The real estate and construction industries are at a pivotal moment. Long defined by complex workflows, fragmented data, and dependence on intermediaries, these sectors are now embracing transformative technologies to streamline operations and enhance trust. Among these, blockchain has emerged as a key enabler, offering unprecedented transparency, automation, and efficiency.
The forthcoming 2025 edition of the annual FIBREE Product Database survey, scheduled for release on October 16th (click here to register for this online release event starting at 4:30pm CET), will feature more than 840 blockchain-enabled products from around the world, providing a comprehensive view of how organizations are integrating this technology into their offerings. For FIBREE, this marks the seventh consecutive year conducting this global market research, underscoring the ongoing innovation and adoption trends shaping the real estate and construction ecosystem.
Below, we explore the 10 main categories of these products and highlight the typical applications of blockchain within each.
1. Invest & Finance
Investment and financing have been among the most active areas of blockchain adoption in real estate. Blockchain enables fractional property ownership, allowing investors to purchase slices of real estate assets that were traditionally accessible only to wealthy individuals or institutional investors. By recording ownership on a tamper-proof ledger, blockchain ensures transparent investment flows and verifiable asset provenance, reducing the risk of fraud.
In addition, blockchain facilitates decentralized finance and a variety of other token-based finance and investment solutions for either new developments or existing real estate. Smart contracts automate dividend distributions, rental income payments, and compliance verification, further reducing manual overhead and intermediaries. Overall, these solutions empower broader participation in property investment while maintaining regulatory alignment.
2. Manage & Operate
Blockchain is increasingly applied to the management and operation of real estate assets. For enterprises and property managers, blockchain offers scalable, interoperable, and secure networks that unify disparate systems such as ERP, facility management, and tenant portals.
Key use cases include:
- Automated lease management, where agreements, renewals, and payments are encoded as smart contracts.
- Energy consumption tracking and integration with IoT devices for optimized building operations.
- Tenant and vendor onboarding, ensuring compliance and streamlining identity verification.
By integrating multiple operational systems through blockchain, organizations can reduce errors, enhance accountability, and provide a single source of truth across all stakeholders.
3. Markets & Platforms
Blockchain also powers marketplaces and platforms for real estate and construction assets. By enabling transparent, verifiable listings of tokenized properties, materials, or services, these platforms create trustless environments for buyers, sellers, and investors. In addition, blockchain facilitates secondary trading of real estate tokens, opening liquidity channels for investors and creating more dynamic markets.
Applications include:
- Digital property exchanges, where real estate-token providers can list their offerings and investors can trade fractionalized ownership with immediate settlement.
- Procurement marketplaces, connecting contractors and suppliers while tracking materials and compliance.
- B2B platforms for construction services, with blockchain recording contracts, payments, and certifications.
These marketplaces leverage blockchain to increase liquidity, reduce friction, and minimize counterparty risk.
4. Metaverse
The intersection of blockchain with digital real estate and metaverse environments has opened new avenues for virtual property and immersive experiences. Blockchain ensures verifiable digital ownership, tradable virtual assets, and decentralized governance in these virtual economies.
Real estate use cases in metaverse platforms include:
- Purchasing and selling virtual land parcels, a playground for developing and then duplicating mechanisms to real world situations.
- Creating in-game or immersive experiences where users hold NFTs representing assets or rights.
- Supporting community-led governance (e.g. for home owners associations), allowing stakeholders to vote on development decisions or providing platform rules through tokenized governance mechanisms.
These applications demonstrate how blockchain extends beyond physical assets into digital and hybrid ecosystems, providing ownership, scarcity, and economic incentives in virtual worlds.
5. Plan & Build
Blockchain is transforming the construction and planning lifecycle by enabling traceable provenance and auditable supply chains. Materials, certifications, and energy usage can be recorded on immutable ledgers, ensuring tamper-proof verification.
Key applications include:
- Material tracking, linking BIM (Building Information Modelling) data with digital certificates for sustainable or recycled materials.
- Supply chain verification, digital product passports ensuring contractors and suppliers comply with environmental and quality standards.
- Project milestones, recorded on blockchain to automate payments or trigger inspections.
This ensures accountability, compliance, and efficiency, while supporting circular economy principles and sustainability goals.
6. Research & Valuate
Research and consultancy products leverage blockchain as a study object and standardization tool. These solutions differentiate themselves by providing thought leadership and shaping industry best practices.
Applications include:
- Data collection and benchmarking on tokenized real estate performance.
- Modeling adoption pathways for blockchain across construction and investment sectors.
- Publishing standardized frameworks for digital property registries, tokenized finance, and smart contract implementation.
By doing so, these entities accelerate the adoption of blockchain and provide guidance for policymakers, investors, and developers.
7. Smart City Solutions
In smart cities, blockchain is applied to the secure and verifiable management of assets and infrastructure. Integration with IoT devices and digital twins allows automated management and controlled access.
Use cases include:
- Automated energy management across buildings and neighborhoods.
- Asset tracking and digital twinning, from individual buildings, to entire neighbourhoods, public infrastructure, energy grids to shared mobility systems and emissions and pollution tracking.
- Digital identity and access control, ensuring residents, employees, and contractors interact securely with city systems.
Blockchain in this context ensures trust, auditability, and decentralized governance for complex urban ecosystems.
8. Technology Provider
Blockchain technology providers act as enablers rather than asset owners. Their expertise allows companies across real estate and construction to design, implement, and integrate tailored blockchain solutions.
Use cases include:
- Smart contract development for tokenized assets or automated workflows.
- Platform integration, connecting property management, IoT, and finance systems.
- Consulting and proof-of-concept deployment for blockchain adoption strategies.
These providers are critical for scaling blockchain from experimental projects to enterprise-grade applications andshow a particular focus on applications of their technology solutions by stakeholders in the construction and real estate industry.
9. Transaction & Escrow
Blockchain automates secure, trustless transactions and escrow services, removing the need for traditional intermediaries.
Applications include:
- Conditional payment execution for property sales, construction milestones, or rental agreements.
- Dispute reduction, since transaction terms are encoded in immutable smart contracts.
- Cross-border real estate transactions, where settlement can occur transparently without reliance on local intermediaries.
This category demonstrates blockchain’s strength in reducing friction, increasing security, and automating conditional processes.
10. Web3
Web3 applications in real estate and construction extend blockchain to decentralized ownership, governance, and value exchange in online communities and applications.
Key uses include:
- Community-driven development projects, where stakeholders vote on planning or investment decisions.
- Token-based incentives for participants contributing to digital or physical projects.
- Integration with virtual worlds and NFTs, bridging real and digital property ecosystems.
Web3 demonstrates the potential of blockchain to create collaborative, decentralized economic and governance models.
Conclusion
The 2025 FIBREE Product Database highlights that blockchain in real estate and construction is no longer a niche experiment. Across 836 products, blockchain enables fractional ownership, trustless transactions, transparent marketplaces, supply chain traceability, smart city management, and metaverse integration.
From investment platforms to smart city solutions, the technology provides trust, automation, efficiency, and innovation — often combining physical and digital assets in ways previously impossible. As blockchain adoption continues, these categories illustrate the breadth of applications and the transformative potential for the entire real estate and construction ecosystem.
Stay tuned for more blogpost coming soon about our most recent findings on relevant topics related to the application of blockchain technology for real estate and construction and latest developments in all parts of the world.