The rise in housing prices in Belgium at T1 2025

Main information

• The median prices of houses in Belgium have increased by 11.5 percent for closed or twinned houses and 7 percent for individual houses compared to T1 2024.
• The Walloon Region was the cheapest, with a median price of 200,250 euros for closed or twinned houses and 335,000 euros for individual houses.
• The registration rights reforms in Flanders (reduction of 3 percent) and Wallonia (from 12.5 percent to 3 percent) contributed to the increase in demand and prices in these regions.

The Belgian Statistical Office, Statbel, has published data on housing prizes in Belgium for the first quarter of 2025.

All the results are based on the sales acts recorded with the general administration of the heritage documentation of the federal public service finances.

Regional differences

Compared to the first quarter of 2024, the median prices of closed or twinned houses increased by 11.5 percent, those of individual houses of 7 percent and those of apartments of 3.8 percent.

There are clear regional differences:

• The Walloon Region is the cheapest. The prices of closed or twinned houses increased by 14.1 percent in annual sliding to reach a median price of 200,250 euros. The prices of individual houses increased to 335,000 euros, an increase of 15.5 percent. Apartments prices increased by 8.6 percent, reaching 190,000 euros.
  • The high increase in median price in the Walloon Region must be replaced in the context of the reform of registration rights: from January 1, 2025, the registration fees on the accommodation were reduced from 12.5 percent to 3 percent in the Walloon region, under certain conditions.
• This measure frees the buyers’ budget and allows them to acquire more expensive goods. Flanders follows. Closed or twin houses cost 320,000 euros and have become 6.7 percent more expensive. The price of individual houses (430,000 euros) increased by 3.6 percent. The median price of apartments amounts to 256,406 euros, an increase of 4.7 percent.
  • As in Wallonia, the registration fees were reformed in Flanders from January 1, 2025: under certain conditions, they were reduced from 3 percent to 2 percent.
• Brussels is the most expensive region for all types of accommodation. Closed or twin houses cost 525,000 euros, an increase of 7.1 percent, while individual houses cost 987,500 euros and have become 10.2 percent cheaper compared to the same period of the previous year. The price of apartments increased by 1.9 percent to reach 265,000 euros.

Price per province

In Flanders:

• The Flemish Brabant is the most expensive province in Flanders for a house in the first quarter of 2025: closed or twin houses cost 365,000 euros and individual houses have a median price of 480,000 euros. This province was also the most expensive for apartments (285,000 euros).
• West Flanders is the cheapest province. The median price of individuals and twinned houses was 269,000 euros, and that of apartments of 240,000 euros. It is in Limburg that individual houses are the cheapest, with a median price of 349,000 euros.

In Wallonia:

• In Wallonia, the Walloon Brabant is the most expensive province for all categories: closed or twin houses cost 350,000 euros, individual houses 467,500 euros and apartments 250,500 euros.
• Hainaut is the cheapest province for closed or twinned houses (165,000 euros) and apartments (160,000 euros). The cheapest individual houses are in Luxembourg (305,000 euros).

Price of houses in the municipalities

Knokke-Heist is the most expensive Flemish town for houses with a median price of 925,000 euros. The cheapest houses are in Menen (199,000 euros). The most expensive Walloon houses were in Lasne (675,000 euros) and the cheapest in Hastière (90,000 euros). Elsene has the highest median price (930,000 euros) in Brussels. It is in Anderlecht that the median price of houses is the lowest (335,000 euros).

Communal price for apartments

Knokke-Heist is the most expensive Flemish town for apartments with a median price of 523,750 euros. The cheapest apartments are in Ronse (155,000 euros). It is in Waterloo that Walloon apartments are the most expensive (361,500 euros) and Charleroi that they are the cheapest (125,000 euros). Woluwe-Saint-Pierre is the town where the median price of an apartment is the highest (382,500 euros) in Brussels. Koekelberg has the lowest median price (205,000 euros).