Housing prices

Yashar party unveils plan for young adults with rent caps and military pay raises in campaign push

Among the key points of the plan laid out by the Yashar party was to increase the salaries of soldiers by 15%, along with a 50% increase for combat soldiers in their third year of service.

Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yashar party, together with party members, attends the presentation of the party’s candidate list ahead of the upcoming general elections in Rosh HaAyin, September 7, 2026.
View of the Southern Israeli city of Beer Sheva, as it seen from Dudaim landfills, in southern Israel on January 22, 2022.

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

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


'Tel Aviv prices are more expensive than Champs-Elysees' - interview

This takes me back to when I told you that apartments are being marketed at NIS 85,000 per square meter, which is a really crazy price. The prices on the Champs-Elysees in Paris are lower.

 An illustrative image of extended construction in a residential area of Tel Aviv, Israel.

Allied Group to pay Amir Shaltiel NIS 200m for Metropolis stake

Eldar Group was founded by Shaltiel in 1999. Besides urban renewal, it deals in long-term rental housing and mortgage consultancy.

 Prof. Itzhak Swary.

Rihanna’s former NYC penthouse among high-profile properties heading to auction amid market shift

Luxury auctions surge as celebrity apartments and historic homes hit the auction block.

 The West 45th Penthouse in Manhattan.

'When the cannons roar, Israelis buy': Real estate market thrives amid year-long conflict

War and economic uncertainty drive Israelis to purchase new homes at unprecedented rates.

 A residential project in Herzilya.

Rassco: A rose by any other name

Neighborhood corner: Rassco might not be the biggest neighborhood in Jerusalem, but its peaceful streets, lined with stone-clad buildings, make it one of the most charming areas of the city.

 Homes in Jerusalem's Rassco neighborhood.

War evacuees pushing up rents in Israel's North, Knesset research suggests

The sudden demand that hit the northern rental market reached the urban market as well.

People walk near a damaged residential building due to a direct-hit from a projectile, in northern Israel, August 25, 2024

Safe and stable renting: Housing Ministry launches new plan for public housing

Under the new plan, called the "stable and safe renting" plan, the size of the rental subsidy will depend on the area in which the beneficiary is eligible for public housing.

A HOUSING CONSTRUCTION project in Israel.

June brings price hikes in multiple sectors for Israeli consumers

"Since the start of the war, the big food companies have raised prices by dozens of percent," said a lobby group.

 A cart laden with groceries.

Ghost apartments: How empty homes haunt Jerusalem's housing landscape

The term “ghost apartments” remain unoccupied for extended periods, often year-round. This is how they profoundly impact the housing market in Israel's capital.

 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.

The difference between macro/micro inflation during the war in Israel

Despite inflation and government-controlled prices increasing on May 1st, Israel’s microeconomy should be stable. However, Israel’s macroeconomy will face the consequences of the war for a few years.

VARIOUS ISRAELI banknotes are displayed for an illustrative photo. The economy is well on its way to the pre-pandemic standards of budgetary discipline.