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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 571

ghost apartments

A couple looks at real estate ads in the coastal city of Netanya, July 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
December 22, 2017, 10:48 am
Do Israel’s ‘ghost apartments’ explain why the home you want is out of reach?
House prices have risen 118% in a decade. Now the government says Israel has 4 times more empty homes than it thought. Is there a connection? And is money laundering also a factor?
By Simona Weinglass
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on June 8, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2015, 6:51 am
Bid to make housing affordable sends buyers scrambling, but will it work?
Finance Minister Kahlon’s purchase tax hikes go into effect on July 1, so there’s a rush to get deals done by then. But experts aren’t sure his plan will really help first time buyers
By Judah Ari Gross
A rendering of the new condo project The Hamptons in Herzliya Pituach, a brainchild of Rabbi Marc Schneier of The Hampton Synagogue in Westhampton Beach, N.Y. (Courtesy The Hampton Synagogue/via JTA)
November 29, 2014, 12:46 am
East End rabbi pitches Hamptons-style Zionism in Herzliya
Rabbi Marc Schneier takes time away from his interfaith work to return to a former occupation — real estate
By Uriel Heilman
A building project in Jerusalem (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
From the WebMay 9, 2012, 7:40 pm
Foreign residents buy 4% of Israeli apartments
Globes: Non-Israelis pay 62% more for their new purchases than Israelis
'The people demand social justice' was a catchphrase of the social protests that erupted around the country in the summer of 2011. (David Katz/The Israel Project)
March 18, 2012, 7:36 pm
Cabinet approves new social justice package on housing
Plan includes doubling property taxes on ‘ghost apartments’ vacant for more than six months a year
By Michal Shmulovich
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