Proof Surpasses $640 Billion in Real Estate Transactions

Proof, a trusted platform for securing the digital economy, has reported securing over $643 billion in real estate transactions, including $151 billion in 2025 alone. This surge reflects a dramatic increase in demand and urgency for trusted identities across the real estate sector.

In 2025, activity on the Proof platform highlighted real estate as a prime target for sophisticated identity fraud, given that it represents one of the largest pools of household wealth in the country (about $55 trillion as of mid-2025). Fraudsters are now able to impersonate individuals using AI tools that fabricate documents, images, voice, and video, making it easier to bypass traditional identity checks.

Pat Kinsel, CEO of Proof, stated:

“The old system of identity verification is fundamentally broken. And for an industry like real estate that deals with extremely high-value transactions, the lack of protection against identity fraud and digital impersonation is an existential risk. Fake IDs, deepfakes and more are all showing up in the real estate workflow, and Proof is catching them in real time. Our momentum in the sector over the past year tells us that there is a widespread need for secure identity verification that cannot be replicated by AI, for enterprises and individuals alike.”

Despite 2025 being a challenging year for the U.S. housing market, with price growth flattening and inventory piling up, Proof’s transaction volume in residential real estate accelerated. Residential transactions now make up nearly 24% of all real estate transactions on the platform to date, indicating that more title companies and lenders are moving online and prioritizing secure, fraud-resistant transaction platforms. Proof works with some of the largest real estate enterprises in the U.S., including First American and United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM).

Melinda Wilner, COO of UWM, commented:

"Our volume on Proof keeps increasing because it consistently makes real estate closings easier for everyone involved. Proof makes it seamless to serve our borrowers and brokers, especially when speed matters."

Proof’s platform has intercepted a wide range of high-risk real estate fraud attempts, from crude vacant-land impersonation to sophisticated schemes involving 3D face-swapping and manipulated IDs. The platform’s notary network, identity verification tools, and fraud models continue to catch attempts that would easily bypass in-person checks at a bank or title office, where staff are often overwhelmed and forced to manually evaluate dozens of ID formats.

Paul Hurst, Chief Strategy Officer at First American, said:

“For most of our customers, transacting with us is the biggest and most important purchase of their life. It’s imperative that we maintain best-in-class security and fraud protection practices. Working with Proof has enhanced our ability to safely scale digital closings by enabling identity verification assurance. It provides a new standard for trust and certainty in the signed documents we rely on.”

Learn more about how Proof is combatting real estate fraud here.