April 22-24, 2026

New York City

More conference details will be updated soon.

Call For Papers

The William Newman Department of Real Estate at Baruch College and the Department of Real Estate at the National University of Singapore are pleased to announce the call for papers for the Inaugural Baruch-NUS Real Estate Conference. The main theme of the 2026 conference is "Real Estate Policy," and we look forward to bringing together leading scholars from around the world to present original research and enrich the dialogue on the intersection of public policies and real estate. At the same time, we welcome submissions across the full spectrum of real estate research, including but not limited to:

• Housing Affordability and Spatial Inequality

• Housing Prices, Rental Trends, and Investment Risk

• Neighborhood Dynamics, Gentrification, and Urban Sprawl

• Sustainable Development, Climate Risk, and Urban Policy

• Land Use Regulation, Zoning Reform, and Development Incentives

• PropTech, AI, big data, Machine Learning, and other innovations in real estate

• Asset Pricing and Risk in Real Estate Markets

• The confluence of monetary policy, fiscal policy, and regulation on the real estate market

• Mortgage Markets, Credit Accessibility, and Household Finance

• Structured Finance and Capital Markets: CMBS, REITs, and Emerging Risks 

Submission deadline: January 30, 2026. (There is no submission fee.)

Please submit your paper to Newman.Institute@baruch.cuny.edu (PDF preferred).

All submitted papers will be evaluated by the program committee, and accepted authors will be notified by March 6, 2026.

If you have any questions or need more information, please reach out to us at Newman.Institute@baruch.cuny.edu.

Keynote Speaker

Tomasz Piskorski is the Edward S. Gordon Professor of Real Estate in the Finance Division at Columbia Business School. He is also a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research and serves on the Academic Research Council of the Housing Finance Policy Center at the Urban Institute. Professor Piskorski earned a M.S. in Mathematics from New York University Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University Stern School of Business.

Professor Piskorski’s research explores issues in real estate finance, securities and mortgage markets, financial intermediation and banking, market structure and regulation, and housing policy. His recent work centers on inefficiencies in credit markets, financial technology, shadow banking, financial regulation, mortgage market reform, and the impact of consumer credit markets on the broader economy. Professor Piskorski’s research has been published in top academic journals in economics and finance as well as featured in major media, including the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, and the Economist. His research and market views have been presented at an array of academic, governmental, and financial institutions, including the U.S. Congress, the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the London Stock Exchange, the Federal Reserve Banks, the European Central Bank, the National Association of Home Builders, the Brookings Institution, the Cato Institute, and the Woodrow Wilson Center. Professor Piskorski has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts. He received the AQR Insight Distinguished Paper Award that recognizes research that provides the most significant, new practical insights for tax-exempt institutional or taxable investor portfolios.

Conference Co-organizers

• Sumit Agarwal, Low Tuck Kwong Distinguished Professor of Finance, Professor of Economics and Real Estate, National University of Singapore (NUS)

• Sonia Gilbukh, Assistant Professor, William Newman Department of Real Estate, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY

• Maggie Hu, Assistant Professor, William Newman Department of Real Estate, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY

• Kwan Ok Lee, Professor of Real Estate and Deputy Head, National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School

• Wenlan Qian, Professor of Finance and Real Estate and Ng Teng Fong Chair Professor in Real Estate, National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School

• Yu Qin, Lum Chang Chair Professor, National University of Singapore (NUS)

• Yildiray Yildirim, William Newman Professor in Real Estate Finance, Chair, William Newman Department of Real Estate, Director, Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, CUNY

Program Committee

• Boaz Abramson (Columbia Business School, Columbia University)

• Brent Ambrose (Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University)

• Zahi Ben-David (Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University)

• Asaf Bernstein (Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder)

• Paul Carrillo (George Washington University)

• Morris A. Davis (Rutgers Business School, Rutgers University)

• Yongheng Deng (Wisconsin School of Business, University of Wisconsin – Madison)

• Jefferson Duarte (Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University)

• M.K. (Marc) Francke (Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam)

• Ingrid Ellen Gould (Wagner Graduate School of Public Service & Furman Center, New York University)

• Pedro Gete (IE Business School, IE University)

• Richard Green (Sol Price School of Public Policy & Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California)

• Arpit Gupta (Stern School of Business, New York University)

• Cameron LaPoint (Yale School of Management, Yale University)

• Mariya Letdin (College of Business, Florida State University)

• Lu Liu (Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania)

• Chandler Lutz (Belk College of Business, University of North Carolina-Charlotte)

• John Mondragon (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco)

• Amine Ouazad (HEC Montréal)

• Karen Pence (Federal Reserve Board)

• Stephen Ross (School of Public Policy, The University of Connecticut)

• Jacob Sagi (Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

• Tien Foo Sing (National University of Singapore Business School)

• Eva Steiner (Smeal College of Business, The Pennsylvania State University)

• Fabrice Tourre (Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College)

• James Vickery (Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia)

• Jing Wu (Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University)

• Vincent Yao (J. Mack Robinson College of Business, Georgia State University)

Acknowledgement

The conference organizers gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute at Baruch College.