Concrete advice for agencies doing rental management. No theory: methods, market benchmarks and manager shortcuts.
Is a tablet-signed inventory of fixtures enforceable in court? Yes, under 3 strict conditions. Belgian legal framework 2026, eIDAS signature levels and mistakes to avoid.
Fake bank guarantees, fake employers, fake tradespeople at your door: landlord scams are spreading. How to detect them without slipping into systematic mistrust.
Three distinct sets of legislation (BRU, WAL, FLA), three series of pitfalls. The critical clauses to verify in a residential lease before signing, and why even template leases have limits.
Article 50 of the Walloon Decree of 15 March 2018 lets a tenant fund your works in exchange for rental benefits. Strict framework: written agreement, precise description, deadline, joint acceptance.
Base 88 has been removed from several indexation tables. Should you panic? No. Only the relationship between the start index and the current index matters, using the same base for both.
Exit inspection, three deposit forms, 2024 CEHD wear-and-tear grid, ban on unilateral deduction: the 9-step checklist to return the rental deposit without dispute in Wallonia.
Complete guide to calculating rent indexation in Belgium in 2026. Official formula, EPC impact by region, commercial leases and unregistered leases.
Rents up 3.7% to 5.4% by region, fewer than 8,000 new leases in Brussels: what the 2025 Federia barometer says, what it does not, and what agencies can do.
Wallonia introduces mandatory energy renovation on sale from 2028. Full table of EPC deadlines, phase-out of oil heating and evolution of financial support.
After 614 days without a government, the Brussels policy statement sets the course for landlords: rent reference grid, DLUU, planning permits halved in duration.
The Constitutional Court upholds the Brussels winter moratorium (ruling 131/2025). Calendar, compensation fund and procedure for landlords in 2026.
A third of advertised rents exceed the grid by over 20%: what these figures are worth, what the law says since May 2025 and what an agency must document.