The International Real Estate Federation was founded in Paris, France in 1948 as the Federation International des Administrateurs de Biens-Conseils Immobiliers, and the French acronym, “FIABCI”, is still used today to signify the original international association of associations devoted to all real estate specialties and activities. Operating chapters in over sixty countries and comprising over one hundred twenty-five national real estate related associations, and the most prestigious international real estate universities as academic members, the FIABCI family encompasses two million real estate professionals worldwide. The word, FIABCI, is globally recognized as meaning “Professionalism in International Real Estate.” Learn more