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Belgian real estate prices in 2006
The 50 most expensives municipalities for ordinary residential houses(listed by average house price in euro) : Average for Belgium : 148,723 euro per house
Classification by regionAnalysisBrussels and its suburbs are naturally the most expensive area of Belgium, followed by a few suburbs of Antwerp. Two municipalities on the Belgian seaside, and two others right on the border of the Netherlands also make the top 50. Only in one commune in Wallonia outside the Walloon Brabant managed to make it to the top 50 : Assessse.If we include the southern outskirt of Brussels, 9 municipalities in the top 50 are located in Wallonia (Lasne, La Hulpe, Rixensart, Waterloo, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Chaumont-Gistoux, Grez-Doiceau, Assesse and Walhain). 22 are in Flanders, among which 7 in bilingual municipalities just outside Brussels, where the Francophones represent 1/3 to 2/3 of the local population (Linkebeek, Rhode-St-Genese, Overijse, Tervuren, Kraainem, Wezembeek-Oppem and Zaventem). The 50 cheapest municipalities for ordinary residential houses
AnalysisThe three cheapest municipalities in Belgium are Colfontaine, Quaregnon and Boussu, all in the suburbs of Mons. Mons itself is the 50th cheapest nationwide. The Hainaut province is by far the poorest. Indeed, over half of the 50 cheapest municipalities are located in Hainaut, especially around Mons, La Louviere and Charleroi, as well as along the French border. Two communes of the bottom 50 are in the German-speaking region. Only 4 of the cheapest municipalities are in Flanders (Ronse, Menen, Alveringem and Vleteren), all in the south-western corner of Flanders.ConclusionThe French-speaking part of Belgium (Brussels included) has the biggest share of the dearest and cheapest places to live in Belgium, reflecting bigger socio-economic gaps than among Dutch speakers.Top 50 for villas and country housesN.B. : Municipalities with less than 10 sales in this category in 2006 were ignored for the ranking purpose. Average price for Belgium : 284.534 euro per villa/country house
Classification by regionAnalysisResults are quite different for villas than for ordinary houses. Only 4 municipalities of the Brussels Region are listed (toward the top, nevertheless), instead of all 19. More suburbs of Brussels are listed, and higher in the ranking .Prices in Knokke-Heist, where the well-off of all the country buy their seaside residence, go through the roof, with over 1 million euro per villa in average. The biggest difference with ordinary residential houses is seen in Antwerp and its surburbs, as well as Mechelen and Leuven and their suburbs. The rest of Flanders is not as expensive. Only two municipalities listed in East Flanders (Sint-Martens-Latem and Waasmunster), one in Limburg (Lanaken, in 49th position), and none in West Flanders except for the touristic seaside (only holiday residences). No municipality in Wallonia makes the top 50, except the 6 suburbs of Brussels in Walloon Brabant. Sources : Belgian government statistics on real estate sales for January to September 2006. Discuss this article on the Eupedia Forum.
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