CEPI - European Association of Real Estate Professions

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.

CEPI met in London 23 to 24 October at the kind invitation of its UK member the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA).

CEPI is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with a new knowledge partner City Performer.

As part of the process of the election of the new Commission the European Parliament today started its hearings of the Commissioner-designates.

On Friday, June 21 CEPI met with Mr. Va Vierak, member of the Board of Directors of the Cambodian Valuers & Estate Agents Association (CVEA).

At an event on 19 June at which the CEPI Secretariat was represented European Commissioners Miguel Arias Cañete and Günther Oettinger discussed with stakeholders the energy efficiency of buildings and current developments at EU level. The event was co-chaired by DG Energy and ZIA (Zentraler Immobilien Ausschuss) as part of EU Sustainable Energy Week 2019.

On June 11 CEPI held  the third meeting in 2019 of its Board of Directors at its headquarters in Brussels.

On May 20th CEPI held in Brussels the first meeting of its EUREDUC Special Committee in charge of monitoring and continuously evaluating the implementation of the new EUREDUC programme, CEPI’s project offering a common syllabus for all students following a real estate programme, aimed at setting high quality standards for future real estate professionals by ensuring that they receive an education that helps them be aware of the needs of the market, and also to be able to provide the best quality service to their clients.

On 30 April the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) issued an opinion on a case about Airbnb Ireland referred to the ECJ by the Tribunal de grande instance de Paris (Regional Court, Paris), for a preliminary ruling on the freedom of Airbnb to provide services in France.

Looking ahead to the European elections in May CEPI has published its manifesto for the European elections 2019, a message from real estate professionals to decision makers.

On 24 April CEPI’s Director-General Guy Valkenborg and Policy Director Janet Griffiths met with the European Commission, DG Justice and Consumers, to discuss its current work on the prevention of money laundering.

CEPI is introducing a new series of web-based information sessions (CEPI Academy) for its members on important topics of shared interest. The first CEPI Academy took place on 8 April 2019 on the topic of the European Professional Card (EPC) with the participation of the European Commission.