Practitioner licensing
REAA 2008
Licensed real estate professionals
Practitioners and academics, working as one team
Property Research Institute brings together two kinds of expertise that rarely sit in the same room: property professionals who have transacted in the market, and academic researchers who study it for a living. That combination is what makes our work both grounded and rigorous.
Independent · Multidisciplinary · Evidence led
Academic depth
PhD led
Doctoral researchers on the team
Disciplines
Six
Economics to planning to data
Stance
Independent
No lending, no agency conflict
Who we are
The people behind Property Research Institute are a group of property experts and academic researchers. On the practitioner side, our team holds licences under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008, which means we are bound by the professional conduct and client care rules administered by the Real Estate Authority. On the research side, our team includes academics who hold PhDs and who have spent years in university research and teaching, in fields ranging from urban economics to planning and data science.
We built the Institute this way on purpose. A licensed practitioner knows how a deal actually closes, what a buyer will really pay, and where a feasibility tends to fall over. An academic researcher knows how to design a method that holds up, how to test a hypothesis against evidence, and how to write conclusions that survive scrutiny. Most property advice draws on one of these and not the other. Our work draws on both, every time.
The standards we hold ourselves to.
Independence is only worth something if it is backed by accountability. Three commitments sit underneath every piece of work we produce.
Licensed and accountable
Our property practitioners are licensed under the Real Estate Agents Act 2008 and work to its conduct and client care standards, overseen by the Real Estate Authority.
Academic rigour
Our methods are designed and reviewed by doctoral researchers. Findings are peer checked inside the team before release, and our methodology is set out so a reader can judge it.
Genuine independence
We do not lend, and we do not sell property on commission as part of our research engagements. That means our conclusions are not steered by a transaction we stand to gain from.
Work with the team
Put a practitioner and an academic on your question.
Every engagement is staffed by the right mix of our people for the decision at hand. Book a short consultation and we will tell you who would lead the work, how they would approach it, and what you would receive.
The right discipline mix for your question
Named lead researcher and clear method
Independent, licensed and peer reviewed