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Original Title: Polymarket partners with Parcl to launch real estate prediction markets
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Partnership Overview
The prediction market platform Polymarket announced a partnership with housing data provider Parcl to create real estate prediction markets.
This integration allows traders to speculate on housing price movements using Parcl’s daily housing index as the settlement mechanism.
The markets will be launched in phases, starting with major cities in the United States.
Parcl will provide independent index data, while Polymarket will operate the trading platform.
What happened
The partnership launched markets where users can trade on housing price outcomes within defined timeframes.
Market templates will include questions about whether city-level housing price indices will rise or fall over monthly, quarterly, or yearly periods.
Each market will reference Parcl’s dedicated solution page, showing the final settlement value and index methodology.
Trevor Bacon, CEO of Parcl, stated that the real estate industry should become an important category for prediction markets.
Matthew Modabber, Chief Marketing Officer of Polymarket, emphasized the importance of having clear, verifiable market settlement data.
Both companies plan to add more cities and market types based on user demand.
Why it matters
The real estate industry represents a significant asset class but often requires property-level complexity or longer investment horizons.
According to industry reports, Polymarket achieved a total trading volume of $9 billion in 2024.
The platform recently reopened access for U.S. clients in December 2025, ending years of restrictions since reaching an agreement with the CFTC in 2022.
Parcl offers on-chain products that allow users to take long or short positions on housing market movements.
This integration creates a new way to express directional views on the housing market with transparent settlement rules.
Historically, housing data is typically updated monthly or quarterly, making Parcl’s daily index relatively rare in the real estate data space.
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SurvivorshipBias
· 01-07 04:34
Housing prices have been messed up by capital, and now they want to create prediction markets... Isn't this gambling?
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ForkYouPayMe
· 01-06 01:52
Housing price prediction market? Can this thing really be reliable... But that said, the combination of Polymarket and Parcl is indeed quite interesting.
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MerkleMaid
· 01-06 01:49
Real estate prediction market? Oh wow, now you can bet on housing prices. It feels a bit crazy.
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AirdropHarvester
· 01-06 01:30
Real estate prediction market? Sounds like a lot of hype. The real way to make money probably depends on how accurate the data is.
Polymarket partners with Parcl to launch real estate prediction markets
Source: Yellow Original Title: Polymarket partners with Parcl to launch real estate prediction markets
Original Link:
Partnership Overview
The prediction market platform Polymarket announced a partnership with housing data provider Parcl to create real estate prediction markets.
This integration allows traders to speculate on housing price movements using Parcl’s daily housing index as the settlement mechanism.
The markets will be launched in phases, starting with major cities in the United States.
Parcl will provide independent index data, while Polymarket will operate the trading platform.
What happened
The partnership launched markets where users can trade on housing price outcomes within defined timeframes.
Market templates will include questions about whether city-level housing price indices will rise or fall over monthly, quarterly, or yearly periods.
Each market will reference Parcl’s dedicated solution page, showing the final settlement value and index methodology.
Trevor Bacon, CEO of Parcl, stated that the real estate industry should become an important category for prediction markets.
Matthew Modabber, Chief Marketing Officer of Polymarket, emphasized the importance of having clear, verifiable market settlement data.
Both companies plan to add more cities and market types based on user demand.
Why it matters
The real estate industry represents a significant asset class but often requires property-level complexity or longer investment horizons.
According to industry reports, Polymarket achieved a total trading volume of $9 billion in 2024.
The platform recently reopened access for U.S. clients in December 2025, ending years of restrictions since reaching an agreement with the CFTC in 2022.
Parcl offers on-chain products that allow users to take long or short positions on housing market movements.
This integration creates a new way to express directional views on the housing market with transparent settlement rules.
Historically, housing data is typically updated monthly or quarterly, making Parcl’s daily index relatively rare in the real estate data space.