Departmental staff play a full part in the research activities of the UK professional institutions involved with land, property and planning including the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, the Society of Property Researchers and the Royal Town Planning Institute. They are also active in international research organisations such as the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, the International Real Estate Society, the European Real Estate Society and the American Real Estate Society. 

The Department provides a focus for collaborative research and joint projects have included staff from the University departments of Geography and Law, the ISMA Centre and the Centre for Spatial and Real Estate Economics. Research is also carried out in conjunction with researchers in industry and from other academic institutions both in the UK and overseas.