records, termed blocks, which are fortified against alteration and adjustment. Each block possesses a timestamp and a link to a previously created block. As a blockchain runs, it effectively serves as a log for all transactions. Every user is able to link up to the network, post new transactions and authenticate transactions. Blockchain has seen tremendous growth in the past couple of years. In fact, some of the world’s largest banks, central banks, governments, universities and technology companies are working with blockchain, with implications soon to be seen in the commercial real estate market.

If the commercial real estate industry utilizes blockchain, the impact would be huge. The blockchain could provide information regarding all buyers, sellers, title work, reporting, lease comps and vendor work on any individual commercial property. Having this information at your fingertips could cut out paperwork, enhance market transparency and shorten the speed to competing a transaction from days/weeks/months to minutes or seconds.

Blockchain has the potential to:

  • Enable a commercial property to have a digital signature containing building reports, performance, and legal information. This information could be easily accessed online by authorized users.
  • Allow for commercial real estate deals to be concluded in a matter of seconds.
  • Better administer the commercial property sales or lease payment process.

Real estate transactions will start to resemble the buying and selling of commodities. With blockchain, properties in popular areas could change owners many times a year, month, or even week. The system aims to make property purchases quicker, cheaper and more secure by storing all title information digitally and enabling virtual transactions to take place. This is the future of the real estate market.

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