In October 2024, the interest rate for mortgages with an initial rate fixation of five and up to ten years was 3.23 percent. This mortgage rate saw a general increase since the beginning of 2022 until the end of 2023, however started to decline in 2024. Falling mortgage rates might be a reason for the value of new mortgage lending rose in 2024. As borrowing costs increase, taking out a mortgage becomes less affordable for home buyers, also leading to the mortgage market slowing down. What about housing prices in Belgium? On average, a house cost approximately 319,000 euros in Belgium in 2022. Big price differences are observed, however, among the three regions of the country. A house in the French-speaking region of Wallonia is much more expensive on average than a house in the Brussels-Capital Region (the city of Brussels with its surrounding villages). Belgium’s real estate market grows steadily Property transactions in Belgium are affected by the country’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 and something consumers do not do right away.

The interest rate for new mortgages in Belgium with over ten years initial rate fixation started to decline in 2024, after reaching its peak at *** percent at the end of 2023. In October 2024, it decline to **** percent, which was **** percent lower than the previous year. In April 2024, the outstanding number of mortgage credits in Belgium had reached over *** million.

Key information about Belgium Long Term Interest Rate

• Belgium Long Term Interest Rate: Month Avg: Belgium: ECB Harmonised was reported at 3.01 % pa in Feb 2025, compared with 3.10 % pa in the previous month.
• Belgium Long Term Interest Rate data is updated monthly, available from Jun 1989 to Feb 2025.
• The data reached an all-time high of 10.40 % pa in Feb 1990 and a record low of -0.39 % pa in Dec 2020.
• Long Term Interest Rate is reported by reported by CEIC Data.

• In the latest reports, Belgium Short Term Interest Rate: Month End: EURIBOR: 3 Months was reported at -0.57 % pa in Nov 2021.
• The cash rate (Policy Rate: Month End: Main Refinancing Operations) was set at 2.90 % pa in Feb 2025.
• Belgium Exchange Rate against USD averaged 0.92 (USD/EUR) in Jun 2023.

The benchmark interest rate in Belgium was last recorded at 4.50 percent. This dataset provides - Belgium Interest Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.