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January 13, 2019, 05:37:22 PM |
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The stakeholders
The token establishes a market between banks which hold distraught real estate assets, the borrowers and the investors, mostly retail investors. As a utility, the token represents a private real estate development fund established by the company behind Elements Estates, and by using the token in question, the ELES, the investors are promised to be able to tap into the opportunities unlocked by the fund. The fund takes over as an owner and landlord of the properties it invests into.
The Market
Since the 2008 global economic crisis, despite of relative recovery in the stock market, the situation in the real estate market has been met with a large amount of distraught properties left over from the market crash, mainly because consumer spending and purchasing power hasnt grown in concert with the financial markets. From the perspective of the banks, this means increased risk exposure from non-performing or poorly performing loans. From the investors perspective, this means a potential opportunity in gaining hold of undervalued assets, and from the consumers perspective giving up the asset is often better option than defaulting on it. Elements Estates strikes a middle ground, and establishes itself as a neutral market mechanism, a bridge between investors, consumers and the banks. This newly created marketing channel may provide liquidity in the market, and potentially help the market towards recovery at large. At least, the end result would be more opportunities for retail investors in an otherwise opaque market.
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