The Brick Index
Belgium · Netherlands · Luxembourg

The Brick Index

Real estate, construction and hotel data from the Benelux. One number at a time, always with its source.

Follow on X @BrickIndex
NUMBERS FIRSTSOURCES ALWAYSNOT INVESTMENT ADVICE

What we post

  1. 01

    Housing prices

    Sale prices, rents and transactions by country, region and municipality, as soon as the official figures are out.

  2. 02

    Construction & bankruptcies

    Building permits, output, large tenders and project decisions, plus insolvencies in the building trade.

  3. 03

    Hotels & tourism

    Overnight stays, occupancy and hotel openings across Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

Flanders · Bankruptcies
5,142

Bankruptcies in Flanders in January–September 2026, the highest ever for the first nine months of a year.

Previous record: 4,948 in 2025. Belgium had 1,063 in September, 253 of them in construction.

Netherlands · House prices
€504,658

Average price paid for an existing home in the Netherlands, September 2026.

17.3% above the previous peak of July 2022.

Belgium · Tourism
6.58m

Overnight stays in Belgian holiday accommodation in July 2026, up 5.2% on a year earlier.

Wallonia +10.6%, Brussels +3.6%, Flanders +3.5%. Hotels took the largest share (33.2%).

Figures as published by the source at the time of posting.

Contact

Press, corrections or a data tip? Write to info@brickindex.eu.