# land registry News

Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa do not have functioning land registry systems. As a result, double-ownership and sundry forms of land dispute are a common occurrence in these countries. The inadequate land use framework also provides an avenue for collusion between powerful individuals/corporations and government agencies to acquire land illegally....

Propy, Inc., a Palo Alto-based worldwide Blockchain land commercial center, declared the dispatch of a test case program in South Burlington, Vermont to utilize Blockchain innovation to record land registers, the most recent related advancement in the alleged "Blockchain-friendly" state. Leveraging Land Registries and Real Estate with Blockchain The blockchain...

Ubitquity LLC, a real estate startup, is set to be the first company to partner with a Brazilian government institution to develop a blockchain-based land records application. This new application aims to bring secure and cheaper property deeds storage and tracking across the country and South America. To streamline and...

After announcing a partnership in April 2016 with Bitcoin mining company, Bitfury Group, to design a blockchain land registry pilot with the Republic of Georgia's National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR), a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed to expand the offering of services. Interestingly, Sweden announced it...

Sweden will launch a testnet for managing the nation's real estate with smart contracts and blockchain technology in March 2017. Lantmäteriet, the Swedish National Land Survey, along with blockchain startup ChromaWay are leading this public/private collaboration with support from consulting firm Kairos Future, and telephone service provider Telia. Recently, two...