Number of rental properties in Flanders 2011-2018

This statistic shows the total number of rental properties in Flanders in Belgium from 2011 to 2018. At the end of 2018, there were approximately 156,000 rental properties in Flanders. In recent years, the housing market in Belgium remained stable. This was due to Belgium's fiscal system. When purchasing a house in Belgium, consumers pay the asking price plus ten (in Flanders) or 12 percent (in Wallonia and the Brussels capital region) in registration rights. This makes buying a house in Belgium a long-term investment. Between the second quarter of 2015 and the second quarter of 2018, the house price index of Belgium increased from 143 to 157, whilst the indices of Luxembourg and the Netherlands increased from 143 to 196 and 93 to 117 respectively in the same period.