The e-book conatins papers from an ERES conference. Last summer in Stockholm, it was the 16th time that the European Real Estate Society organised their conference (with almost 400 delegates), but the 1st time with 3 paper sessions dedicated completely to CRE issues. This indication of a rising number of CRE researchers is very good news to our community and this journal. This ebook contains a selection of 4 papers covering the broad field of academic CRE research in Europe.