Research and Market Intelligence Committee

The mission of the Research & Market Intelligence Committee is to form a thinktank of prominent thought leaders in real estate research across the Asia Pacific. The committee also provides strategic technical advisory to APREA for greater market transparency and state-of-the-art analytics for its members and the industry.

• Marketplace trends – real estate markets, capital markets, investment universe
• Real estate as an investment class – the evolving definition of real estate/assets, the case for REITs, FAQs on real estate, real estate myth busters
• Asia Pacific as an investment destination – the Asia pacific investment map and showcase, FAQs
• Real assets and society – our industry’s contribution to economic growth, sustainability, taxation, social dividends and retirement wealth, jobs
• Performance measurement and benchmarking – a program for filling index gaps and rationalising current duplication/confusion
• Public policy – advocate improvements to existing REIT rules in target jurisdictions based on a ‘state of the art’ model, urban policy, tax rules, cross border regimes and funds passports
• Applied academic research – a three-year research program with higher education partners and think tanks

Research themes include the following broad categories of APREA's focus:

• Real Estate as an Asset Class - the evolving definition of real estate/assets, advocate improvements to existing REIT rules in target jurisdictions based on a 'state of the art' model, urban policy, tax rules, cross border regimes and funds passports;
• APAC as Destination - the Asia pacific investment map and showcase, FAQs, economic growth, sustainability, taxation, social dividends and retirement wealth, jobs;
• Market Insights - real estate markets, capital markets, the investment universe;
• Transparency & Knowledge Sharing - performance measurement and benchmarking, best practice etc.
• ESG – sustainable growth for the real estate industry.

• Performance Measurement Standards for Listed & Unlisted Real Estate
• Research Vault (market intelligence portal)
• Data & Analytics for APREA members
• Industry Reports & Insights