Mortgage

Tech workers laid off and collapsing under the mortgage burden

Crash course: The AI and the dollar are emptying the tech sector, and mortgages are threatening those laid off.

The number of unemployed individuals has doubled since 2022, reaching 16,000 last December
The mortgage has become in recent years one of the heaviest expenses of households in Israel

Another NIS 1,600 a month: How they inflated our mortgages

Housing Prices.

Your Taxes: Mortgage blues and what to do about them

Real estate bubble concept

The Hidden Momentum Driving Israel’s Housing Boom


Israeli citizens will pay the price for judicial reform - analysis

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich can keep claiming that the reform strengthens the economy, but it's very difficult to dispute current financial figures.

 Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich holds a press conference with bereaved families at the Israeli Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on January 8, 2023.

Cause for concern? Over half of Israelis struggle to meet mortgage repayments

For young couples, the goal of buying an apartment is getting further and further away, and some are considering investing in real estate abroad.

 A newly built residential neighborhood in Herzliya Oct 30, 2020.

SixtyFive partners with key mortgage industry players to provide seniors access home equity

The early-stage company is laying the foundation to broaden its reach throughout the US in the coming year.

 (Left to right) Tali Gross, CEO, Eyal Stern, COO, Ron Likvornik, CTO.

Israel delays bill to freeze mortgage rates for first-time buyers

Gafni and Smotrich said they would meet with the banking regulator, which is part of the central bank, to come up with a solution for mortgage holders.

Real estate market

Eldar real estate group to start mortgage consulting

R to L: Miriam Schwartz, Eran Yeshiv, Amir Shaltiel, Idit Raz Kalisher, Moshe Cohen

Libra promotes mortgage insurance at market-breaking prices

Libra is marketing mortgage insurance that includes structural/building and life insurance.

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Bank Hapoalim freezes mortgage rates amid housing crisis

Hapoalim Chief Executive Dov Kotler put the number of customers who would benefit from the freeze at more than 10,000.

 The logo of Bank Hapoalim, Israel's biggest bank, is seen at their main branch in Tel Aviv

Moshe Gafni tables bill to limit banks raising mortgage rates

If ratified, the new law would go into effect on the first of the following month, and apply to new loans.

 MK Moshe Gafni speaking during a session at the Knesset

Buying an apartment in Israel: A real estate cautionary tale

Sadly, Israeli apartments that go for less than market price can also include a paper trail of Tabu registration problems that were ignored.

 SPACE ODYSSEY begins: takeoff.

Israel's interest rate has increased. What does it mean?

The Bank of Israel interest rate will jump to 2.75% per year and the basic bank interest rate to 4.25%. Average mortgage repayments will increase by about NIS 200 per month.

 Illustration photo of the new 100 Israeli Shekel bill. December 31, 2017.