CEPI - European Association of Real Estate Professions

CEPI follows closely all elements of the services package published by the European Commission at the beginning of this year and currently under discussion at the European Parliament. It takes a particular interest in the Communication on reform recommendations for regulation in professional services which contains guidance on reform needs addressed to Member States for specific professions including real estate agents.

On the occasion of its second annual General Meeting of 2017, CEPI successfully organised a series of institutional meetings for its delegates at the heart of Europe.

The number of real estate agents in Belgium continues to grow. As of September 2017 they now number 10.041.

CEPI member association the Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV) was represented at the Irish National Ploughing Championships 19th -21st September 2017 in Screggan, Tullamore, Co.Offaly, Ireland.

According to figures published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, house prices rose by 4.0% in the euro area and by 4.5% in the EU in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the same quarter of the previous year. Compared with the fourth quarter of 2016, house prices rose by 0.4% in the euro area and by 0.7% in the EU in the first quarter of 2017.