For now, the Belgian economy is clearly outperforming its struggling neighbour, the Netherlands. But we expect both to contract this year and next, by a total of between 3% and 4%. Based on the historic relationships between growth in commercial property rents and their macroeconomic drivers, however, the rental value outlook appears a little less gloomy in the Netherlands.
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