Thies Lindenthal

Research and teaching, mostly real estate finance, a bit of Big Data, ML, domain names, and a careful dose of proptech. University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy.

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One of the highlights of my year — for the tenth year running — is the Real Estate Finance and Investment Symposium that the Cambridge Real Estate Research Centre organises together with colleagues from the University of Florida and the University of Hong Kong. Good people, good papers, good discussions. No parallel sessions, no rushing between rooms. Everyone in the same room for two days, actually paying attention.

This year’s edition takes place on 12–13 September 2026 at Pembroke College, Cambridge.

The format is deliberately unhurried: each paper gets 45–50 minutes, with time for a formal discussant and open Q&A. Topics range across real estate finance and economics broadly — risk management, capital structure, sustainability, international investment, ML and AI in real estate, and more.

Submissions are due 1 June 2026. Around eight papers will be selected, with decisions by 15 June. If you have work in progress that fits, send it my way: htl24@cam.ac.uk.

The full call for papers has all the details.

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