New legislation that protects buyers of new homes from unpredictable price increases of hundreds of thousands of shekels; an increase in interest rates that is...

The Israeli public is livid, following the government’s failure to enact the Metro Law before the dissolution of the Knesset. Despite the fact that its...

The betterment levy, known in Israel as hetel hashbacha, is one of the only taxes that may actually make you feel quite lucky. This tax...

A series of tax amendments introduced this month by the Minister of Finance seeks to “release” tens of thousands of apartments from owners who do...

A new bill seeks to cease linking the entire purchase price of a new apartment to the Construction Price Index.  Until now, this linkage had...

In a concerted effort to bring down prices in the residential real estate market, the Israeli Government implemented a number of reforms in the last...

With the operation of a Shabbat control mode, an elevator will stop automatically on a certain floor and its doors will open, hence allowing users...

The Israel Tax Authority issued a memorandum last week that includes a series of amendments to the real estate tax laws, whose stated goal is...

As a result of the ongoing housing crisis and a sharp rise in real estate prices in Israel this year, the Purchase Tax rates for...

In order to incentivize municipalities to increase residential construction, the government recently issued a bill to raise the property tax (arnona) levied by local authorities...