House prices in israel

How Tel Aviv’s 'safest investment' collapsed: Falling apartment prices wipe out millions - analysis

Israel’s housing market is freezing: Tel Aviv apartment prices are down 8.4% due to high interest rates and emigration. Investors are now losing millions and fleeing to the stock market.

Daily life in Tel Aviv. November 19, 2025.
 A HOUSING project of the Yafo Tel Aviv company: If decision-makers wish to translate people’s desire to immigrate into actual aliyah, a shift in approach is needed, along with significant actions, says the writer.

Israel's housing market is sliding into recession

 THE YAD ELIYAHU neighborhood in Tel Aviv.

Israeli housing price rises gain momentum

What to do when there is no safe room at home


BOI’s interest rate increase will cause problems for the housing market – experts

Following the rise of the Bank of Israel’s interest rate, experts predict trouble for the future of Israel’s real estate economy.

An Israeli flag flutters outside the Bank of Israel building in Jerusalem

Smooth move: 5 tips for moving with a baby

These five tips will help when you need to move from one home to another, and you have a baby or young children.

Moving to new house

Jerusalem's real estate scene: How much, for whom and where?

If the pace and measure of building in Jerusalem could be increased tenfold, perhaps the city’s beauty could be enjoyed by a larger number of people.

 ‘EVERYONE HAS a right to own a piece of “the rock.”’ (Pictured: Real estate office on Emek Refaim St.)

Israeli home prices rose 346% in a decade, fastest in the world

While Israeli home prices skyrocketed, salary growth and inflation rates place Israel among the best in the world.

Real estate market

Buying a home on paper? You may pay 10-15% more than you thought

Housing prices have risen 7.2% in the past year, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics, and show no sign of slowing.

Real estate market

Housing crisis in Israel: Prices up by 7.4% since last year

Since the 2008 global financial crisis, housing prices in Israel have soared by 214%, more than tripling themselves.

Apartment for sale in Jerusalem

New mortgages in Israel soar to all-time high

June's total is more than 20% higher than May's total, which was itself a record, and is nearly twice as much as was borrowed in February 2020, on the eve of the pandemic.

Real estate market

A decade since Israel's social protests, food-makers afraid to raise prices

The spontaneous protests of 2011 drew hundreds of thousands of protesters from all socio-economic and religious backgrounds to the streets to object to the continuing rise in the cost of living.

Thousands of Israelis take part in a protest march against soaring prices of living in Tel Aviv on July 14, 2012.

Government priority: Israelis need affordable housing - editorial

Getting the situation under control and in sync with some form of fiscal reality will be an uphill struggle, and the government lacks a clear-cut plan to wage it.

HOUSING GOES up in the new neighborhood of Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet, 2019.

Can the new government slow rising housing prices?

"The problem is a lack of supply in the housing market," said the co-founder of First Israel Mortgages. "The only way to bring down prices is to build more homes."

New housing units for couples in Jerusalem.

Israel listed as being second most expensive country to buy a home

Israel ranked number 2 out of 39 countries listed, where houses cost $9,780 per square meter, which accounts for 26.6% of a household's disposable annual income.

A view of Tel Aviv, including the Charles Bronfman Auditorium.