#NAREE2026 Miami Conference Highlights

NAREE University’s peer-to-peer career development workshop sessions (details under the Events Tab) and industry trends sessions with leading commercial and residential real estate experts were moderated by award-winning journalists including NAREE President Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times; NAREE Vice President Suzann Silverman, CPE/MHN; NAREE Secretary Candace Taylor, Wall Street Journal; and Past Presidents Aldo Svaldi,Denver Post and Ralph Bivins, Realty News Report and NAREE Conference Advisor. Sessions ran Monday, June 1 to Wednesday, June 3 at the Kimpton Epic Hotel in downtown Miami. Industry sessions included the Midyear Home Building Outlook with Rob Dietz, Chief Economist, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB); NAREE’s traditional economic trends panel with NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun among others; a panel on Vertical Urbanism with Edgardo Defortuna, Fortune International Group and others, and a conversation with New Urbanism co-founder Andres Duany. Both NAREE’s Meet the Press and NAREE’s 76th Annual Real Estate Journalism Awards presentation were held on Wednesday, June 3. 

A number of other prominent professionals were on-stage at the NAREE conference in MIami, including:

Architect Paul Whalen, FAIA,  partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA); Florida realty broker, Maile Aguila, The Agency; Danny Finkle, senior managing director, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL); Caitlin Sagrue Walter, economist, head of research and innovation, National Multifamily Housing Counsel (NMHC); and Brian Gale, vice chairman, Cushman & Wakefield. The full agenda is under the Events tab.————————————————————————————————————————

The portal to enter NAREE’s 76th Annual Real Journalism Competition is now closed. It was open from February 1 through the March 1 entry deadline. Each year ndependent journalists can enter work published, posted, or aired in the previous year. Thirty categories recognize excellence in commercial and residential real estate. Overall awards for freelancers, young journalists, consumer watchdog reporting and more are presented at NAREE’s annual Conference. This year’s winners were announced June 3 at the Kimpton Epic. Go to the Awards Tab for more information.

NAREE’s Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference began Monday, June 16, 2025 at 1 PM and concluded on Thursday morning June 19 in New Orleans.

NAREE’s 59th annual conference — #NAREE2025 — was headquartered at the iconic Hotel Monteleone in the heart of the historic French Quarter. Press conferences with industry leaders on residential and commercial real estate trends, mid-year economic forecasts, NAREE’s peer-to-peer professional development sessions at NAREE University, plus NAREE’s Meet the Press, the 75th Annual Journalism Awards presentation, two real estate tours, and networking receptions were just some of the NAREE conference moments. See the conference agenda below.

Congratulations to Winners of NAREE’s 75th Annual Real Estate Journalism Competition announced on June 18th, 2025 at the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans.