Real Estate Market Advisory Group (REM)

The UNECE Real Estate Market Advisory Group is a team of specialists, which assists the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management and the Working Party on Land Administration to develop stronger housing real estate markets.

The activities of the Advisory Group address the following topics:

Energy-efficient housing
Fire safety
Affordable and social housing, and real estate economics (including sharing economy)
Housing finance (including transparent and advanced financial products for housing)
Management of multi-apartment buildings
Property valuation and registration
Smart and sustainable urban development
Land markets and land administration.

The activities of REM are based on cooperation and exchange of experience among experts of UNECE member States. This is done through:

Seminars, conferences and workshops organized in member States
Publication of studies and guidelines on specific housing and real estate and urban development topics
Provision of policy advice and expert assistance
Contribution to the works and studies of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management and the Working Party on Land Administration.

The Advisory Board Terms of Reference for 2023-2024 was endorsed by the eighty-third session of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management in October 2022 and is available here (please see below).