Crypto traders can now speculate on housing prices through Polymarket

Finance Share Share this article Copy link X icon X (Twitter) LinkedIn Facebook Email Crypto traders can now speculate on housing prices through Polymarket The crypto-based betting platform is expanding beyond politics and macro with real estate markets tied to daily housing indices. By Oliver Knight | Edited by Aoyon Ashraf Updated Jan 5, 2026, 3:30 p.m. Published Jan 5, 2026, 3:13 p.m. Polymarket rolls out real estate markets (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images/Modified by CoinDesk) What to know : The partnership between Polymarket and Parcl brings real estate into crypto-native prediction markets, using daily housing indices rather than traditional monthly data. Markets will settle against Parcl’s publicly verifiable city-level indices, designed to reduce ambiguity around outcomes. Prediction markets are steadily moving beyond politics into sports, cultural and real-world economic indicators. Crypto traders can now bet on housing market prices after Polymarket and real estate data provider Parcl announced a partnership to build a new suite of housing price prediction markets. The partnership will be powered by Parcl’s daily home-price indices, according to a press release . Under the agreement, Parcl will supply independent daily housing indices that serve as settlement references, while Polymarket will list and operate the markets. STORY CONTINUES BELOW Don't miss another story. Subscribe to the Crypto Daybook Americas Newsletter today . See all newsletters Sign me up By signing up, you will receive emails about CoinDesk products and you agree to our terms of use and privacy policy . Initial templates will focus on major U.S. metropolitan areas, allowing traders to bet on outcomes such as whether a given city’s index rises or falls over a defined period. Each market will settle against Parcl’s publicly verifiable index values, giving participants a clear signal for resolution. “Real estate should be a first-class category in prediction markets,” Polymarket’s Matthew Modabber said in the announcement, highlighting the importance of clear, verifiable data for transparent settlement. Parcl CEO Trevor Bacon framed the partnership as part of a “paradigm shift” in how markets express views and signal truth. The move marks a broader evolution for prediction markets, which have grown beyond election and macro bets into areas such as sports, pop culture, and now real estate. This isn’t the first time betting platforms have added property forecasts: in 2008, the UK betting exchange Betfair ran markets tied to a housing crash , and during the 2020 pandemic, its Australian arm did similarly as home prices swung amid lockdowns. 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