Parcl, which tracks real-time housing data and on-chain real estate, has joined forces with Polymarket, which is the world’s largest prediction market. The collaboration will oversee the launch of a whole new set of prediction markets for real estate. This will be based on Parcl’s housing price indices.
In this way, traders and analysts will have a credible source they can count on. Instead of dealing with the complexities of the actual properties, users can forecast the future of the housing market using Parcl’s published indices. The market will be managed by Polymarket, while Parcl will provide the independent index data and reference for settlement.
The housing market is still the largest asset class. However, trying to forecast prices would mean entering complex real estate investments. A combination of Parcl’s indices and the event market type provided by Polymarket is a simpler solution. So, participants now get rules with publicly verifiable settlement data.
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The initial markets will include the main housing areas in the US. These will focus on the questions of whether the home price index of a particular city increases or decreases over a period of time, for example, a month or a year. Some of the markets will provide results in a threshold style.
Each market will be connected to a specific Parcl resolution page. This page will provide the final value of the market and the context and the reasoning that forms the basis of the index. All market outcomes will be available from a single source.
It enables anyone to put forth an opinion on the price of housing without necessarily owning property. It also includes the element of speed, which was not there in property investing. One can trade results with efficiency using a well-defined framework.
Parcl and Polymarket will successively introduce these markets. This begins with highly liquid cities and extends to larger cities. Other types of markets will be successively added based on user demand and index coverage.
Each of the teams has plans to standardize the market templates and tools. Using common terms, resolution dates, and value references will help in the creation of markets. The collaboration is expected to make real estate a prominent category in the prediction markets.
It pairs quality housing information with a new trading platform. This represents a new era of making real estate forecasts more transparent and verifiable.
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