Co-organized by Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group and the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s Consumer Finance Institute
Submission Deadline: June 1, 2024
Conference Dates: October 24‒25, 2024
Location: Fannie Mae Midtown Center, Washington, D.C.
We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming Mortgage Market Research Conference on May 15‒16, 2024.
Description
Climate change poses an urgent threat to the real estate sector. On the one hand, the real estate industry is one of the biggest contributors to global warming, with embodied and operational carbon accounting for more than one-third of total carbon emissions. On the other hand, the impacts of acute and chronic physical climate risks — flooding, hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, rising sea levels, and extreme weather — are becoming increasingly salient. Action across all areas of the real estate sector will be required to limit the social and economic consequences of climate change.
Building on the success of our inaugural symposium, the MIT Center for Real Estate invites submissions of the latest research at the intersection of climate change and real estate for the second MIT Climate and Real Estate Symposium, scheduled for October 4 (Friday) to October 5 (Saturday), 2024.
UTokyo Center for Real Estate Innovation International Forum (Hybrid) “Innovation Districts and Real Estate Economy in the World”
Featured Session: 3.1 US Real Estate Markets
Commercial real estate (CRE) markets are continually changing. Public and private real estate valuations have diverged in 2022, and the gaps have yet to close. These divides have highlighted the disparities between market-based and appraisal-based valuations; they have also limited transaction market liquidity. Other developments, including remote work arrangements, the evolution of the retail and industrial sectors to adapt to e-commerce, and demographic changes, continue to change the nature of the demand for space. As the U.S. and global economies have changed, the real estate that houses the economy has also evolved. “Modern economy” property sectors now account for most of the equity market capitalization of the FTSE Nareit All Equity Index. Technological advances in AI and PropTech are impacting investment analyses and approaches. Institutional investors are increasingly concerned with environmental stewardship, social responsibility, and corporate governance. Institutional investors also continue to invest heavily in illiquid forms of real estate despite some apparent drawbacks. CRE owners are under pressure in the face of growing climate risks, demand shifts, and new regulations. Further, lenders and financial regulators are increasingly concerned about the exposure of the banking system to the CRE asset class.
Considering the important changes affecting CRE markets today, the editors of Real Estate Economics (REE) are pleased to announce a call for papers for a Special Issue on Commercial Real Estate Finance and Investment. Liang Peng (PSU) has agreed to serve as guest editor. We welcome studies relating to all CRE finance and investment issues. We encourage submissions that address real estate investment trusts (REITs) and the economics of public versus private CRE ownership.
Wed Apr 24, 2024Virtual Seminar | The Skyscraper Revolution: Global Economic Development and Land Savings Category: Events |
Wed May 8, 2024Virtual Seminar | Partisan Loan Officers and the Racial Gap in Mortgage Lending Category: Events |
Wed May 22, 2024Virtual Seminar | Understanding Rationality and Disagreement in House Price Expectations Category: Events |
