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The African Real Estate Society (AfRES), founded in 1997, is a continent-wide organization that seeks to promote networking, research and education among property professionals across Africa. It is affiliated to the International Real Estate Society (IRES), along with sister societies in North America (ARES), Asia (AsRES), Europe (ERES), the Pacific Rim (PRRES) and Latin America (LaRES). There is no profit motive and no person is paid for his or her services. The warmth and mutual support amongst members and between sister societies is characteristic, and anyone who wants to contribute is welcome.

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AfRES 2019 Developing New Frontiers for the African Real Estate Sector: the 19th Annual AfRES Conference - Arusha, Tanzania 2019	AfRES 2018 Integrating the African Real Estate Market – An Agenda: the 18th AfRES Conference - Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria 2018	AfRES 2017 17th Annual African Real Estate Society Conference - Johannesburg, South Africa 2017	AfRES 2016 Sustainable Multi-Sectoral Real Estate Development in Emerging Economies - the 16th African Real Estate Society Conference - Adis Ababa, Ethiopia 2016
AfRES 2015 Real Estate Markets Development: Meeting the Challenge, Making the Difference - the 15th African Real Estate Society Conference - Kumasi, Ghana 2015	AfRES 2014 Urban Real Estate Markets: a Catalyst for Economic Growth and Development - the 14th African Real Estate Society Conference - Cape Town, South Africa 2014	AfRES 2013 13th African Real Estate Society Conference - Kigali, Rwanda 2013	AfRES 2012 12th African Real Estate Society Conference - Accra, Ghana 2012
AfRES 2011 11th African Real Estate Society Conference - Windhoek, Namibia 2011

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(Call) Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium	The University of Cambridge (Department of Land Economy), the University of Florida (Bergstrom Real Estate Center), the University of Geneva (Geneva Finance Research Institute), and the National University of Singapore (Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies and Department of Real Estate) announce a call for papers for their joint 2020 Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium. The symposium will feature longer, more in depth paper presentations and will allow ample time for discussion among presenters, assigned discussants, and other participants.
(Call) “The future of the African real estate sector: what next?” - AfRES Conference 2020	Last year we went back to Tanzania after an absence of years, this coming conference it will be also going back to the site of one of our earlier conferences, Zambia. Appropriately the year 2020 will be the celebration of our 20th annual conference for the African Real Estate Society. It is cause for both celebration and also contemplation about the future. The conference venue is the historical Mulungushi International Conference Centre (MICC). Situated in Manda Hill near the National Assembly, MICC was built in 1970 to host the third Summit Conference of the Non-Aligned Nations.
(Outreach) RICS Research Trust call 2020	The RICS Research Trust is an established grant award entity supporting research in the disciplines of land, real estate and construction right across the world.
(Call) 1st Workshop on mutual funds and Portfolio Management REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT FUNDS: INDUSTRY AND FUND PERFORMANCE DYNAMICS	The real estate fund industry has experienced tremendous growth over the past two decades. Reinforced by the adoption of a more protective directives and an investor-friendly environment, it has been able to drain more liquidity. Nowadays, real estate securities and funds appear to play a major role as an entire asset class available to investors and no longer as a mere support considered separately from other asset classes such as equities and / or bonds.
(Outreach) University of Manchester and University of Melbourne: Fully-funded dual PhD in Transportation and housing market interactions	Fully-funded studentships as part of the University of Manchester’s and the University of Melbourne’s Global Doctoral Research Network are currently available on selected projects. The successful candidate will spend at least 12 months at each institution and will receive a dual PhD at the end of the programme.
(Call) American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) 2020 National Conference	The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association invites paper submissions on all facets of real estate related research for our National Conference. Informative sessions allow ample time for discussion among the presenters and session participants. Policymakers, academics, and real estate practitioners have all come to rely on the leading research and vigorous discussions that are a tradition of this conference.
(Call) The 4th Hospitality Finance & Economics Conference	The Ecole hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), Switzerland, invites you to submit papers to be considered for presentation at its 4th Hospitality Finance & Economics Conference. We welcome submissions from all areas related to general finance, real estate, and economics. In addition, hospitality- or tourism-focused papers are encouraged. This selective, high quality conference will ensure an informal atmosphere conducive to open and lively discussions and offer a platform for academics and practitioners alike. All papers will be reviewed by a selection committee.
(Outreach) Special issue of the Journal of African Real Estate Research Call for Papers from female real estate, property, housing, and urban development researchers	Supporting female researchers in real estate is an important agenda for the property discipline and is strongly supported by the editorial team at the Journal of African Real Estate Research (JARER). Encouraging women to publish in peer-reviewed scholarly journals enriches the field and is a key element in a successful researcher’s career. To assist in this effort, JARER announces a call for papers for a special issue devoted to highlighting the work of female researchers in property related subjects.
(Call) Journal of Property Research (JPR) Special Issue Automated Valuation Services	Automated valuation services (AVSs) are used by web-based marketing platforms, tax authorities, banks, and rating agencies to predict values of individual residential properties based on a fitted statistical model and a property’s characteristics. A timely AVS requires continuous access to high-quality transaction data, flexible statistical models, and a technical implementation that keeps the service cost-effective and makes it easy to use.
(Call) The 2020 Joint Real Estate Conference by AsRES, GCREC and AREUEA	The 2020 Joint Real Estate Conference by the Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES), the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC) and the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) will take place between July 12 and 15, 2020 in Singapore. The conference will be held at Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore and hosted by the Department of Real Estate and Institute of Real Estate and Urban Studies of the National University of Singapore.
(Call) 13th ERES Education Seminar (Alicante University, Spain December, 1st – 2nd 2017)	The European Real Estate Society (ERES) is pleased to announce the 13th ERES Education Seminar to be held in Alicante, Spain, organized by the University of Alicante, during December, 1st – 2nd 2017. The Seminar will provide a forum for academics to present and discuss research on Real Estate Education, the challenges, techniques and other related issues. The seminar will devote one panel to identify the introduction of energy concepts in real estate education. This panel reflects collaboration with the RENTALCAL Project and its team members.
(Outreach) The European Real Estate Society Industry Seminar Berlin (31st March 2017)	Rent Regulation in Housing Markets – International Perspective and the Case of Germany Demographic changes, urbanisation and lack of accommodations for refugees are current issues in all German cities, which has led to rent increases and resulted in reforms of the German residential rent control framework.
(Call) ERSA & ERES Summer School 2015 - “Developers, Planners and the City”.	The ERSA & ERES Summer School targets PhD students and junior researchers with less than 10 years of research experience. The Summer School intends to bring together Real Estate researchers and Regional Economists. Participants research should relate to at least one of the following areas: real estate development, urban planning, urban development, urban economics.
(Call) CFP: 23rd ERES Annual Conference 2016 - Regensburg, Germany	The European Real Estate Society's Annual Conference is the primary event of the Society. The ERES Annual Conference provides an open forum for the exchange of ideas and the dissemination of research in areas such as real estate finance, economics, appraisal, investment and asset management.
(Call) CFP: ERES Education Seminar 2015	The main topic of the ERES education seminar 2015 is Real estate education: built environment schools vs business schools. This topic will be subject for debate in two panel discussions: One with members of industry and one academic. Papers related to this topic are especially welcome. The education seminar will further welcome papers in all fields of real estate education.
(Call) The 19th AfRES Conference	We are going to Tanzania after a very long time away. We are heading to Arusha for our 19^th African Real Estate Society (AFRES) Annual Conference to be held on 10^th – 13^th September, 2019 in Arusha, Tanzania.
(Outreach) ERES INDUSTRY SEMINAR Institutional Investment in Real Estate Market in Italy
(Call) ERSA - European Regional Science Association \| 2013 Summer School	NEW: Information about student presentations - update 5 June:
(Call) ERSA - European Regional Science Association \| 2012 Summer School	GOALS AND FORMAT The goal of the 25th ERSA Summer School is to provide the students with advanced knowledge in these fields. The Summer School will also provide an opportunity for the students to present their own work and interact with professors in these fields.
(Call) ERSA - European Regional Science Association \| 2011 Summer school	GOALS AND FORMAT The goal of the 24th ERSA Summer School is to provide PhD-students and young researchers with advanced training in the field of urban modeling and particularly urban dynamics. In addition it is aimed at being an interactions platform where young researchers can present and discuss their own research with other young researchers and with more senior academics in the field. It is also a unique opportunity to prepare for a future research career in regional science, including enhancing publishing skills and developing an international network.
(Call) ERSA - European Regional Science Association \| 2010 Summer School	NEW INFORMATION: There are two software packages that the participants shall download in advance: 1) A test version of GAMS, which can be found here/ 2) The R package, to be found here
(Call) ERES 2009: EDUCATION SEMINAR	PROGRAMME 04.12.2009 13:30-15:30 [Boecklsaal]

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Rent Regulation in Housing Markets – International Perspective and the Case of Germany

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04.12.2009