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Property prices in Belgium: residential price index, existing dwellings (1990=100)

December, 05, 2022

Belgium

Belgian house prices. These figures are derived from the European Central Bank, and stretch back to 1990.  Statistics Belgium releases rich data on four different categories of dwelling and land prices, stretching back to 1985. Stadim also publishes annual indices starting in 1960.

House prices in Belgium, % change 1 yr

Nominal and inflation-adjusted ('real')

Belgium

Source: Statistics Belgium


Quarterly change in house prices, inflation-adjusted

 Q1Q2Q3Q4
2022-1.96-1.11
20210.171.531.89-0.89
20200.831.041.873.3
20190.250.412.270.48
20180.49-0.261.75-0.51
20170.58-1.762.26-0.3
2016-1.7-0.592.120.49
2015-0.04-0.332.03-0.45
2014-0.80.093.11-0.98
2013-0.420.490.95-1.68
2012-1.580.30.69-0.24
2011-2.2-0.11.3-0.38
20100.04-0.231.932.08
2009-1.13-1.192.131.8
2008-0.5-0.120.460.1
20072.530.92.48-1
20063.411.641.592.29
20052.462.063.112.02
20040.670.423.731.8
2003-0.81.842.681.59
20020.212.532.831.08
2001-0.140.191.9-0.11
20000.80.411.130.84
19990.092.283.8-2.05
1998-0.380.684.930.07
1997-5.885.012.680.31
1996-4.362.191.920.32
1995-1.151.462.660.48
1994-1.831.922.240.08
1993-1.753.430.452.64
1992-0.472.820.83-0.45
1991-1.3-0.93.80.64
199002.31-0.28

This table shows the change in house prices during a single quarter, adjusted for inflation.

Adjusting house price rises (or declines) for inflation produces a more accurate picture of the change in value of housing than the usual nominal figures cited in the newspapers.