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PropHN

Honduras's real estate platform for a market where 70% of transactions are never recorded

market sizeSilent Shutdown

Quiet closure with no public announcement · Fatal mistake: Honduras formal real estate market too thin; most transactions occur informally through personal networks with no registry record

Founded	2018
Closed	2022
Country	Honduras
Sector	Proptech

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Key Events Timeline

2018

FOUNDING

2018

FUNDING

2020

MILESTONE

2021

CRISIS

2022

SHUTDOWN

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Documented cause

PropHN built a residential property portal for Honduras's formal real estate market. The company signed 80 registered agents and listed 200 properties. Honduras's property market is structurally informal — most...

transactions occur through personal networks with no MLS or formal registry mechanism. The formal market with documentable title was too small to generate meaningful buyer traffic or agent investment

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“Property marketplace startups in Honduras must partner with IHSS or government cadastre modernization programs — digital...”

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PropHN raised €0.9M before honduras formal real estate market too thin; most transactions occur informally through personal networks with no registry record ended it. See the documented cause, verified lesson and all failure signals.

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