The Globalization of Real Estate Network (GREN) at the Center of Urban and Real Estate Management (CUREM) and the Department of Economics (Prof. Mathias Hoffmann) at the University of Zurich organized a one-week Forum to bring together researchers from various backgrounds to discuss the multi-faceted aspects of the impact of globalization on real estate markets.

The Forum took place from 9-12 September 2019 and consisted of a mix of research presentations by the participants and of lectures by leading international academics. Prof. Yongheng Deng (University of Wisconsin - Madison) and Prof. Christian Hilber (London School of Economics) gave two half-day lectures at the Forum. Other senior academics from GREN participated and provided in-depth feedback to junior researchers. Afternoons were dedicated to presentations by the participants and to discussion and collaboration.

On 10 September 2019 Prof. Yongheng Deng and Prof. Christian Hilber gave a keynote address at the Public Lecture on the topics «The impact of foreign investors on the local housing market» and «The market for second home investment».