South Alabama Center for Business Analytics, Real Estate, and Economic Development Hosts 2025 Market Summit

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Posted on July 8, 2025 by Amanda Akey

Amanda Akey

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The South Alabama Center for Business Analytics, Real Estate, and Economic Development (SABRE) hosted the 2025 Market Summit. The annual conference offers a deep dive into national and regional economic and real estate market trends and the practice of real estate in the years ahead.

This year’s topics included federal monetary and tax policies, economy and investment and the latest trends in real estate practice applications. Chris Lee, CEO of CEL Associates, Inc., was the keynote speaker. His presentation, "The Future of Real Estate Organizations, Ownership, and Operation" discussed how the real estate business has evolved and its future trajectory.

Conference speakers also included

Jeffrey Kintz
WilkinsMiller

Starla Leverette
Alabama Real Estate Commission

Anoop Mishra
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

Davis Parrish
The First Wealth Management/Raymond James Financial

Dr. Vaughn T. Poe
ARELLO

The Summit brought together professionals from the real estate, law, accounting, banking and appraisal industries. Continuing education credit was offered to participants through the Alabama Real Estate Commission, Alabama State Board of Public Accountancy and the Alabama State Bar.

SABRE's mission is to further the Gulf Coast region's economy by providing educational opportunities, further academic research and scholarship and offer economic development services to public, private, and non-profit stakeholders. Learn more about this center for excellence at SouthAlabama.edu/Sabre

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