Housing prices

CBS: Apartment prices in sharp decline, rent skyrockets

The CPI for June remained unchanged, completing a moderate annual increase of 1.6%. Concurrently, overall home prices recorded a sharp monthly decline of a full percent and an annual drop of 2%.

Apartment prices continue to fall.
Eldad Nitzan.

Contractors save, workers pay: The new reform in the construction industry

Israeli real estate – construction site.

Inflation and housing prices show continued declines in Israel

Housing in Israel.

Many young people don’t want to buy apartments


Israel: An innovative country in dire need of innovation - opinion

While being informed that Israel is doing better financially than most countries, the fact is we have become a two-tiered society of the haves and the have-nots.

 WHAT HAPPENED to Ben-Gurion’s dream of developing the Negev?

Tel Aviv housing spikes by 18% within a year, moves into risky territory

In a special report, economists from USB Bank said that this is the quickest jump in 25 years.e by 10% on average.

An aerial shot of a Tel Aviv beach

TikTok goes viral for pointing out this one obvious flaw in Israel

Want to move to Israel? Become a billionaire. That's the message this viral TikTok video has, pointing out the crisis of high cost of living in Israel.

 Milk for sale at the Rami Levy supermarket in Jerusalem on July 17, 2022.

‘Every citizen in Israel shall dwell’... on the price of homes

Rocketing housing prices are a hot election issue – but with each side blaming the other, whom should we believe?

 Building a sukkah in Mea She'arim

Want to find an apartment in Israel? Good luck, pal

The never-ending search for an apartment in Israel: Here are the herculean tasks you’ll need to complete

 DEMONSTRATORS SET UP tents across from the Knesset, to protest soaring housing prices, earlier this year. One of the signs reads: ‘We all deserve a home.’

How can you weather the storm of the housing crisis this Sukkot?

We need a voice that echoes throughout the land of Israel, strengthening the fragile sukkah dwelling, turning it into an affordable, permanent, dignified home for all.

 CHILDREN DECORATE a sukkah.

Why the economy is sidelined in this election campaign – again

If the economy ceases to be a central campaign issue, that then leaves the parties arguing about what they have argued about for the last three-and-a-half years: Netanyahu, yes or no.

Prime Minister Yair Lapid looming over several staple Israeli food brands

Israel’s inflation rate and Consumer Price Index both fell in August

The downward movement presents a glimmer of hope for Israelis, who have spent the last 12 months watching the country’s inflation rise by 5.2% since July of last year.

 SCENES FROM Tel Aviv: Shopping at the Carmel market.

Amid interest rate increase: Mortgage returns, overdraft spike by hundreds

Bank of Israel's 0.75% interest rate increase is the highest in the last 20 years. Here's what it means and why it's facing backlash.

 The Bank of Israel building is seen in Jerusalem June 16, 2020. Picture taken June 16, 2020.

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