Belgium: market size of property investments 2013-2021

The estimated market size of real estate investments in Belgium has increased since 2013. The source specifically states that the estimate covers tries to cover property owned for the primary purpose of benefitting from investment returns, as opposed to owner-occupied and non-investment leased real estate (like social housing). With this in mind, the market size of real estate investments in Belgium reached a value of roughly 65 billion U.S. dollars in 2021.

Estimated market size of real estate investments in Belgium from 2013 to 2021 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

Belgium

Survey time period

2013 to 2021

Special properties

the figures have been taken from several publications

Supplementary notes

The source adds all of the following information:
"MSCI defines the real estate investment universe in each national market as the aggregation of real estate assets that meet all of the following conditions:
• They are held as investments for the purposes of delivering a mix of income and capital returns.
• They are professionally managed for the achievement of these purposes, either by the beneficial owners or by third party management businesses.
• They are structured as investment interests within portfolios.

These direct real estate portfolios, managed on behalf of institutional or private investors, are financed via a mix of equity and debt."

Additionally the source adds an overview of what was included and excluded:

Included: "insurance and pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, unlisted funds (closed and open end), traditional estates and charities, listed funds, large private landlords (> USD 100 million), leased office, retail, industrial, residential and other property and Investment property under development".
Excluded: "small private landlords (< USD 100 million), owner-occupied portfolios (pubs, hotels, hospitals), timberland, farmland and infrastructure, mortgage companies, development companies, funds of funds and indirect holdings (double counting) and municipal and social housing".

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