OUR MEMBERS

OVI was founded in 1979 with the aim to represent the professional and commercial interests of its members: real estate agents, property managers, builders and (since 2012) surveyors. .

The first president, who was at the same time a representative of the Federal Economic Chamber of Austria (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich), wanted to establish a private lobbying organisation in addition to compulsory membership of the Chamber of Commerce.

Until now there has been close cooperation with the Federal Economic Chamber of Austria.

Over the years OVI has established itself as the most important voice of real estate in Austria. Politicians as well as mass media trust the opinions of OVI’s experts.

OVI runs a well-known training institute (ÖVI Immobilienakademie) as well as a real estate specialised certification body (ImmoZert GmbH).

CIB represents the Flemish real estate sector. With a membership of over 3,500 professionals, it is the most representative professional association of real estate agents and works to professionalise the sector. In addition to real estate brokers, CIB Flanders also accommodates property managers, promoters and experts, as well as anyone active in commercial real estate and tourist property. 

The IPI's role is to regulate access to the profession, to ensure that estate agents comply with the rules and that only those registered with the Institute may practise.

Anyone wishing to work as a self-employed estate agent in Belgium must be approved by the IPI, the Professional Institute of Estate Agents.

The NATIONAL REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION was founded in 1992 by the top 20 real estate agencies in Bulgaria. Today the association manages its structure through 12 regional branches bringing together companies from 28 cities in the country and over 1,500 professionals.

The MEMBERS OF NREA are companies and individuals involved in the performance of professional services in real estate who want to practice their profession in a legal, ethical and professional manner.

Through tools for communication and integration NREA creates conditions for professional collaboration, building trust between professionals, synchronisation of work standards, enhancing professional qualifications, awareness, topicality.

NREA is an authoritative member of the international organizations FIABCI, CEPI, CEREAN, NAR, the International Ethical Standard Coalition, as well as Bulgarian employers organizations BCCI and CEIBG.

It is a member of Bulgarian Institute for Standardization. Partner of the University of National and World Economy, the University of Economics - Varna, the Professional Schools of Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia and Varna.

The organization has its own PROFESSIONAL TRAINING CENTER, designed to prepare employees in real estate on a voluntary basis.

Through validation examinations of the knowledge for professional qualification, real estate agents receive a certificate of proficiency in the profession "REAL ESTATE AGENT" according to the Decree №21 / 09.01.2012 of MES.

The MAIN MISSION of NREA is the quality and regulation in the professional business, the ethics and trust, both between the organization's members and to consumers.

The Association of Real Estate Offices of the Czech Republic is the largest professional association of service providers in the field of real estate which is active on the real estate market in the Czech Republic.

It was founded in 1991 and now has more than 200 members – real estate offices, real estate managers and administrators, and auctioneers from all over the Czech Republic, which mean about 1,200 individuals working as real estate brokers as members of ARK CR.

The organisation promotes furthermore the real estate profession through study and courses in order to assist to a modern development of this profession.

The main reasons for establishing the association were to bring together business people working in the real estate market, and protect and support their interests, especially in the legislative context.

Another important reason for this association’s inception was to help those workers in real estate agencies and related fields such as real estate management and administration and auctioneering to become more educated professionally.

The Finnish Real Estate Management Federation (FREMF) helps real estate management to develop and to generate the best residency and housing in the world.

FREMF has over 600 member companies and 23 member associations, with which it represents over two thirds of the real estate management business in Finland.

Created in 1963, the Syndicat National des Professionels Immobiliers (SNPI) www.snpi.fr, is fully involved in the defence of the profession and its members, and in pursuing its action, at all levels, with the Public Authorities and the institutions.

With its 8.400 members – property agents, managing agents, property managers and experts – SNPI is present throughout the national territory, in metropolitan France, as well as in the West Indies, Reunion Island and Guyana.

SNPI is in constant contact with the relevant Ministries for the preparation or amendment of legislation or regulations concerning real estate, and in particular the status of professionals, the status of co-ownership, town and country land planning policy, and Economy of the real estate sector. In the same vein, it maintains close relations with a significant number of members of Parliament.

SNPI has a permanent seat in numerous national authorities:

1. National Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Real Estate Sector, that regulates relations between employers and employees;

2. National Advisory Committee on Housing which is called upon to give its opinion on a certain number of regulations or to propose amendments for others;

3. It occasionally attends the deliberations of other organisations, including the Agence Nationale pour la Maîtrise de l’Energie, and the Commission nationale Informatique et Liberté.

In addition to these national actions, SNPI is active, through its members, in numerous institutions at local or provincial level: the Commercial Courts, elected Industrial Tribunals, Provincial Arbitration Committees for commercial leases, Chambers of Commerce, etc….

For its international relations, SNPI has opted to join the Conseil européen des Professions immobilières (CEPI) and the Fédération internationale des Professions immobilières (FIABCI) as well as the European Group of Valuers Associations (TEGoVA).

The German Real Estate Association (IVD) is a large German business association of real estate in the legal form of registered association. It is also a professional organization and represent the interests of service professions in real estate. Among the 6,000 members are included estate agents, property managers and appraisers, as well as financing and financial services providers, project developers, facility managers, property developers and other professional real estate groups.

Greek Association of Broker Price Opinion Certified Professionals

The Real Estate Association of Athens Attica (R.E.A.A.A) was established in 1920 in Athens under the Law "On Associations." Initially named "Association of Real Estate Contracts of Athens - Attica," it was founded by notable real estate agents of the Greek market who purchased the hall that still serves as the association's headquarters in central Athens. Today, SMASA is the only official professional trade union for real estate agents in Athens, boasting approximately 550 registered members.

The primary mission of SMASA is to study, protect, promote, and develop the ethical, intellectual, and economic interests of its registered real estate companies.

The Institute of Professional Auctioneers and Valuers (IPAV) established in 1971 is the only representative body solely catering for the professional and educational requirements of over 1100 Auctioneers & Valuers practising throughout Ireland.

The Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland is the independent professional body for Chartered Surveyors working and practising in Ireland.

Working in partnership with RICS, the pre-eminent Chartered professional body for the construction, land and property sectors around the world, the Society and RICS act in the public interest: setting and maintaining the highest standards of competence and integrity among the profession; and providing impartial, authoritative advice on key issues for business, society and governments worldwide.

ANACI was established in 1995 by merger of ANAI and AIACI. Today ANACI unites in the organisation more than 8,000 property managers from all over Italy.

The aim of the ANACI organisation is to promote the interest of the real estate profession as well as to obtain a law that disciplines the profession of Italian property managers.

The organisation promotes furthermore the real estate profession through study and courses in order to assist to a modern development of this profession.

The head office and the national board of directors are in Rome. There are further local offices in every large Italian city.

ANACI incorporates professionals in the field of real estate brokerage and property management.

ANACI does not depend on any political party or movement and is willing to co-operate as much as possible with other similar national and international organisations. To fulfill the aims of the organisation, ANACI is also active in all other fields that have a link and can contribute to the professionalising and education of the Italian property managers. In order to serve the interest of its members and to provide them with all the help they may need, ANACI aims to have a seat in as many consultative bodies as possible. ANACI follows all developments in the governmental area in order to protect the profession of her members and to assure their working field.

The members of ANACI are held to respect the rules of the organisation and to apply free rule.

In case of disagreements between members they are obliged to reach a compromise through an independent ANACI-arbiter.

FIAIP is a benchmark for Italian real estate professionals with 8,000 real estate agents as members. Its widespread presence across the country, operating through 20 regional colleges and 98 provincial and interprovincial colleges, represents an information and counselling point for associates as well as trade union advocacy of the interests of the sector.

For more than 40 years, FIAIP has been one of the largest and most dynamic European Union federations. In Italy it is the technical reference of O.P.M.I. Parliamentary Observatory of the Real Estate Market, the membership of which is made up of numerous deputies and senators both of the majority and opposition.

Dialogue and proposals with all the components of the OPMI, as well as effective and concrete political union activity undertaken by national leaders, has led to some FIAIP proposals being transformed into amendments tabled and, in many cases, approved by parliament and government for the benefit of the sector.

Founded in 1994, LANĪDA is the largest real estate association in Latvia.

LANĪDA represents the largest and most honest companies and real estate brokers who implement professional operating principles in their activities. It stands for an orderly industry that operates on a legal basis and the operation of highly professional companies that provide customers with safe transactions and an ethical communication culture.

The association has a Certification Office which is accredited by the National Accreditation Office of Latvia being competent to perform certification of persons in the area of Assistant real estate agent and Real estate agent. Being focused on further improving the quality of services, LANĪDA works hard on certification and professional qualification and promotes further contact with attention to the wider European and international market.

The Real Estate Chamber of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (CIGDL), founded in 1971, is a non-profit association representing the various professional fields within the real estate sector: real-estate agents, building developers and property managers.

The CIGDL is a member of the following national, supranational and international associations and federations: CLC (Confederation of Commerce in Luxembourg) CEPI -CEI (European Asociation of Real Estate Professions) and FIABCI (International Real Estate Federation).

The members of the CIGDL are committed to offering the highest quality of service, and strive to perform all real estate transactions at the utmost satisfaction of its customers. They accept to abide by the moral Code of Ethics, which is available on www.cigdl.lu, and which core rules are summed up to form its current quality charter.

NVM is the oldest and biggest association of Real Estate Agents and Valuers in the Netherlands.

Almost 75 percent of Dutch houses are sold by real estate agents who are members of the NVM.

NVM members exchange information about the different characteristics of properties on the market and on transaction prices.

The NVM badge is a guarantee of quality and real estate agents in the Netherlands display it with pride.

VastgoedNED is here for estate agents, valuers and building surveyors. They are also here for  buyers, sellers, tenants, landlords,property developers and governments. They are there for a stable property market. VastgoedNED is here for estate agents, valuers and building surveyors. They are also here for  buyers, sellers, tenants, landlords,property developers and governments. They are there for a stable property market. 

The Polish Real Estate Federation (PREF) is an association of independent real estate professional organisations.

It was established in January 1995 by six regional associations of real estate brokers and agents.

Currently, PREF works on behalf and in the interest of 17 regional associations of brokers and property managers, representing almost 3,000 people.

The Polish Federation of Real Estate Associations is a voluntary union of regional and national associations of real estate managers, which was established in 1998. The federation is nowadays affiliated with 13 nationwide associations.

The Polish Federation of Real Estate Associations is a social organisation, acting for and in the interest of member associations in which the activity is based on the social work of associates.

The main objective of the Polish Federation of Real Estate Associations is to strive to create a professional real estate market management and administration, to develop and operate efficiently, and to respect the principles of professional ethics in this market.

We pursue this goal mainly through actions aimed at the development of property management, standardisation of property management regulations, cooperation with state and local administration authorities in order to create conditions for the development of property management, promotion of new technologies in construction, improving the conditions of real estate operations, To provide legal, economic, technical and organisational advice to the Federation members, to participate in the work of international organisations, thereby becoming a member of the European Association CEPI as well as promoting ethics and respect for professional ethics.

The Polish Federation of Real Estate Associations is an experienced organizer of real estate training and real estate management, including, among others, real estate management, housing accounting, construction law, etc. Our clients include licensed property managers, Real estate, central and local administration, housing communities, housing cooperatives, real estate management companies as well as municipal companies.

 APEMIP - The Associação dos profissionais e empresas de mediação imobiliária de Portugal was born with the aim of uniting those agents who want to join it and grow together in the search for more and better solutions for the sector, the market, supervision and, ultimately, the consumer, for whom we work.
This path will allow them to do so with better trained, more capable and more credible professionals, with more and better guarantees of good business for their clients, thus increasing the credibility of the sector in the market, together with better and more economical conditions for members.

The Professional Association of Real Estate Agents in Romania (APAIR) was founded in 2009, following the model of the National Association of REALTORS®, the largest professional association in the United States.

APAIR is recognized as a leader in developing professional standards for efficient, profitable and ethical real estate practice. APAIR promotes exclusive representation as its work method and is guided by principles such as total loyalty to the client; cooperation with other member real estate agents and total transparency in the real estate transaction.

ABI (Asociatia Brokerilor Imobiliari) was founded in 2010 and is a non-profit, non-governmental and non-patrimonial autonomous organization, for the benefit of real estate agents and the public consumer of real estate services. ABI was born as a natural consequence of the evolution of the real estate market in Romania.

Both real estate brokers/agents and the general public need an interface through which to interact based on solid principles and mutual respect. ABI provides a formal and rigorous framework for the relationship between brokers and their clients.

NARKS is an independent organisation composed of individuals and entities working in real estate market in Slovakia. Since 1992, we have been building a community of real estate professionals and representing Slovakia´s real estate market internationally. Our members provide services associated with buying, selling and renting real property, development, construction and investment activities, real estate management, legal services and auction business. The association has been established to create the platform for professional development, sharing of information, research, integration and networking for its members and partners within the real estate market.

The Consejo general colegios oficiales agentes propiedad inmobiliaria  (CGCOAPI) of Spain is a public corporation that represents and defends the interests of registered Real Estate Agents and the associations in which they are registered before the General State Administration, the Autonomous Communities, other authorities or organs of the State and international institutions.

The Professional Association of Real Estate Managers in Building Promotions (GIPE) is an association of real estate professionals who, as such, offer their intermediation and management services in all types of real estate transactions, with offices throughout the national territory.

We want to be the organisation chosen by real estate brokerage professionals for their innovation, solutions, products and services. We want to be recognized for the human and professional quality of our partners and for our contribution to the sector.

GIPE is constituted as an avant-garde organization, giving the necessary support and support to real estate managers in Spain to carry out work in accordance with current market demands.

GIPE is the stable instrument of the policies of communicative action, offering the real estate products and services of its associates.

THE GIPE ASSOCIATION HAS A PURPOSE:

1. The defense of the interests of all its members in the exercise of their profession as a collective, the functions of the associates being intermediation and management in all types of real estate transactions. These functions will be exercised in a personal capacity.

2. Collaboration, assistance and legal advice to associates in the performance of their profession, through the technical services contracted.

3. Encourage collaboration and solidarity among its members, as well as respect for the profession.

CGCAFE is a public corporation that groups together 38 local associations and 15.500 members, and represents the professional activity of property management in Spain, as a representative organisation and coordination of the local associations, conducting such representation at national and international levels.