VIP: simple exchange of property information

Name: athumi
Price range: $

Buying, selling and (re)building a property involves multiple parties who need to exchange lots of data. VIP (Vastgoedinformatieplatform or Real Estate Information Platform) makes validated real estate information easily retrievable and quickly available to consumers, businesses and public administrations.

About VIP

VIP makes validated real estate information readily available and:

connects real estate sector actors with consumers and administrations
allows easy data sharing and collaboration
speeds up processes and makes them cheaper
standardises and simplifies procedures

Real estate transactions require a lot of digital and paper documents. VIP centralises requests to the various levels of public administration at a one-stop shop, to speed up responses.

VIP provides a solution that ensures that all parties involved find each other quickly to exchange data.

"Every year, 130,000 real estate transactions take place in Flanders for which notaries need information. Requesting that information takes a lot of time and requires a lot of research. VIP changes this."

Tom Vanautryve

Cluster Lead - Real Estate Business at Fednot

VIP – a well-structured data model

All V IP products have been built onto a standardised data model under agreed management and governance. The platform retrieves the correct data decentrally from official sources and supplies them to the requestor. The data can be exchanged easily via integrated software (API) or a user application.

The first product 'Real estate information for transfer' was launched throughout Flanders at the beginning of 2024, and the application has since been made mandatory via the platform. In the future we will expand the platform with other products.

VIP for your business

The demand for information regarding real estate is constantly growing. VIP keeps its finger on the pulse of the real estate world and responds swiftly to new (legal) evolutions.

Do you see ways in which VIP may benefit your real estate activities? Try our innovative data ecosystem and experience how it facilitates cross-sector collaborations, encourages product development and boosts service delivery.

Leveraging data through Data Collaboration Platforms makes information available and reusable, enabling new business models to emerge. This approach offers companies, governments and consumers plenty of opportunities for cross-sector collaborations, product development and improved service delivery.

Would you like to participate in the data economy? Do you have ideas for a collaboration with the VIP or other Data Collaboration Platforms? We would be happy to explore the possibilities with you.

Frequently asked questions about VIP

Who uses VIP (Vastgoedinformatieplatform or real estate information platform)?

Notaries and estate agents routinely request Property information. In the future, other parties such as government agencies, private companies, other professional applicants and individuals will use the platform to make informed decisions concerning property development and other real estate activities.

VIP is an Athumi initiative in cooperation with: the real estate sector (Confederation of Real Estate Professions in Flanders (CIB)) and the Royal Federation of Belgian Notaries (Fednot), local authorities and the Flemish Association for Cities and Municipalities (VVSG), Digitaal Vlaanderen and the Environment Department of the Flemish Government.

Which data sources does VIP use?

The platform retrieves (a combination of) data from various public administrations. In the case of municipal information, the municipality provides information validated by them.

What data does VIP facilitate?

VIP provides a platform that facilitates information gathering, validation and transmission. It yields relevant information about a property, such as permits, whether a parcel is located in a flood area, soil quality and so on.

VIP (application)

Product catalogue of VIP (Dutch)

Documentation and support (Dutch)

Our experts

Sammy Parmentier

Lead Business Platform Services

Cedric De Clercq

Product owner VIP

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