Israel real estate market

New wave of aliyah presents opportunities, challenges for real estate investors

With more than 4,000 North American olim forecast for 2026, Israel must address housing affordability, currency pressures, and community integration to make aliyah financially viable.

|ByDR. IZHAK LAX
New immigrants from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 14, 2019.
Foreign workers in Israel

'We're better without Palestinian workers': Construction heads say foreigners better for Israel

Israeli construction giants are claiming that their industry is better off without Palestinian workers.

|ByYUVAL NISANI/GLOBES/TNS
The French Hill – a project by Terra Real Estate and Rotshtein.

Israel is building homes, but not the homes Israelis need, Shoresh study warns

The study, published on Wednesday by Shoresh researcher Yael Mishly, argues that Israel’s housing market has a deeper problem than a simple shortage.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
A view of the luxury apartments and tall buildings in downtown Jerusalem, on October 27, 2015. Most of the luxury apartments are owned by foreign residents or by Israelis who use them as vacation homes. The city with the largest number of phantom apartments is Jerusalem.

NYC Jewish-Syrian community buys two Jerusalem towers in deal worth over NIS 1 billion

SNIR Real Estate Agency CEO Nir Shmoul described the purchase as "the biggest deal in Israel's history."

|ByTZVI JASPER

אתר לתיווך דירות ללא הסוכנים

Real estate website without the agents

AUGUST 25, 2016ByJPOST IVRIT STAFF
Dfrent

Embattled Israeli real estate magnate shifts tactics, blames employees of embezzlement

Last Wednesday Or was questioned under caution by police from the anti-fraud squad in Tel Aviv for several hours after a week-long media storm involving allegations of fraud and tax evasion.

APRIL 10, 2016ByBEN HARTMAN
Construction (illustrative).

The biggest losers in the Or City bankruptcy are the would-be homeowners

Those negative repercussions will fall mostly on the several hundred people who expected to have homes in the projects in coming years.

APRIL 6, 2016ByNIV ELIS
Inbal Or

Study: Rent rose 5 times faster than salaries

“The ones who brought about this housing market is the state of Israel itself,” says Kahlon.

NOVEMBER 11, 2015ByNIV ELIS
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon

Real Estate: The far North

Kiryat Shmona has a population of 24,000. But despite its small size, it is has metropolitan attributes.

AUGUST 25, 2015ByJOHN BENZAQUEN
Manara Cliff cable car over the Hula Valley.

Your Investments: Invest in real estate for durable income

Today, I would like to focus on an asset that doesn’t get much attention, but just may deliver the income that you need.

MARCH 5, 2015ByAARON KATSMAN
Money [illustrative]

Afula expands its horizons

The Jezreel Valley town’s low prices are attracting new residents.

JANUARY 22, 2015ByJOHN BENZAQUEN
Afula

The one with the stairs

JANUARY 9, 2015ByJORDANA BROWN
The Jerusalem Post

House Hunters: Jerusalem

JANUARY 5, 2015ByJORDANA BROWN
The Jerusalem Post

Haifa’s neighbor

Spacious, modern apartments can be found in Kiryat Bialik for much lower prices than in the big city.

JULY 24, 2014ByJOHN BENZAQUEN
Kiryat Bialik was founded by German Jewish immigrants in the 1930s.