The median price for a semi-detached house in Belgium stood at €260,000 last year, the same as the previous year, new data from Statbel, the country’s statistics office, found.
The median price for a detached house was €370,000, a slight increase (+0.5%) on the previous year (€368,000), while the price of apartments rose 1.7%, to €243,000.
The Brussels-Capital Region remained the most expensive in which to buy a house, with the median price for semi-detached housing reaching €495,000, a 1% increase, and the price of detached housing climbing to €1.1 million, a rise of 17.3%.
The price of apartments in the Belgian capital rose 1.9% to €260,000, the data showed.
Walloon house prices
The Walloon region remained the cheapest for housing, with semi-detached housing coming in at €175,000, detached houses costing €290,000 and apartments €175,000. In this region, both semi-detached and detached houses showed no price differentiation, year-on-year, while apartment prices were down 2.8%.
Within this region, the Walloon Brabant province topped the price scale, while Hainaut had the lowest prices.
Flemish house prices
In the Flemish region, modest price increases were observed across all property types – semi-detached houses were up 0.5%, detached houses rose 1.2% and apartments saw prices rise 2%.
Within the Flemish Region, Flemish Brabant was the most expensive province in which to buy a house, while Limburg was the cheapest, according to Statbel. Read more here.
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