Housing prices

Housing costs top young Israelis’ election concerns, security trails far behind - poll

A new Israel 2050 survey published Wednesday night found that economic and social issues, led by housing affordability, top young voters' priorities ahead of the elections.

View of the Southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva, as it seen from Dudaim landfills, in southern Israel on January 22, 2022.
Housing Market.

Summer demand pushes prices up 0.3%, including rent, transportation costs, statistics bureau says

Apartment prices continue to fall.

CBS: Apartment prices in sharp decline, rent skyrockets

Eldad Nitzan.

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


Housing prices soar in the short term; new housing starts signal future relief

More housing starts have been promoted by the government this year, which could lead to better prices in two to three years.

 Israelis protest against the soaring housing prices in Tel Aviv and cost of living, on July 2, 2022.

This week in Jerusalem: Take a trek with Akim-Jerusalem

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 TREKKING: EIN Gedi vista (Illustrative).

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.