The CIPS Experience
The CIPS Network is comprised of real estate professionals in over 50 countries who deal in all types of real estate, but with one common element: they are focused specifically on the global market, most often in their local area. Whether assisting foreign investors, helping local buyers invest abroad, or serving a growing immigrant population in local markets, CIPS members are consumers’ best providers of professional skills in the unique aspect of global real estate.

Through NAR's alliances with 70+ national and regional Cooperating Associations around the globe, the CIPS Network is attracting a growing number of members from outside the US. The Network has over 2,000 CIPS designees (individuals who have completed a week-long education program on international real estate) with hundreds more CIPS Network members working to complete their course work and other requirements for designation status. Twenty percent of CIPS Network members live and work outside the US and belong to one of NAR’s international partners. You can locate a CIPS Network member through the online directory at this site, using the search features to locate someone with specific business, location and/or language specialties.

Consumers can benefit from the representation of real estate professionals who have earned the CIPS designation. NAR Global administers the CIPS program and designation which focuses on ownership and transaction principles of international real estate, including specifics on real estate markets in Europe, the Americas, the Middle East/Africa and the Asia/Pacific regions. Topics covered in the CIPS classes also include cultural diversity, market data, investment trends, marketing strategies, currency issues and financing.