CEPI - European Association of Real Estate Professions

Thank you to all those members who have responded to our request for information about the ongoing crisis caused by the spread of the coronavirus.

As CEPI President I am contacting you personally to express my strong concern for all CEPI members and delegates at a time when we are facing an unprecedented crisis due to the spread of the coronavirus.

At the very kind invitation of ÖVI, Immounited, and the Viennese Chamber of Commerce, CEPI met in Vienna on February 20-21 with representatives of the Austrian association and CEPI member ÖVI, as well as representatives from FIABCI, and the US National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).

On February 12 CEPI participated in a workshop on the HOME project organized by UIPI (International Union of Property Owners in Europe) at their headquarters in Brussels.

On February 5, 2020 CEPI met with Mr Jarno Tuimala, CEO of Kiinko, and Mr Jari Porthen, CEPI delegate from FREMF, the biggest Finnish association representing property managers in the country and long-standing CEPI member.

On January 30, 2020, the newly elected CEPI Board of Directors met in Brussels to discuss the results of the past year and new priorities.

On 29 January the new European Commission published its first annual work programme building on the political guidelines already announced last year by President von der Leyen.

As from 1 January 2020, CEPI has a new President Karen Van De Woestyne.

On 1 January Croatia took over the six-month rotating presidency of the Council of the EU for the first time since Croatia joined the EU in 2013.

The European Green Deal was published on 11 December as the first major initiative of the new European Commission. It aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050.

On December 2-3 CEPI held in Brussels a conference for members, dedicated to the most crucial policy dossiers on the European agenda for the real estate sector.

The new European Commission will take office on 1 December 2019, following the approval of the College of Commissioners by the European Parliament on 27 November.

CEPI member GIPE took part in the 15th edition of the SIMED Real Estate Exhibition in Malaga, Costa del Sol.

During its General Meeting, CEPI and its privileged knowledge partner OPISAS presented for the second year in a row the Joint Report, developed in cooperation with NAR  (National Association of REALTORS®) and OPISAS REinsight, the observatory on international real estate markets.

Airbnb, and similar platforms operating in the real estate sector, are increasing in popularity and commercialisation. CEPI calls upon the European Commission to examine the impact such sharing platforms are having on the housing market in the EU.