This year, RICS looks forward to welcoming you at the launch of the 2010 RICS European Housing Review, on Tuesday 2 March 2010 at 14:00 in Brussels.

• Welcome speech by Lali Pensado, Regional Manager RICS Iberia
• A new European Parliament’s perspective on housing (outline), by Jan Olbrycht, MEP and President of the Urban Intergroup
• European housing markets: on the road to recovery? Results commented by Michael Ball, author of the report and Professor of Urban and Property Economics in the School of Real Estate and Planning (UK)
• The importance of a sound EU mortgage loan market, a Commission perspective, by Maria Dolores Montesinos, DG Internal Market & Services, European Commission
• Belgian housing market developments, by Xavier Mertens FRICS, CEO Home Invest, Belgium
• The private sector’s view on European housing market in 2010, by Han Joosten, Director Market Research, Bouwfonds Property Development (NL)
• Panel discussion open to the public

Free registration open at 13:30. The event will be followed by a cocktail at 16:30, Marble room.

Venue: Palais des Academies, Baudouin room - 1 Rue Ducale, 1000 Brussels, Belgium

Register now for free! Contact Natasha Lanskaya on nlanskaya@rics.org