Executive Office.

The Team

Executive Director
Neil Blake

Neil is a Senior Economic Advisor at CBRE having been Global Head of Forecasting and EMEA Chief Economist until 2023.  He has also held the roles of Head of EMEA and Head of UK Research at CBRE.  He acted as joint head of CBRE Econometric Advisers. the Boston-based property market forecasting consultancy in 2021.  Prior to joining CBRE in 2012, Neil held positions of Director of Economic Analysis at Oxford Economics and Director of Economics and Forecasting at Experian Business Strategies.  He also worked for Wharton Econometrics (now IHS Global Insight) and the University of East Anglia.  Neil is an economist by background with over forty years' experience.  His role involves coordinating and developing forecasting services across global markets with the objective of generating coherent and consistent global views of economic and property market prospects which are then used as an input into both client and CBRE's own business strategies.  Neil has extensive knowledge of economic and property market modelling.  Property-related experience includes "Remote working: the potential impact on office demand", ""What interest rate normalisation means for global real estate investors", work for Barker Review on the economic effects of restrictions on housing supply, "Property and Inflation", for the IPF, demand for commercial and residential space in the Middle East as well as the development of investment strategies for major global property companies.  Neil received the 2024 Honorary Research Fellowship of the Society of Property Researchers in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the real estate research.

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Administrator
Alicia Black

Alicia is a Personal Assistant at Birmingham City University working in the Department Engagement, Enterprise and STEAM (EES)  for the Directors of Engagement and Enterprise and the Academic Director of Partnerships and STEAM.  Alicia previously worked in the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (CEBE) for the Head of College of Engineering, Head of College of the Built Environment and the Associate Dean for Student Excellence, Learning and Teaching.  Prior to joining the University Alicia worked at at CBRE, one of the largest real estate firms in the world for 17 years.  Alicia is responsible for all of the Trust's administration and joined us in July 2021.

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How we are regulated

The Charity Commission

We are a charity registered in the UK and regulated by the Charity Commission.
Our Charity Commission Registered number is 1085587.​ Companies House registered number: 4044051.
Until January 2021, the Property Research Trust was known as the RICS Research Trust.

Property Research Trust
Registered office: 5th Floor, 167-169 Great Portland street, London  W1W 5PF (not for contact purposes please use email or contact form here 
Email: [email protected]