The University of Cambridge (Department of Land Economy), the University of Florida (Bergstrom Real Estate Center), the University of Hong Kong announce a call for papers for their joint 2025 Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium. The symposium will feature longer, more in-depth paper presentations and will allow ample time for discussion among presenters, assigned discussants, and other participants. The event will be held in a relaxed yet focused setting aiming to inspire a critical mass of leading academics in the field to create new thoughts and insights on general finance, real estate finance, and investments topics.

The symposium will be hosted by the University of Florida’s Bergstrom Real Estate Center. Hotel accommodation (two nights for researchers from the U.S., three nights for those from overseas) and group meals will be provided by the organizing institutions. All travel costs will be borne by the participants.

MIT Symposium on Technology and Real Estate
with Special Issue of Journal of Real Estate Research
Call for Papers

MIT Technology and Real Estate Symposium
November 20-21, 2025, Cambridge MA

The real estate industry is undergoing a significant transformation driven by the integration of material and immaterial technologies, including billions of interconnected sensors and devices that enhance urban environments through real-time data analysis. Advances in artificial intelligence, such as large language models, and technologies like blockchain and IoT sensors, are revolutionizing property management by optimizing operations, improving energy efficiency, and enhancing occupant experiences. The emergence of data centers as a new asset class also presents substantial investment opportunities due to increased demand for cloud storage and internet traffic. Overall, these technological advancements are reshaping the industry, offering opportunities for growth, efficiency, and sustainability. The 2025 MIT Technology and Real Estate Symposium will advance research on how these material and immaterial technologies affect the real estate industry by engaging scholars and practitioners.

On November 20 afternoon, and November 21 morning, the symposium will hear from eight to ten scholars who are advancing the research in this field. The symposium concludes in the afternoon of November 21 with keynotes and a roundtable from practitioners who are employing these new technologies in their work.

Symposium Goals/Purpose:

Real Estate truly impacts everyone as it encompasses both where you live (Residential) and work (Commercial). Moreover, the market capitalization of real estate is larger than that of the stock market and is just as mission critical to the US economy. As such, the Finance Department at the College of William & Mary is hosting a Special Symposium devoted to current issues in real estate research inclusive of all aspects of this multi-disciplinary asset class. We are intentionally leaving open-ended the focus of study to show the expansive collection of topics that encompass this multi-disciplinary field.

Click here to view the Workshop's flyer.

Submission deadline is January 31.

The Institute for Private Capital is excited to announce an exclusive data sharing agreement with MSCI, which will make MSCI’s Real Capital Analytics (RCA) database available for academic research. RCA is a data and analytics solution for global commercial real estate investing and transactions, with over $40 trillion of commercial property transactions linked to over 200,000 investor and lender profiles.

Hosted by the Finance and Economics Departments at the University of Zurich and the Economics Department at the University of Bern

This workshop marks the beginning of a planned annual series organized by the Universities of Zurich and Bern. The goal of this event-series is to highlight outstanding contributions in both real estate finance and urban economics and to foster interaction among researchers in the two fields.

The editors of Real Estate Economics (REE) are pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue on Housing and Housing Policy. Prof. Ingrid Ellen (NYU) has agreed to serve as guest editor. We welcome studies relating to all housing and housing policy issues, including but not limited to the following topics: affordability, housing supply, climate risk, neighborhood gentrification, urban inequality, housing justice, taxes, monetary and mortgage policies, transportation, the role of institutional investors and real estate intermediaries, etc.

While we expect that most of the papers accepted for publication in this Special Issue will be innovative, high-quality papers addressing specific research questions, we also welcome papers that provide a review of the literature. All submissions are expected to meet REE’s usual high standards for publication. Submissions are open until February 1, 2025.

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2025 FSU-UF Critical Issues in Real Estate Symposium. This event brings together academia and industry to discuss current research on housing economics and finance. The symposium offers a relaxed yet engaging setting featuring in-depth paper presentations and plenty of time for discussion among presenters and participants.

Click the PDF link below for detailed information.

FSU_UF_CriticalIssuesInRealEstate 2025_Oct24.pdf

Winter Finance Summit in Asa 2025

February 17 (Monday evening reception) - February 20 (Thursday morning session), 2025