Register for NAREE’s 60th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference in Miami – June 1-4 – Kimpton Epic Miami

#NAREE2026 begins Monday afternoon, June 1 at 2 PM and concludes Thursday morning, June 4, 2026. NAREE’s 60th annual real estate journalism conference will be held at the beautiful Kimpton Epic on the water in downtown Miami. 

You can see the Miami real estate story being played out from the Epic’s pool deck on the 16th floor — cranes in the air dotting a more expansive skyline of signature buildings constructed since NAREE’s last meeting here in 2021 during the Pandemic. 

The area around the Epic Hotel is walkable, near the free Metromover (elevated train) and water taxis. As many may remember the Brickell Avenue Financial District is just over the Miami River Bridge to the south, while the culture arts and entertainment district including the Perez Art Museum Miami and Adrienne Arsht Center is just a bit northeast and the Wynwood Walls are not much farther to the northwest.

Each spacious Epic Hotel guest room has a balcony overlooking either the Miami skyline or the Miami River folding into Biscayne Bay. The Kimpton Epic also features two excellent restaurants, a top notch spa, and an upscale gym onsite.  

So prepare to enjoy a memorable resort experience in a dynamic urban environment  promising myriad real estate stories.

Conference highlights include NAREE University’s peer-to-peer career development workshop sessions for journalists (details under the Events Tab) and industry trends sessions with leading commercial and residential experts, moderated by award-winning journalists. Both NAREE’s Meet the Press and NAREE’s 76th Annual Real Estate Journalism Awards presentation will be held on Wednesday, June 3. Expect plenty of additional memorable networking events and a revealing real estate tour. 

A number of prominent professionals will be on-stage at the NAREE conference in MIami, where high-rise construction cranes punctuate the skyline:

A sampling of speakers include:

NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun

Architect Paul Whalen, FAIA,  partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects (RAMSA)

Rob Dietz, chief economist, National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)

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)

Brian Gale, vice chairman, Cushman & Wakefield 

A logistics agenda will be published here soon. The full conference roster will be available right before the conference. Join us in the hyper-active Miami real estate market as we take a deep dive into national trends, forecasts and innovations.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————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 inners will be announced June 3 beginning at 7:00 PM 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.