During October 4 - 6, 2018, Dr. Sopon Pornchokchai, President, Agency for Real Estate Affairs (www.area.co.th) as the President of the Thai Appraisal Foundation (www.thaiappraisal.org) went to Manila to speak at the 2018 National Convention of the Philippine Association of Real Estate Board (PAREB) held at the Novotel Manila, the Philippines.

PAREB (The Philippine Association of Real Estate Boards Inc is the first and largest national real estate service organization in the Philippines composed of 68 local member boards with a total membership of 5,000 real estate practitioners. PAREB is a non-profit organization of professional real estate practitioners composed of consultants, appraisers, assessors, brokers, and sales persons all over the 18 regions in the entire Philippines that practice residential, commercial brokerage and project selling.

PAREB promotes the highest ethical conduct and standards of practice among its members. It conducts regular conventions, conferences and fora that equip and further enhance the skills and knowledge of its members to advance and protect the interests of the property owners and buyers.  PAREB likewise is the leading partner of government regulators and policymakers to provide an environment and sets of laws that protect the integrity of real estate transactions.