The International Consortium of Real Estate Associations (ICREA), a Consortium of the world’s leading real estate associations, is committed to the right to own and transfer real property. ICREA sets standards for international real estate practice and facilitates worldwide real estate transactions through its website, WorldProperties.com. Contact ICREA at icrea@worldproperties.com.

ICREA and its member associations are committed to high standards of professional conduct for member brokers. Each member association has a country-specific code of conduct and, collectively, the organization has adopted a statement on International Principles of Conduct.

Agreement of Alliance between ICREA and FIABCI

History of ICREA

Value to the Real Estate Practitioner, the Consumer and the Real Estate Associations

Consortium Structure

ICREA is structured around a series of rights and obligations based upon ICREA Statutes & By-Laws. (to request a copy, please email icrea@worldproperties.com). These Statutes and By-Laws bind Member Associations and, through them, the business entities and individuals that make up their membership, to a series of "basic commitments". These basic commitments oblige each member association:

• To maintain its own Web site, link to the ICREA Web site, consent to a ICREA site link to its site, and provide specified and accurate content to the site
• To abide by the terms membership;
• To maintain in force a code of ethics governing the conduct of its constituents and to inform its constituents that its existing code of ethics shall apply to all transnational real estate transactions with respect to which any one of its constituents is a party;
• To make current membership information available at Worldproperties.com;
• To bear financial responsibility for its own involvement and pay a proportionate share of the operational expenses.

These basic commitments, however, are just the framework for success. True success will be achieved when standards are applied to all transnational transactions undertaken by the real estate professionals represented by its member associations.

ICREA is governed by a ten-member Board, which acts as the equivalent to a Board of Directors. The Officers are the Chair, the Vice Chair and the CEO. The Board is presided over by the Chair and/or Vice Chair who shall share and cooperatively exercise the executive authority customarily and usually exercised by a President of the Board of a corporation. The Secretary/CEO is appointed by the Board and is the Chief Administrative Officer of ICREA and has those responsibilities customarily and usually associated with the Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of a corporation. The CEO can be contacted at ceo@worldproperties.com.

Alan Tennant, Chair (Canada)
A REALTOR® since 1985, Alan Tennant specializes in residential and hobby farms in the Calgary, Alberta area. Alan served as president of the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) in 2006 and prior to that was Chair of the CREA MLS and Technology Council from 2000 through 2003. In 2007 he was named CREA’s representative to ICREA and in 2009 was elected as Vice Chair of the Board. Aside from his role as Vice Chair of the ICREA Board, Alan has been particularly active in the technology area, chairing ICREA’s Technology workgroup which oversaw the development of the 2.0 version of WorldProperties.com. Contact Alan at alan.tennant@worldproperties.com.

Howard Morley, Vice Chair (New Zealand)
Howard Morley is serving his second term on the ICREA Board, representing the NZ Realtors Network. A past president of REINZ, Howard is based in Auckland and has worked in real estate for 40 years – now serving third-generation clients. Specializing in property management and valuation, Howard's business has a distinct international flair, managing properties for absentee owners in 20 countries, including UK, Switzerland, Canada, Pakistan and S. Africa. Contact Howard at howard.morley@worldproperties.com.

Gilles de Bourgies (France)
Gilles Ricour de Bourgies has represented the Fédération Nationale de l’Immobilier (FNAIM) on the ICREA Board since 2007. Gilles is vice president of FNAIM and serves as president of its International Committee. He also serves as president of two of FNAIM’s regional chapters: Paris and Ile-de-France. Gilles joined the real estate industry in 1989, forming two companies. The first specializes in residential sales and leasing, and includes an international division to assist foreign buyers. He then founded a company dedicated to the renovation and transformation of commercial buildings into residential loft space. Contact Gilles at gilles.ricourdebourgies@worldproperties.com.

Farook Mahmood (India)
Farook Mahmood is the founder and past president of the National Association of Realtors-India (NAR-I) and has served on the ICREA Board since 2008—inspired to get involved by the globalization he witnessed in India and his commitment to a more professional and globally competent real estate community in India. A broker for three decades, Farook is Chairman and Managing Director of Silverline Realty in Bangalore, with associate offices in London and UAE. Contact Farook at farook.mahmood@worldproperties.com.

César Paredes (Mexico)
César Paredes is president and co-owner of Global Commercial & Investment Real Estate Corporation with offices in Mexico City and Monterrey, Mexico. He served on the ICREA Board from 2002–2004 and was re-elected to his current term in 2007, representing the Mexican Association of Real Estate Professionals (AMPI). In 1998 he served as president of AMPI and is a permanent member of its national board of advisors. Cesar has worked in the real estate industry for 25 years in investment, development and brokerage; and is a frequent speaker for real estate and financial associations’ meeting in the US, Canada, Brazil and Mexico. Contact Cesar at cesar.paredes@worldproperties.com.

Dr. Willie Marais (South Africa)
Dr. Willie Marais is past chairman and past president of the Institute of Estate Agents of South Africa (IEASA). Willie has a long and distinctive career in real estate, beginning in 1981 as an estate agent, followed by management positions that led to him becoming the founding Managing Director of ERA South Africa in 1993 and ultimately joining Homenet Real Estate in 1999 (now part of Harcourts International). Willie specializes in residential and agricultural sales and rentals and is also a qualified real estate valuer. He has been active with IEASA since 1982 and served in numerous leadership positions before being named National President and Chairman in 2006. He began his term on the ICREA Board in 2007. Contact Willie at willie.marais@worldproperties.com.

Laerte Temple (Brazil)
Laerte Temple is the Managing Director of Secovi-SP, a founding member association of ICREA and has been affiliated with the organization for 24 years. He was a member of the initial working group that created ICREA in 1999 and also served on ICREA’s executive committee from 2005 to 2007. Laerte holds two university degrees; a Master of Science (management) and a PhD in Social Science/International Relations. Both of his thesis pertained to real estate. He is the co-founder and director of Secovi University, the first corporate university for real estate in Brazil, and is a certified TRC and CRS instructor. Laerte began his current term on the ICREA Board in 2011. Contact Laerte on laerte.temple@worldproperties.com.