When someone purchases a new apartment or an apartment “off-plan”, a question that often arises is how does the purchaser guarantee the quality of construction...

Only one month after starting his new role as Minister of Housing and Construction, Yaakov Litzman is spearheading the cancellation of the Purchase Tax (Mas...

The Israeli Housing Ministry has recommended a 100-day  delay in delivering new apartments in Israel as a result of Coronavirus. This amounts to an additional...

The COVID-19 pandemic is still raging strong. Nobody knows with any certainty if we, in Israel, are in the beginning, the middle, or towards the...

The Municipality of Tel Aviv announced that it is increasing the property taxes (“arnona“) of approximately 1,400 “ghost apartments” to 220.78 NIS per square meter.  Property taxes...

Americans wishing to invest in residential real estate in Israel should consider both the US and the Israeli tax implications of their investment. While Israel...

Many foreign residents purchasing real estate in Israel are surprised by the prevalence of illegal extensions to the apartments they view prior to finding the property they...

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

Understand the various types of registration of land and different forms of real estate ownership in Israel.

As the government decided yesterday to lower the value-added-tax rate (VAT) in Israel by 1% from 18% to 17%, local and overseas homebuyers in the...