Life events and property

Yes. You can sell a Belgian property without returning by granting a notarial power of attorney to a trusted person or the notary’s office, and Belgian notaries can also organise remote signing by video. Foreign documents may need legalisation or…

You need the usual Walloon sale file, the EPC (PEB), electrical compliance certificate (CE), cadastral extract and planning information, plus a valid ID and a notarial power of attorney (legalised or apostilled) so someone in Belgium can sign for you.…

Yes. If legal cohabitants bought the property together, they own it in indivision and both must consent to sell, splitting the proceeds by their shares. Crucially, the family home cannot be sold by one partner alone, even the sole owner,…

Yes. Nothing requires you to wait for the divorce to be final. As long as both co-owners agree and sign, a jointly owned home can be marketed and sold during the proceedings, with the proceeds held or split as the…

Partly. Legal cohabitants keep separate ownership, so each still sells what is theirs, but the shared family home gains a protection: it cannot be sold without both partners’ consent, even by a sole owner (Notaire.be, 2026). Succession rights are weaker…

You are never trapped. Belgian law says no one must stay in indivision, so you can propose a buy-out, and if that fails, ask the court to order a judicial sale by licitation. A co-heir can block an amicable sale…

Yes, but the usufructuary and the bare owner must both agree to sell the full ownership. Either can sell their own right alone, yet a normal vacant sale needs both signatures, and the price is then split between them according…

You can sell outright to free the full capital, or use a life annuity (viager) for an upfront sum plus monthly income. Selling a main residence is exempt from the 16.5% capital-gains tax (Notaire.be, 2026). If a family member holds…

Agree the value, choose between selling to a buyer or one partner buying out the other, then both sign. Neither ex can be forced to stay in the co-ownership, so if talks fail a court can order the sale (Notaire.be,…

Yes. A viager lets a senior sell their home for an upfront bouquet plus a lifelong monthly annuity, often while continuing to live there. The bouquet typically represents about 20% to 30% of the property’s value (estate-value.be, 2026), with the…

Multiple heirs own the property in indivision, so an amicable sale needs everyone’s consent and the acte d’hérédité immobilier. If heirs disagree, one can buy out the others, or a court can order a sale, because no one must stay…

Yes, a parent can sell to a child, but the price must be genuine and near market value. A clear undervalue can be re-characterised by the tax authority as a disguised gift, and if any other children are not consulted…

Map who owns what (heirs, usufruct, bare ownership), register the acte d’hérédité immobilier, settle the Walloon inheritance tax, then get one shared valuation to align every heir. In the Dinant area, where estates often mix homes, land and holiday property,…

Gifting a property during your lifetime lets you pass it at lower gift-duty rates than inheritance tax, keep a usufruct so you retain income or occupancy, and spread gifts over time. In the direct line Walloon gift duty runs from…

No. You can start marketing an inherited property immediately, but completing the sale requires the acte d’hérédité immobilier to be registered and all heirs to consent (Notaire.be, 2026). Listing early while the deed is prepared saves weeks without breaking any…

Often yes. In the direct line Walloon gift duty tops out at 27% versus 30% inheritance tax, and gifts spaced over three years use the lower brackets repeatedly (Notaire.be, 2026). But watch one trap: the capital-gains exemption applies to an…

Yes. Easyhome guides heirs from a free, defensible valuation through marketing, viewings and negotiation, and coordinates with your notary on the acte d’hérédité immobilier and the split of proceeds, across our 7 offices in Wallonia. We act as the neutral,…

Give one agent an exclusive mandate, prepare the certificates early and, if you have already moved, sign the deed by notarial power of attorney. Selling your main residence stays exempt from the 16.5% capital-gains tax even after you relocate (Notaire.be,…

Yes. In Belgium every property sale is finalised by a notarial deed, and for an inherited home the notary must also draw up the acte d’hérédité immobilier that transfers ownership to the heirs before any sale can complete (Notaire.be, 2026).…

Yes. Since 2022 an acte d’hérédité immobilier is mandatory to register the transfer of inherited real estate to the heirs before it can be sold. It is drawn up by a notary, and registration is free within six months of…

Price it right from the first day, prepare the EPC (PEB) and electrical compliance certificate (CE) in advance, and give one agent a clear mandate signed by both ex-partners. In an active market like Liege, a correctly priced, ready-to-sign home…

Both ex-spouses must agree to sell, sign the mandate together and split the net proceeds according to their ownership shares. If one refuses, a court can order the sale (licitation). A partition duty of 1% applies in Wallonia (Notaire.be, 2026).…

You have three options: keep and live in it, keep and rent it out, or sell. First accept the estate, obtain the acte d’hérédité immobilier and settle inheritance tax, due within a set filing period after death in Wallonia (Notaire.be,…

After a death the heirs jointly own the property in indivision. An amicable sale needs the agreement of all co-heirs plus the acte d’hérédité immobilier registering their ownership. If one heir blocks it, the others can ask a court to…

Walloon inheritance tax is progressive and depends on the relationship. In the direct line it runs from 3% up to 30% above 500,000 euros; for unrelated heirs it reaches 80% (Notaire.be, 2026). The surviving spouse or legal cohabitant is exempt…