CEPI - European Association of Real Estate Professions

On April 16 – 18, the city of Belgrade hosted an important conference for real estate agents in Southeastern Europe, which gathered experts from all around Europe and internationally

The government in the United Kingdom has announced that new measures will be introduced to professionalise the estate agent market. Estate agents will be required to hold a professional qualification and to be transparent about the fees they receive for referring clients to solicitors, surveyors and mortgage brokers.

According to the latest figures from Eurostat, house prices in the fourth quarter of 2017, compared with the same quarter of the previous year, rose by 4.2% in the euro area and by 4.5% in the EU.

CEPI held a series of meetings in Madrid 5-6 April 2018, at the kind invitation of its Spanish member CGCAFE.

On 8 March the European Commission published its action plan on sustainable finance. This is a key step towards implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change and the EU’s agenda for sustainable development. It is part of the efforts of the Capital Markets Union to connect finance with the specific needs of the European economy. According to First Vice-President Frans Timmermans “Moving to a greener and more sustainable economy is good for job creation, good for people and good for the planet. Today we are making sure that the financial system works towards this goal. Our proposals will allow investors and individual citizens to make a positive choice so that their money is used more responsibly and supports sustainability”.