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Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin are becoming money in Argentina. In May 2021, the massive e-commerce firm Mercado Libre started enabling people to buy Argentina real estate with bitcoin. At that time Argentina’s real property could only be paid for in U.S. dollars. For the price of two bitcoins, a buyer could get a place to …
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Fannie and Freddie Weigh In The future is here. People now buy homes with bitcoin. Some of the most upmarket real estate listings accept top cryptocurrencies and even showcase blockchain-based digital art inside the home. (The art concept is pretty intriguing. People buying digital art as part of a home could build massive collections of and …
Investing in real estate to build wealth is a popular move. And because we all need to live somewhere, buying a house can be a doubly good decision. Our home offers shelter on our terms and becomes a store of equity when property values rise. Granted, buying doesn’t make sense for everyone. But for those …
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Time to Get Meta? In October 2021, Facebook changed its name in homage to the metaverse. By combining real and online worlds, the metaverse, says Facebook, will be “the next evolution in a long line of social technologies.” So this is why Facebook has been suggesting that people make all those cartoonish avatars of ourselves? …
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Not too long ago, we reported on United Wholesale Mortgage and its eye-catching plan to accept cryptocurrencies for mortgages by late 2021. As we wrote then: Whether the idea will find adherents remains to be seen. Certainly, many UWM customers are big crypto holders. But that doesn’t mean they want to part with their digital …
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Cryptocurrency is on a roll as we go to press. Things can change quickly in this arena, but right now, values are high. Bitcoin has never been higher. BITO, a new exchange traded fund (ETF) for bitcoin futures has come out. Even Berkshire Hathaway is talking about buying a home with bitcoin. And now Coinbase, …
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Once upon a time in 2020, a Texas couple named Maria and Michael bought a $5.75 million-dollar waterside home in Redington Shores, Florida. They had no idea the deed had already been transferred to the Aura Church — by forgery. A forged need carries a fake signature (or several) and a notary stamp. The forger …
An Industry First The Blimp Homes app brings real estate sellers and seekers together with agents. And with Blimp, there’s something more. Together with the Home Network Foundation (homefoundation.io), Blimp Homes has introduced an industry first: a home search platform is designed to be decentralized, user-focused and transparent. It’s built on the HOME Protocol — on …
United Wholesale Mortgage wants to take payments in cryptocurrency by late 2021. The point? To be the first mortgage company to take the plunge. “I’m not going to sit here and wait for everyone else to do it and then follow,” CEO Mat Ishbia told Julie Hyman for Yahoo Finance. The CEO first broke the …
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The privileges you get as a homeowner are, in a famous legal metaphor, your bundle of rights. Why the metaphor makers didn’t choose an enchilada is anyone’s guess. It certainly would have spiced up law school courses. In any case, what’s in a real estate deed matters. If your bundle is missing a few sticks, so …
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