CEPI - European Council of Real Estate Professions

The latest figures released by Eurostat on 10 April show that in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared with the fourth quarter of 2012, Euro area house prices were down by 1.4%, 0.1% for the EU as a whole, as measured by the House Price Index. Compared with the third quarter of 2013, house prices fell by 0.7% in the euro area and by 0.3% in the EU in the fourth quarter of 2013.

A public consultation has been published by the European Commission on introducing a European Professional Card (EPC) for nurses, doctors, pharmacists, physiotherapists, engineers, mountain guides and estate agents. The consultation will remain open until 2 June. CEPI strongly supports the introduction of the EPC and is consulting with its member associations in order to respond to the consultation.

On 27 March last Claudine Speltz met CEPI’s Spanish member associations as well as the Consejo General de los Colegios Oficiales de los Agentes de la Propriedad Inmobiliaria de España.

On 3 April the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a public hearing on the working of the Services Directive in the construction sector at which CEPI was represented. The results of a pilot study on this topic were presented.The Services Directive is of course of great significance to the real estate sector as a whole and a priority issue for CEPI. There continues to be emphasis placed at EU level on the importance of its full and correct implementation. 

The 65th edition of FIABCI World Congress takes place in Luxembourg on May 20 - 22nd. You might be present ... together with CEPI.