AI's Impact on Real Estate Finance

A closed-door conversation for senior finance leaders in real estate and Professor Thies Lindenthal, the Grosvenor Professor of Real Estate Finance at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge.

The Mayfair Hotel

2026-09-10

8 am - 10 am

Speaking at this event

Artificial intelligence is changing how real estate finance works. From forecasting and valuation to risk modelling and investment decision-making, the tools available to finance leaders are evolving quickly.

This is a small, invite-only gathering for CFOs and senior finance professionals in the property sector. It is designed for honest, high-level discussion rather than a lecture or sales pitch. Places are strictly limited.

Our speaker:

Thies Lindenthal is the Grosvenor Professor of Real Estate Finance at the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and a Professorial Fellow at Pembroke College.

His research sits at the intersection of real estate finance, AI, machine learning, computer vision, and long-run historical data. He studies how unconventional data and modern AI methods can improve our understanding of property markets, investment behaviour, valuation, and risk.

Recent work explores whether AI can help generate and map research ideas in real estate, how machine learning can improve REIT return forecasts, and how missing data can be used rather than discarded in property-market prediction. His broader aim is to combine economic theory, historical evidence, and AI-based methods to produce better measures of real estate risk, value, and behaviour.