Brussels real estate market — prices, rental yield and trend
- Average price: $5,045 / m²
- Gross rental yield: 6.4%
- Transaction cost: 15.5%
- Price basis: local-market average
Residential property in Brussels averages $5,045 per square metre. That makes it the 35th most expensive of the 131 markets in the set.
What a buyer pays in Brussels
The $5,045 figure is a local-market average across all residential property types: a flat in a prime district sits well above it, an older unit on the edge of the market well below. Buying costs — transfer tax or stamp duty, notary, registration and agency — come to about 15.5% of the price here. On a 100 m² apartment at the average price that is roughly $78,193 on top of the $504,472 purchase price. That is above the 9.5% median across the set — the entry cost is part of the investment case here. Against the Belgium national average of $4,517, Brussels carries a 11.7% premium — the gap between this market and the country as a whole.
What it earns
A square metre lets for about $26.9 a month. Against a purchase price of $5,045 per square metre that is 6.4% gross, before tax. Both figures come from the same source and the same period, so you can check the arithmetic yourself. It ranks 43rd of 151 markets by gross yield.
How this figure is built
The price figure for Brussels is built from asking prices from listings. It was last refreshed on 2026-10-15. We rate our confidence in this market’s data low — treat the figures as indicative and check them before acting. We recompute every market the same way, which is what lets Brussels be compared with a country average or another city.
Sources: Numbeo Brussels · numbeo.com. Snapshot: 2026-10-15.
Related markets: Belgium