U.S. Real Estate Conferences & Trade Shows (2026-2027)

The short version: there are 33 major real estate conferences scheduled in the United States between now and the end of 2027. The largest by attendance is the NAHB International Builders' Show (Las Vegas, February 2027, 78,000+ attendees). For commercial real estate it is ICSC LAS VEGAS (May 2027, 25,000+), for residential agents it is NAR NXT (New Orleans, November 2026), and for proptech it is CREtech New York (October 2026). Every date was read off the organizer's own site on September 23, 2026.

Real estate is really five industries that share a word. A listing agent in Orlando, an industrial developer in Denver, a pension fund allocator in Washington, an apartment REIT executive in Las Vegas and an MLS data engineer in Colorado Springs have almost nothing in common at a conference, and the events reflect that.

Below is the full calendar in date order, then the same events grouped by who they are actually for, with attendance, exhibitor counts and ticket prices where the organizer publishes them. If you exhibit rather than attend, the last section is the one to read.

The full U.S. real estate conference calendar

Every event below takes place in the United States and starts on or after September 23, 2026. Dates are the organizer's own published dates as of that date.

Dates verified against each organizer's own website on September 23, 2026. Attendance, exhibitor and price figures are the organizers' own published numbers. Several of these events rotate cities each year, so confirm the venue before booking travel.

What changed on this page

These are the differences between this calendar and the real estate conference roundups circulating since the start of 2026.

Residential & REALTOR events

Agents, teams, brokerages and the associations they belong to. This is the largest category on the page and the one with the widest price range, from a free NAR member badge in Washington to a $5,000 coaching event in Scottsdale.

The Convention (Michigan Realtors)

Dates: September 30 to October 2, 2026
Location: Acme, MI
Venue: Grand Traverse Resort & Spa

3 days · in-person

Michigan Realtors' annual convention and trade show, held at a northern Michigan resort rather than a convention center. It is the template most state association conventions follow: a local trade floor, the delegate meetings that set state policy, and a fraction of the cost of the national events. Dates and registration on the The Convention site.

Best for: Michigan brokers and association volunteers shaping state policy and local referral networks
Skip if: you need national-scale vendor comparisons or out-of-state deal flow

AREAA National Convention

Dates: October 22-24, 2026
Location: Frisco, TX
Venue: Hyatt Regency Frisco to Dallas

3 days · in-person · tickets $588 member / $788 non-member

The Asian Real Estate Association of America's national event, built around the AAPI housing market and the agents who serve it. Strong on referral networking and on demographic research you will not hear at the general conventions. Dates and registration on the AREAA National Convention site.

Best for: agents and brokers building AAPI client pipelines and cross-market referral relationships
Skip if: you need broad industry tech vendors or mass-market lead generation tactics

NAR NXT: The REALTOR Experience

Dates: November 6-8, 2026
Location: New Orleans, LA

3 days · in-person · 200+ exhibitors · tickets from $575

The National Association of REALTORS' flagship convention and the largest gathering of residential agents in the country. Three days of education tracks, an expo with more than 200 exhibitors, and the governance meetings that set NAR policy. If you attend one residential event a year, this is usually the one. Dates and registration on the NAR NXT: The REALTOR Experience site.

Best for: residential agents, brokers and association leaders who want one industry-wide event yearly
Skip if: you work commercial, proptech or investment and need niche, deal-focused networking

Inman Connect New York

Dates: January 26-28, 2027
Location: New York, NY
Venue: New York Hilton Midtown

3 days · in-person

Inman's flagship. The room where brokerage leaders, portal executives and proptech founders argue about where the industry is going, usually a year before the rest of the trade press catches up. Heavier on strategy and deal-making than on skills training. Dates and registration on the Inman Connect New York site.

Best for: brokerage owners, portal and proptech executives scouting industry direction and partnerships
Skip if: you are an agent wanting practical lead-gen and listing tactics you can apply Monday

Mike Ferry Production Retreat

Dates: January 27-29, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Caesars Palace

3 days · in-person · tickets from $400

A three-day working session for agents who already run a listing-based business. The Mike Ferry Organization has taught the same prospecting discipline since 1975, and the retreat is about building next year's numbers rather than surveying industry trends. Dates and registration on the Mike Ferry Production Retreat site.

Best for: listing agents committed to daily cold calling who want next year's production plan
Skip if: you came for market forecasts, tech demos, or vendor networking

NAHREP Homeownership & Housing Policy Conference

Dates: March 15-17, 2027
Location: Washington, DC

3 days

The National Association of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals takes its policy agenda to Washington. Latino homeownership data, lender relationships and advocacy, rather than sales training. Dates and registration on the NAHREP Homeownership & Housing Policy Conference site.

Best for: brokerage and lender leaders shaping Latino housing access through federal advocacy
Skip if: you came for listing tactics, scripts, or production coaching you can use Monday

The Peak Experience

Dates: May 2-5, 2027
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Venue: Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

4 days · in-person · tickets $5,000 USD (CAD $6,900) full pay

Buffini & Company's event for high-earning agents, and the most expensive ticket in this calendar at $5,000. Small by design, and you are paying for the room rather than the stage. Dates and registration on the The Peak Experience site.

Best for: top-producing agents and team leaders seeking peer relationships with fellow high earners
Skip if: you want a big-stage lineup, vendor hall, or tactical skills training

REALTORS Legislative Meetings

Dates: May 22-27, 2027
Location: Washington, DC

6 days · in-person · 8,000 attendees · 75 exhibitors · NAR Member: FREE / Non-Member: $125 full conference ($40...

NAR's advocacy week: committee meetings, Capitol Hill visits and an expo of more than 75 exhibitors, with an estimated 8,000 members and guests. Free for NAR members, which makes it the cheapest large event on this list if you can cover a Washington hotel. Dates and registration on the REALTORS Legislative Meetings site.

Best for: association volunteers and brokerage leaders who want policy influence and Capitol Hill access
Skip if: you want listing leads or sales training instead of governance and lobbying sessions

Inman Connect San Diego

Dates: July 27-30, 2027
Location: San Diego, CA
Venue: Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina

4 days · in-person

The summer half of Inman's calendar. More agent and team focused than the New York edition, and set at a waterfront resort rather than a Manhattan hotel. Dates and registration on the Inman Connect San Diego site.

Best for: producing agents and team leaders scaling listings, recruiting, and marketing playbooks
Skip if: you sell enterprise proptech to brokerage executives and need the New York crowd

Tom Ferry Success Summit

Dates: August 24-26, 2027
Location: Anaheim, CA
Venue: Anaheim Convention Center

3 days · in-person

Tom Ferry's annual coaching event and the biggest production-focused rally in residential real estate. Scripts, systems and motivation at scale. You will either love the format or find it exhausting. Dates and registration on the Tom Ferry Success Summit site.

Best for: listing agents and team leaders chasing higher transaction volume through repeatable sales scripts
Skip if: high-energy stage rallies and coaching culture drain you more than they charge you

Florida Realtors Convention & Trade Expo

Dates: August 25-26, 2027
Location: Orlando, FL

2 days · in-person · 200+ exhibitors

Florida Realtors' annual convention: a two-day trade expo with more than 200 exhibitors, bracketed by REBarCamp on August 24 and the association's governance meetings from August 27 to 29. The largest state-level real estate event in the country, in the state with the most agents. Dates and registration on the Florida Realtors Convention & Trade Expo site.

Best for: Florida agents, brokers and vendors working the state's largest residential market
Skip if: you need national or commercial deal flow rather than in-state association networking

Commercial Real Estate events

Development, leasing, asset management and building operations. Two of the biggest rooms in the whole industry sit here, and the association that used to be called NAIOP now runs under a different name.

CREDA Conference (formerly NAIOP CRE.Converge)

Dates: October 5-7, 2026
Location: Denver, CO

3 days · in-person · tickets from $850

NAIOP is now CREDA, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, and its fall conference kept the same audience: developers, owners and investors across industrial, office and mixed use. The 2026 Denver edition is sold out and the association is running a waitlist by email. Dates and registration on the CREDA Conference site.

Best for: developers, owners and capital allocators sourcing industrial, office and mixed use deals
Skip if: you need guaranteed entry now, since seats are gone and only a waitlist remains

ULI Fall Meeting

Dates: October 26-28, 2026
Location: Miami, FL
Venue: Miami Beach Convention Center

3 days · in-person · 5000+ attendees

The Urban Land Institute's fall meeting, with more than 5,000 attendees, is the most cross-disciplinary event in commercial real estate. Developers, planners, architects, public officials and capital all sit in the same sessions. Dates and registration on the ULI Fall Meeting site.

Best for: developers and urban planners seeking cross-sector deal flow and mixed-use project partners
Skip if: you need a focused capital markets crowd rather than a broad civic mix

ICSC New York

Dates: December 9-10, 2026
Location: New York, NY
Venue: Javits Center

2 days · in-person · tickets from $875

ICSC's two-day New York deal-making event for retail real estate. Less programming than Las Vegas, and far more concentrated on the northeast leasing market. Dates and registration on the ICSC New York site.

Best for: retail leasing brokers and tenant reps chasing northeast deals in back-to-back meetings
Skip if: you want conference sessions, national market coverage, or education over scheduled dealmaking

Forums Symposium (formerly NAIOP National Forums)

Dates: March 30 to April 1, 2027
Location: Nashville, TN
Venue: JW Marriott Nashville

3 days · in-person

CREDA's spring counterpart, built around its peer Forums: small standing groups of non-competing members who meet twice a year. The value is the group, and Forum membership is a separate annual fee on top of the ticket. Dates and registration on the Forums Symposium site.

Best for: CRE executives committed to a standing peer advisory group meeting twice yearly
Skip if: you want open networking or deal sourcing without paying separate membership dues

BOMA Medical Real Estate Conference

Dates: April 14-16, 2027
Location: Arlington, TX

3 days · in-person

BOMA's conference for the medical office and healthcare property niche: leasing, health system tenants, and the operating realities of buildings with clinical space in them. Dates and registration on the BOMA Medical Real Estate Conference site.

Best for: asset managers and leasing teams running outpatient portfolios leased to health systems
Skip if: your holdings are general office or retail with no clinical tenant requirements

ICSC LAS VEGAS

Dates: May 24-26, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Las Vegas Convention Center

3 days · in-person · 25,000 attendees · tickets from $900 member / $2,250 non-member (Advance)

Described by ICSC as the world's largest commercial real estate event, with more than 25,000 attendees. Retail leasing runs on this show, and if you are in shopping center real estate the year is organized around it. Dates and registration on the ICSC LAS VEGAS site.

Best for: retail leasing brokers, landlords and tenant reps stacking deal meetings all week
Skip if: you work outside retail property and want intimate sessions over crowded floors

BOMA International Conference & Expo

Dates: June 26-29, 2027
Location: Nashville, TN

4 days · in-person

The Building Owners and Managers Association's annual conference, with an expo of more than 400 suppliers. Building operations, engineering and property management rather than transactions. Expo-only registration is free for qualified commercial real estate professionals. Dates and registration on the BOMA International Conference & Expo site.

Best for: property managers and building engineers sourcing vendors and upgrading facility operations
Skip if: you chase acquisitions, capital markets deals or leasing brokerage connections

Investment, Capital Markets & Mortgage events

Where the money is raised, lent and allocated. These events run on scheduled meetings rather than on stage time, and several of them fill their calendars weeks before the doors open.

BiggerPockets Conference (BPCON)

Dates: October 2-4, 2026
Location: Orlando, FL
Venue: Hilton Orlando

3 days · in-person · tickets from $950

BiggerPockets' annual conference, and the one event here built for individual investors rather than institutions. Rental portfolios, house hacking and syndication basics, with a crowd that mostly already knows each other from the forums. Dates and registration on the BiggerPockets Conference site.

Best for: individual landlords scaling small rental portfolios or raising their first syndication
Skip if: you represent an institution seeking allocator meetings or capital markets dealflow

PREA Fall Conference

Dates: October 7-9, 2026
Location: Washington, DC
Venue: The Westin Washington DC Downtown

3 days · in-person · tickets from $153

The Pension Real Estate Association's 36th annual institutional investor conference. Pension funds, endowments and their managers, discussing allocation strategy rather than transactions. Not-for-profit institutional investors pay $153, the lowest institutional rate in this calendar. Dates and registration on the PREA Fall Conference site.

Best for: pension and endowment CIOs setting real estate allocation targets with their fund managers
Skip if: you are sourcing deals or courting brokers rather than debating portfolio weightings

MBA Annual Convention & Expo

Dates: October 11-14, 2026
Location: Chicago, IL
Venue: Hyatt Regency Chicago

4 days

The Mortgage Bankers Association's flagship, covering residential and commercial lending under one roof, with the regulatory and rate outlook that sets the tone for the year ahead. Dates and registration on the MBA Annual Convention & Expo site.

Best for: mortgage lending executives and capital markets heads tracking policy shifts and counterparty deals
Skip if: you need deep technical training on origination systems rather than industry-level forecasting

Nareit REITworld

Dates: November 16-19, 2026
Location: Atlanta, GA
Venue: Atlanta Marriott Marquis

4 days · in-person

Nareit's annual conference for listed REITs: investor one-on-ones, company presentations and the sector's own performance data. Attend if you cover, invest in, or work for a public REIT. Dates and registration on the Nareit REITworld site.

Best for: REIT IR teams, equity analysts and portfolio managers lining up investor meetings
Skip if: you work in private real estate or want operational deal-sourcing, not public equities

IMN Single Family Rental West

Dates: December 7-9, 2026
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Venue: Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

3 days · in-person · 1,800+ attendees

The 13th edition of IMN's west coast single-family rental forum, with more than 1,800 SFR decision-makers. Owners, operators, build-to-rent developers and the lenders behind them. Dates and registration on the IMN Single Family Rental West site.

Best for: SFR owners, build-to-rent developers and lenders sourcing western portfolios and capital
Skip if: your rental focus is multifamily, or you want technical workshops over dealmaking

CRE Finance Council January Conference

Dates: January 5-8, 2027
Location: Miami, FL
Venue: Loews Miami Beach Hotel

4 days · in-person · 5,000+ attendees

CRE Finance Council's Miami conference is the opening bell for the commercial real estate debt market each year. More than 5,000 attendees across lenders, servicers, rating agencies and borrowers, with meeting schedules that fill up weeks in advance. Dates and registration on the CRE Finance Council January Conference site.

Best for: CMBS originators, debt funds and servicers booking a year's worth of deal meetings
Skip if: you haven't lined up calendar invites weeks ahead or need structured education sessions

Novogradac Affordable Housing Developers Conference

Dates: January 14-15, 2027
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Venue: Conrad Fort Lauderdale Beach

2 days · in-person

Novogradac's developer conference on low-income housing tax credits and the deal structures around them. Technical, practitioner level, and the clearest read on where the affordable housing capital stack is going. Dates and registration on the Novogradac Affordable Housing Developers Conference site.

Best for: LIHTC developers, syndicators and tax credit equity professionals structuring affordable housing deals
Skip if: you need broad multifamily market intel rather than deep tax credit mechanics

Winter Real Estate Private Funds Forum

Dates: January 20-22, 2027
Location: Laguna Beach, CA
Venue: Montage Laguna Beach

3 days · in-person · 1,200+ senior decision makers

IMN's Laguna Beach forum for real estate private equity: more than 1,200 senior decision-makers and 750 funds and LPs, in a format built around allocator meetings rather than stage time. Dates and registration on the Winter Real Estate Private Funds Forum site.

Best for: fund managers and IR heads courting institutional LPs for real estate vehicles
Skip if: you want panel-driven market education rather than back-to-back capital raising meetings

Multifamily, Homebuilding & Property Management events

Apartments, student housing, and the builders and on-site teams behind them. This category contains the single largest event on the page by attendance.

NMHC Student Housing Conference

Dates: October 19-21, 2026
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Venue: Grand Hyatt Scottsdale Resort

3 days · in-person · tickets from $1,095, non-members $1,595

The National Multifamily Housing Council's student housing event. Owners, operators and developers of purpose-built student accommodation, plus the capital behind the sector. Dates and registration on the NMHC Student Housing Conference site.

Best for: student housing owners, developers and investors sourcing deals and equity partners
Skip if: you work conventional apartments or want vendor exhibits and operational training sessions

NMHC Annual Meeting

Dates: January 26-28, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV

3 days · in-person

NMHC's members-only annual meeting is the apartment industry's senior-most gathering. The dates are public and the agenda is not, and the co-located Apartment Strategies Conference is open more broadly. Dates and registration on the NMHC Annual Meeting site.

Best for: apartment owners, REIT executives and capital allocators booking senior dealmaking meetings
Skip if: you lack NMHC membership or want a published program with exhibitor floor

NAHB International Builders' Show (IBS)

Dates: February 2-4, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV

3 days · in-person · 78,000+ attendees · 1,700+ exhibitors · tickets from $80

The National Association of Home Builders' International Builders' Show is the largest construction trade show in the country, with more than 78,000 attendees and 1,700 exhibitors. Non-member registration starts at $80 if you book in September. Dates and registration on the NAHB International Builders' Show site.

Best for: homebuilders and remodelers sourcing products, suppliers and new residential construction tech
Skip if: you want small-group depth, since crowds of 78,000 make focused conversations hard

NAA Apartmentalize

Dates: June 15-17, 2027
Location: Denver, CO

3 days · in-person

The National Apartment Association's annual education conference and trade show, aimed at on-site teams, regional managers and suppliers rather than at owners and capital. Dates and registration on the NAA Apartmentalize site.

Best for: property managers, leasing and maintenance staff seeking practical training plus vendor sourcing
Skip if: you're chasing equity partners, acquisitions deals or institutional capital conversations

PropTech & Real Estate Technology events

A small category with an outsized amount of search behind it. Real estate technology events cluster in the autumn, and the two standards-body conferences are far more technical than the name suggests.

RESO Fall Conference

Dates: October 19-21, 2026
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Venue: Hotel Polaris at the U.S. Air Force Academy

3 days · in-person · Members $900 | Nonmembers $1,200

The Real Estate Standards Organization sets the data standards that MLSs and portals run on. Small, technical, and the only room where the people who build listing data infrastructure all sit together. Dates and registration on the RESO Fall Conference site.

Best for: engineers and product leads implementing MLS data feeds, APIs, and listing schemas
Skip if: you sell to agents and need a big buyer-facing expo floor

CREtech New York

Dates: October 20-21, 2026
Location: New York, NY
Venue: Javits Center

2 days · in-person · 3,000 attendees · 200 sponsors · tickets from $745

CREtech's flagship: 3,000 attendees, 72 percent of them vice president or above, 200 sponsors, and a format built on pre-scheduled meetings between property owners and technology vendors. The 2026 edition is themed on AI. Dates and registration on the CREtech New York site.

Best for: proptech founders and CRE asset owners seeking senior buyer meetings booked in advance
Skip if: you want deep technical workshops rather than executive dealmaking and sponsor-heavy floors

RESO Spring Conference

Dates: April 13-15, 2027
Location: Birmingham, AL
Venue: Renaissance Birmingham Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa

3 days · in-person

The spring half of RESO's calendar. Same standards-body audience, run as workgroup sessions rather than a trade show. Dates and registration on the RESO Spring Conference site.

Best for: MLS data architects and engineers shaping listing data standards in working groups
Skip if: you came to demo products, meet vendors, or generate sales leads

How to choose which one to attend

Real estate conference budgets get scrutinized harder than most, because the events run long and the cities are expensive. The question that decides it is whether you are going to meet capital, to buy software, or to get better at your own job.

A note on cost. The spread on this page is wider than on any other calendar we maintain. The REALTORS Legislative Meetings are free for NAR members and BOMA's expo-only badge is free for qualified commercial real estate professionals, while The Peak Experience is $5,000 and a non-member ICSC LAS VEGAS badge is $2,250 in advance. Membership is the single biggest lever: on ICSC, BOMA, CREDA and NMHC the member rate is roughly half the public one, and on several of them a year's dues cost less than the difference.

The other lever is the state association. Florida Realtors and Michigan Realtors run full conventions with real trade floors for a small fraction of a national ticket, and nobody has to fly.

If you are exhibiting rather than attending

Real estate has two very different kinds of show floor. NAHB's International Builders' Show puts 1,700 exhibitors in front of 78,000 people, and NAR NXT and Florida Realtors each run 200-plus exhibitor halls in front of agents. At the other end, CREtech runs 200 sponsors against 3,000 attendees who are 72 percent vice president and above, and the whole format is built on pre-scheduled meetings.

Both kinds fail the same way. A team scans several hundred badges, the file arrives the following week as a spreadsheet of names and titles, and by the time anyone works out which of them are real buyers the conversation has gone cold. The scanning is not the problem. The gap between the scan and a complete, CRM-ready record is.

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