Gent property prices and rental yields

Area of Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Home prices in Gent rose 4.1% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, the fastest of 6 areas in Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen. Renting out on 12-month lets earned a gross yield of 4.3% of the price a year, falling from 4.8% in 2016 to 4.2% in 2025 as prices outpaced rents. A square metre cost €3,597 in 2025 (4% above the Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen level of €3,465).

Updated 2026-10-28 · Data 2015–2026 so far

Price growth
+4.1%
a year, 2016–2025
Rental yield
4.3%
12-month lets, gross, 2016–2025 average
Price per m²
€3,597
2025
Price growth in 2026 so far
+2.2%
on the same months of 2025

Price growth by year

% change on the year before

201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

How Gent compares

Gent
Price growth+4.1%
Rental yield4.3%
Price per m²€3,597
Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen
Price growth+3.9%
Rental yield4.3%
Price per m²€3,465

Questions

What is the average property price per m² in Gent?

€3,597 per m² in 2025, from Deloitte.

How much have property prices risen in Gent?

+4.1% a year on average from 2016 to 2025, and +2.2% in 2026 so far.

What rental yield can you get in Gent?

4.3% of the price a year on average for 12-month lets in 2016–2025, and 4.2% in 2025. These are gross figures, before costs, fees, empty months and tax.

Sources

How it's calculated →

Looking at a property in Belgium?

Request an invite to check a listing against its area's prices, growth and rental yields.