The dollar-shekel rate reached a historic low last week. Most foreigners automatically assume that this will make it more difficult to buy a home in Israel, yet there are several ways to reduce the impact of the exchange rate on a property purchase. Those who buy a new property now can pay just 20% of...

A recent analysis found that the vast majority of urban renewal projects in Israel are planned and implemented only in the center of the country — in Tel Aviv and its neighboring cities, where land values justify undertaking such projects. The city expected to have the most extensive urban renewal is Bat Yam, which is...

Money is cheap, investment buyers are back, and construction rates are steadily declining. All signs indicate that 2021 will be a year of continued rising home prices in Israel, unless the Covid-19 pandemic changes everything, once again. Anyone who has followed the Israel real estate scene in recent years knows that the residential market is...

Going to the polls for the fourth time in two years will likely have a significant impact on the Israeli residential real estate market. The political instability increases the chances that the housing prices will continue to rise while making it more difficult than usual for the government to respond. Additionally, a major reform that...

The troubling combination of a shortage of building plots and a rapidly increasing population has led to a steady rise in the number of urban renewal projects in Israel over the past decade. Today, 20% of all new residential projects in Israel are either the demolition of old structures followed by new construction in its...

The increase, in recent years, in fraud and deception in the selling of agricultural land in Israel that is in the process of being “thawed”, or rezoned, for development has given the agricultural land market a bad name. However, while investing in this speculative market comes with high risk, it also holds great potential for...

New construction in the center of Modi’in recently drew attention to the rapidly growing city, established just 25 years ago between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The project attracted an onslaught of eager contractors, one of whom ultimately paid a record price for a slice of Modi’in real estate. Israelis once saw Modi’in as a sleepy...

From high returns on investment, profitable income yields, and portfolio diversification, to a range of emotional factors that don’t fit into any financial or investment formula, there are plenty of motivating factors for Jews around the world to want to own property in Israel.  Here are our top 5 reasons to buy your home in Israel:  1. The...

So far, one of the most severe economic crises in the history of Israel has barely affected housing prices and has caused a drop of only 5% in apartment sales. However, supply indexes reveal a significant decrease in construction projects, land purchases, and the approval of new building plans, which will likely cause a major...

Plans underway for the establishment of the first metro system in the densely populated Gush Dan region (Tel Aviv metropolis) are expected to stimulate intensive construction, lead to huge increase in the value of Tel Aviv real estate, and reduce severe traffic congestion in the area.    While residents of Tel Aviv and its surrounding areas...