FIG Commission 9
- Valuation and the Management of Real Estate
"FIG Commission
9 is focusing on the economic strand of surveying and
specifically the valuation/appraisal of real estate. Commission
9 also looks at compulsory acquisition, sustainable land and
property taxation, new technology such as AVMs, informal land
markets, new sectors such as natural-ecosystem value and
international standards such ILMS and IVSC valuation standards
and methodology. Commission 9 is also engaged with numerous
agencies such as World Bank, UN FAO, GLTN, and IFC. "
What we do
For the term 2023-2026 FIG Commission
9 will be
working on:
FIG & UNECE WPLA International Conference
2026 will bring together the international
community working on geomatics, land
administration, and cadastre. With contributions
from:
FIG Commission 2 - Professional
Education
FIG Commission 7 - Cadastre and Land
Management
FIG Commission 9 - Valuation and the
Management of Real Estate, and
United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe Working Party on Land Administration,
the conference will focus on land tenure,
valuation, professional education and capacity
development, AI, and digital transformation.
Lots of reasons for you to come to South Africa
in 2026:
FIG Commission 9: 2025 Highlights
In 2025, FIG Commission 9 strengthened
international collaboration in real-estate valuation
through new partnerships, expert workshops, and
active participation in FIG events worldwide.
Highlights included a Memorandum of Understanding
with the International Valuation Standards Council,
discussions on transparency, artificial
intelligence, and environmental change, and meetings
across Australia, Europe, and the Mediterranean.
The year also saw the election of the next Chair
from 2027, and the Commission set priorities for
regional expansion, AI-driven market analysis, and
further publications on transparency.
Each member association has the right to
nominate a delegate to each of the ten technical
commissions. In addition Affiliates, Academic
Members and Corporate Members are welcome to nominate a
correspondent to each commission.
Interested? If you are
interested to become a national delegate from your
country, please contact your
member association. The contact information of national delegates is
updates by the FIG office. Any changes in contact
information should be sent to the FIG
Office.
Achievements
This work promotes the careful consideration
of a transparent, fair, fast and relatively
cost efficient real estate taxation system
that could be applied successfully in some
developing and transitional economies.
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