The journal aims to understand African real estate markets, including their structure and workings, and the nature and impacts of efforts that seek to reform them. In this context, real estate markets are taken to include different components of the built environment, including planning, funding and development, construction, management, ownership and occupation. As well as contributing to the development of the real estate research community in Africa and enabling discourse and dialogue between researchers engaged on research into real estate issues in Africa, the journal will also be used as a means of ensuring that African governments and policy-makers are made aware of the latest thought leadership and research on these issues. To this end, papers that have a strong policy emphasis, either in analysing the impact of existing polices or putting forward proposals for appropriate policies, are strongly welcomed. Additionally, papers that address these issues in the context of Africa - at a local, national and regional basis, or on a comparative international basis - are invited for submission to the journal. All papers will be subjected to a double-blind (peer review) referring process. Referees will be drawn from an expert Editorial Board, selected both for their knowledge of African real estate issues and for their knowledge of current real estate research.