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Market leader Christie’s International Real Estate Belgium is moving to the fashionable coastal town of Knokke

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Market leader Christie’s International Real Estate Belgium is moving to the fashionable coastal town of Knokke

04 12 2025

Our analysis of the figures from the first half of the year published by the FPS Economy shows that properties worth millions are in high demand in Knokke. We are therefore logically expanding the network of Christie’s International Real Estate Belgium with a physical presence in this fashionable and still popular coastal town. “For us, it is the next logical step to establish a strong presence in Knokke through a solid partnership with local estate agent Liv’Immo,” says our Managing Director, Bart Van Delm.

The province of West Flanders stands head and shoulders above the rest when it comes to luxury property transactions involving multi-million-euro flats. It comes as no surprise that Knokke is the frontrunner in this coastal province. With almost 80 per cent of the multi-million-euro flats sold in the first half of the year, Knokke takes the crown.

A solid partnership

That is why we are heading to Knokke with Christie’s International Real Estate Belgium. To this end, we are joining forces with estate agency Liv’immo, which has been an established name in the Belgian coastal town for over twelve years.

“Liv’immo was our preferred partner and, right from the first discussions, we quickly felt that we were on the same wavelength. We share the same DNA, and that is incredibly important to us as a group. This partnership enables us to serve our clients with a property or an interest in Knokke from a permanent local base”, Bart Van Delm, Managing Director of Hillewaere Vastgoed and Christie’s International Real Estate Belgium.

“Over the past few years, we at the Hillewaere Group – through our insurance division – have carried out a great many acquisitions, and as a result we know better than anyone that local roots are crucial.”

“The expertise and network of a family-run business such as Liv’Immo, which is so strongly rooted locally, are invaluable. The partnership offers Liv’Immo the opportunity to strengthen its position at both local and national levels, but also to tap into the international market even more effectively” Bart Van Delm, Managing Director of Hillewaere Vastgoed and Christie’s International Real Estate Belgium.

In practical terms, all luxury residential properties in the price range above 1 million euros will, with immediate effect, also be marketed under the Christie’s International Real Estate brand.

“With more than 2,000 local listings to our name, we have a better grasp of the property market in Knokke than anyone else. Over the past decade, we have built up a great deal of expertise in the market segment on which Christie’s International Real Estate particularly focuses. By now joining forces with them and bringing properties in this top segment to national and international attention, we are simply further expanding our presence and clout in this specific market”, Julie Hemelaer, managing director of Liv’Immo and Christie’s International Real Estate Knokke.

A recovery is underway

In the first half of this year, 767 million-euro houses and 171 million-euro flats were sold in Belgium, representing increases of 35 per cent and 12.5 per cent respectively compared with the first half of the previous year. Based on these latest figures from the FPS Economy, we can conclude that the luxury property market is catching up.

“A few months ago, we had already expressed our expectation that the number of transactions involving million-euro flats would rise again by 2025. The official figures now confirm this national trend. We must not forget that Belgium remains attractive to an international target audience in the top segment of the property market. In addition to our central location in Europe, our country offers many advantages for this target audience: our quality of life, our healthcare, our education system, the green and open character of our living environment, and (economic) stability”, Bart Van Delm, Managing Director of Hillewaere Vastgoed and Christie’s International Real Estate Belgium.

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