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The Collective Voice of UK Real Estate Real Estate:UK

RE:UK

Creating an Industry Powerhouse

Find out more about the exciting merger of the Association of Real Estate Funds, British Property Federation and Investment Property Forum.

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Melanie Leech CBE
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BPF Chief Executive
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We're excited to announce that we will move ahead with the merger following an overwhelming vote in favour across all three member organisations.

RE:UK will launch on 1 January 2026.

RE:UK

UK real estate is a major player in the UK economy and fundamental to all parts of life – our workplaces, our homes and the places we come together to spend our leisure time.

Our sector has changed dramatically over the years and continues to evolve to meet changing needs and market conditions.

AREF, BPF and IPF have a proud history of representing, bringing together and supporting UK real estate – we’ve evolved with the sector and are looking to build on recent successes by resetting for the market of today. We have worked hard to ensure that our sector is seen by politicians as a critical partner in the delivery of growth and homes and that we raise standards, drive innovation and thought leadership across the sector, and bring those working in it together across the country to network and learn from each other. We will build on this to create a unified RE:UK supporting the future health of the sector.

By coming together to form RE:UK we have a once in a generation chance to create a powerful single convenor and voice for UK real estate – and we invite you to join us!

The Vision

Combining the strengths of all three organisations, RE:UK will be a streamlined, highly effective unified industry representative body; delivering an outstanding offer to existing members and drawing in new actors from the full breadth of UK real estate.
Simon Carter, BPF President

Key Documents

RE:UK's mission is to be the champion and authoritative convenor and voice of UK real estate.

Find out more about how we'll achieve this in our prospectus here.

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RE:UK Timeline

Following the announcement in November 2024 about merger discussions between AREF, BPF and IPF, we've been busy laying the groundwork for how RE:UK will operate and what it means for existing members of all three organisations. This work has been overseen by a shadow board, made up of representatives from the three organisations.

Voting

Between July and August 2025, members of AREF, BPF and IPF voted overwhelmingly to create RE:UK.100% of AREF members; 99.5% of BPF members and 92% of IPF members who voted expressed their support for the merger.

Next Steps

Following the endorsement from members, the Chairs of the three organisations will work together to appoint a Chair who will lead the first RE:UK Board and a Chief Executive for RE:UK.

RE:UK will launch on 1 January 2026. Initially members will have dual membership and 2026 will be a transitional year as the organisations are fully integrated.

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