Especially given the way we sit at the hinge between real estate and finance, we are strong believers in the value of collaboration across industry groups.

While different industry bodies may have differing memberships, objectives or perspectives, where overlaps are substantial they will usually best serve their members’ interests by sharing information and cooperating.

In addition to our close relationship with our American sister organisation, the CRE Finance Council, we are an active member of the Property Industry Alliance in the UK and the European Real Estate Forum at the EU level.

We were represented on the Real Estate Finance Group that produced the 2014 report A Vision for Real Estate Finance in the UK.

We also collaborate where it makes sense to do so with other associations, including AFME, the Loan Market Association, Better Buildings Partnership and CRREM.

We are among the financial supporters of the UK Commercial Property Lending Report produced by Bayes Business School, City University of London, the German Debt Project of the International Real Estate Business School (IREBS) at Regensburg University, and more recently established research into the French CRE lending market run by L’Institut de l’Épargne Immobilière et Foncière (IEIF).