READ (Real Estate And Development) Middle East is a non profit organisation set up to create a members-only community for both expatriate and local professionals working in the Real Estate sector in the Middle East. READ?s mission is to improve the transparency and sophistication of the transactional real estate market in the region through: (a) networking at social events, where people can share information on an informal basis (b) a web portal, where information is made freely available to all members, and (c) supporting real estate events, seminars and training organised by third parties through dissemination of relevant event information and, where possible, securing members? discounts.

Membership currently in excess of 1,000 people in the region, all of whom are professionally active in the real estate sector.