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Inflation higher than expected in January; housing costs keep rising

Cost of living rises 0.3% over the month, bringing the year-on-year rise of consumer price index to 5.4% — highest since 2008; home sales slow but prices remain high

An illustrative photo of new residential towers in Beit Shemesh, April 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

By Danielle Nagler

Lit-up apartment building in Petah Tikva, August 2021. (Itay Tamir via iStock by Getty Images)

March 24, 2023, 7:05 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

February 24, 2023, 5:15 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

February 15, 2023, 11:51 pm

Inflation higher than expected in January; housing costs keep rising

Cost of living rises 0.3% over the month, bringing the year-on-year rise of consumer price index to 5.4% — highest since 2008; home sales slow but prices remain high

By Danielle Nagler

An aerial view of Rishon LeZion, February 2018. (Vicu9 via iStock by Getty Images)

February 10, 2023, 11:29 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

An illustrative photo of newly completed high-rise residential buildings in the 1200 neighborhood of Hod Hasharon, in central Israel on September 14, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

January 16, 2023, 8:00 am

Rise in housing prices slows but still up almost 19% from 2021

New CBS report shows prices up 18.8% in October to November 2022, a slight drop from previous period with record 20.3% rise

By Danielle Nagler

A file photo of construction on the Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail as part of the mass transit system for the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, some of which runs underground, September 13, 2021. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

January 13, 2023, 3:49 pm

Developers protest a planned 75% tax on future property values to help fund metro

Builders say funding proposals for major infrastructure project are unreasonable and unviable; so-called Metro Law advances in legislative committee

By Danielle Nagler

Israeli elderly women take part in a morning workout in a former hotel turned into a social housing building for elderly Israelis from the former Soviet Union, in Jerusalem on September 4, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

December 30, 2022, 5:58 am

Israel to build 3,000 new sheltered housing units for elderly population

Jewish Agency, government ink agreement to provide affordable housing for senior Israelis in cities like Beersheba, Ra’anana, and Tel Aviv

By Danielle Nagler

A rendering of development plans for the Kikar Atarim area in Tel Aviv, proposed in a presentation to the Tel Aviv Municipality in January 2022. (Screenshot via the Tel Aviv Municipality website, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

December 28, 2022, 6:23 pm

Tel Aviv residents bash new development plans for city’s Brutalist Atarim plaza

Critics argue proposed project hands public space to private developers who hope to build two 25-story towers and a six-story building for mixed residential, hotel space

By Danielle Nagler

A construction site for new apartment buildings in Beit Shemesh photographed on February 21, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

December 21, 2022, 10:48 am

Jump in 2022 housing starts, building permits may act to slow price rises

Home-building activity increases by 15% compared to last year, with construction started on over 70,000 apartments

By Danielle Nagler

Artist's impression of potential redevelopment on the grounds of an IDF army base in Tel Aviv (courtesy Israel Land Authority)

December 6, 2022, 4:53 pm

Defense tech firm Rafael to vacate prime Tel Aviv real estate for new development

Initial agreement with Israel Land Authority will see Iron Dome maker leave central area to make way for 900 new apartments, offices, commercial complex, and public space

By Danielle Nagler

A panoramic view of the port of Haifa and the surrounding neighborhoods. Illustrative. (Kateryna Mashkevych via iStock by Getty Images)

December 2, 2022, 6:01 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is going on in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

An aerial view of the northern city of Nahariya, March 2018. (Vicu9 via iStock by Getty Images)

November 18, 2022, 6:28 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s behind-the-scenes feature on what’s going on in Israel’s housing market right now

By Danielle Nagler

Illustrarive. A view of the Givat Olga neighborhood in Hadera, on June 22, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

November 3, 2022, 11:15 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

Our regular behind-the-scenes feature on what’s going on in Israel’s housing market right now

By Danielle Nagler

A view of Tel Aviv on September 8, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

October 14, 2022, 7:48 am

Tel Aviv’s red-hot housing market a ‘bubble risk,’ warns global banking firm

New UBS real estate index says housing prices in world’s most expensive city may see ‘sharp’ but short-lived correction if mortgage rates climb further

By Danielle Nagler

New construction of residential apartments in Ashkelon, January 19, 2019. (chert61 via iStock by Getty Images)

October 6, 2022, 10:02 pm

Housing snapshot: Apartment sales and rentals across Israel

Our regular behind-the-scenes feature on what is going on in Israel’s housing market right now

By Danielle Nagler