1. A Tokyo developer plans to place $75M of income-producing apartments on a public chain, opening smaller, global entries into prime real estate via compliant digital rails and wallet settlement. Asia’s co-ownership wave is accelerating.
2. New analysis projects real-estate onchain markets could top $4T by 2035, as loans, funds and land registries move to programmable rails. For investors, that points to rising liquidity and simpler fractional access.
3. Europe’s second-home debate intensifies – some governments weigh curbs, yet co-ownership models and managed-stay formats grow as pragmatic alternatives, spreading costs while addressing local concerns.
4. Institutions push broader onchain finance, but rulebooks lag. Market watchers say secondary access to private assets (including property) is coming – once guardrails are clearer. Expect staged pilots.
5. Big-four research frames the path from “bricks to bytes”: lower admin overhead, transparent ledgers, and granular stakes – all attractive to managers modernizing real-asset operations. Cybersecurity and custody remain must-solve.
6. In the Gulf, a major financial group announced plans with a top developer to open multi-billion-dollar property deals to digital share issuance – signaling regional appetite for regulated, cross-border participation.
7. Macro tailwinds: sector reports point to a 2025 real-estate rebound and improving entry points. For fractional strategies, that can mean better yield-to-risk profiles as transactions and price discovery recover.
