Reduction of registration fees, but portability disappears

Anyone who has been following the news over the past few days has undoubtedly already heard it. The registration duties will soon be reduced from 6 percent to 3 percent when you buy a first flat or house in Flanders to live in yourself. For the purchase of a second home, the registration duties would increase from 10 to 12 percent. Also disappearing is the portability whereby you could take the registration duties with you to a new home.