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![]() Danielle NaglerThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
An initial budget of NIS 5 million ($1.34 million) was approved this week to begin planning for a new hike-and-bike trail on an Ottoman-era train...
The last two months have seen Israel’s red-hot housing market cool just a little. Prices are stabilizing, according to new figures by the Central...
Planning approvals for new housing reached a five-year record in 2022, according to a new government report, with figures showing that 158,407 housing...
As runaway construction input costs have sent real estate prices soaring in recent years, perhaps no material has seen larger leaps than metals, like...
Work on a new entrance pavilion to Jerusalem’s Botanical Gardens in the capital’s Givat Ram neighborhood began this month to expand access and...
The volume of new housing approved within urban renewal frameworks increased by 200% over the last year, according to new Housing Ministry figures. In...
New data from the housing sector is finally backing up what the experts have been saying for some time: Israel’s overheated property market has...
Tel Aviv has been given the go-ahead to plans to renovate the city’s Great Synagogue, an institution that recently marked its 100th anniversary, and...
Israel’s property market has been slowing down in recent months, with far fewer homes changing hands as rising interest rates and inflation bite...
Israeli construction regulations that allow developers to upgrade and expand existing apartment buildings have received yet another extension, even as...
This month, The Times of Israel is looking to gauge prices at the top of the housing market with a glimpse into the value of the most expensive...
After a period of sharper increases, housing prices rose by just 0.1 percent from December 2022 to January 2023, taking year-on-year inflation in the...
Construction materials to build housing, roads, and transportation infrastructure are likely to be in short supply until at least 2040, Israel’s...
A new promenade that follows a walking path beloved by Israel’s founder and first prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, in the Negev desert is in the...
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, one of Israel’s oldest creative and academic institutions, is moving into a brand new campus in the heart of...
This week, The Times of Israel took a look at entry-level homes in cities across Israel, seeking to highlight some of the most affordable properties...
The Israeli government may soon begin collecting higher taxes from homeowners with rental property investments if proposed real estate reforms move...
The cost of living is continuing to rise in Israel, according to figures released Wednesday by the Central Bureau for Statistics. Data showed...
A Knesset committee meeting Monday on earthquake preparedness broke up without agreement on a new framework to strengthen hundreds of thousands of...
If the broad, sturdy trees forming a leafy roof across the roads, the park-like suburban setting, or distinctive green and gold signs don’t give it...
With interest rates rising, inflation biting, and reports on the ground that the housing market is quiet, this week The Times of Israel looks at what...
Experts have consistently warned that a major earthquake centered in Israel could damage hundreds of thousands of homes in the country, despite the...
The government said Sunday it would rapidly move forward with the establishment of a new community in the Negev near the Gaza Strip. Hanon, to be...
The northern Israeli city of Afula is set to expand significantly in the coming years after the northern district planning committee approved proposed...
Planners have given the go-ahead for over 250 new hotel rooms to be part of a Zichron Yaakov tourist complex that the northern city hopes will...
Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf will head a soon-to-be-established, inter-ministerial cabinet tasked with tackling Israel’s...
Israeli bakery chain Roladin recently opened a gourmet doughnut shop in the heart of London’s tourist district, offering the eatery’s famous...
Although there are widespread predictions that house prices will fall in the course of 2023, the most recent market data (from October to November...
Plans for major upgrades to three historic Jerusalem neighborhoods were given the go-ahead this week, as the city hopes to add 850 new homes in...
A New York-based luxury real estate company bought a major parcel of land in central Jerusalem owned by the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate for NIS 750...
The kitchen — its design, functionality, location, and view — is often the selling point of a home. It is the command center, the main gathering...
The persistent rise in housing prices over the course of 2022 slowed in November but home costs were still up close to 19% compared to the same period...
Building industry professionals are protesting a proposed stipulation to the so-called Metro Law that is expected to draw about half the funding for...
With the average price of apartments now close to NIS 2 million (about $585,000) — or NIS 3 million ($877,000) if you are shopping in Tel Aviv —...
The fourth round of the previous government’s housing lottery program for first-time buyers known as Mehir Matara, or “Target Price,” generated...
Israel’s housing market has defied expectations over the course of 2022, with home prices rising by a record 20.3% year-on-year based on the most...
TEHRAN — Iran announced Thursday the closure of a Tehran-based French research institute in protest against cartoons of the Islamic Republic’s...
Tel Aviv-adjacent Rishon Lezion offers the best quality of life of any Israeli city, according to a survey carried out by the Central Bureau for...
The average size of a home in Israel is 100 square meters (1,076 square feet), roughly half the size of an average American home, and smaller than the...
A new agreement between the Finance Ministry, the Construction and Housing Ministry, and the Jewish Agency was approved this week to deliver 3,000...
As we reach the end of 2022 and look back on the last 12 months in the housing market, it is fair to say they were quite extraordinary. Prices for...
The fourth round of the government’s housing lottery program for first-time buyers known as “Target Price” (Mehir Matara) kicked off on...
Tel Aviv business owners and some 400 residents filed their objections with the municipality this month over a proposed development project for the...
The regional planning and construction committee for the district of Tel Aviv gave its approval this week for plans to add 36,000 new housing units in...
Home-building in Israel jumped by over 15% this year, with some 70,000 housing starts recorded between October 2021 and September 2022 and permits for...
The Circassian town of Kfar Kama in northern Israel was selected as an international “tourist village” by the United Nations World Tourism...
This week in our regular biweekly feature, The Times of Israel takes a look at housing prices in secondary locations — areas that have been growing...
House prices across Israel set new records in October, with an increase of 20.3 percent compared with October 2021, according to the latest figures...
Mortgage borrowing picked up slightly in November, according to a report released Tuesday by the Bank of Israel, with monthly loans hitting NIS 7.6...
A major redevelopment plan for Tel Aviv’s Florentin neighborhood appears to be moving forward after the Israeli developer of the project secured...