SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS FOR CREATING REAL ESTATE INDICES TO IMPROVE LIQUIDITY

摘要

Systems and methods for improving the liquidity anddistribution network for real estate and other illiquiditems are provided. These systems and methods includethe trading of futures and options contracts, whichwill provide the liquidity and distribution network(103) for real estate.Possible embodiments of these systems (100) andmethods include the trading of futures and optionscontracts related to real estate. Another embodiment ofthis invention includes generating indexes for realestate, housing values, mortgage prepayments, or foranything with from sufficiently liquid points of value.Another embodiment of this invention includes acentralized data base for retrieving closing andcurrent auction prices for determining the value of,and best method for the auctioning of various items.The data provided by this data base would improveliquidity by creating greater price transparency.