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Danielle Nagler

Danielle Nagler

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Plans for hike-and-bike path along old railway near Jerusalem get initial okay

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...

25.05.2023 30

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Danielle Nagler

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

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...

25.05.2023 20

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Danielle Nagler

Planning approval for new housing hits multi-year high in 2022

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...

25.05.2023 30

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Israeli metal man Adam Steel rocks design world with luxe works from aluminum to zinc

As runaway construction input costs have sent real estate prices soaring in recent years, perhaps no material has seen larger leaps than metals, like...

24.05.2023 30

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Jerusalem’s Botanical Gardens to get major upgrade

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...

16.05.2023 20

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Danielle Nagler

Urban renewal project approvals tripled in 2022 in bid to increase housing

The volume of new housing approved within urban renewal frameworks increased by 200% over the last year, according to new Housing Ministry figures. In...

04.05.2023 30

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Housing price rises have slowed but market pressures mean a surge will likely follow

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...

21.04.2023 20

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Danielle Nagler

Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv to get massive upgrade, surrounding public square

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...

21.04.2023 20

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Danielle Nagler

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

Israel’s property market has been slowing down in recent months, with far fewer homes changing hands as rising interest rates and inflation bite...

20.04.2023 20

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Housing minister extends urban renewal program, despite no boost to quake readiness

Israeli construction regulations that allow developers to upgrade and expand existing apartment buildings have received yet another extension, even as...

13.04.2023 10

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Danielle Nagler

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

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...

24.03.2023 30

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Danielle Nagler

Tel Aviv, Jerusalem housing prices fall as mortgage borrowing hits four-year low

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...

16.03.2023 10

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Forecast of short supply of building materials until 2040 further imperils housing

Construction materials to build housing, roads, and transportation infrastructure are likely to be in short supply until at least 2040, Israel’s...

13.03.2023 30

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New desert promenade will take visitors on Ben-Gurion’s favorite Negev walk

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...

11.03.2023 40

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Bezalel’s new campus hopes to draw Jerusalem’s many communities into creative space

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...

24.02.2023 20

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Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

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...

24.02.2023 20

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Danielle Nagler

Property investors may lose tax breaks in real estate reforms

The Israeli government may soon begin collecting higher taxes from homeowners with rental property investments if proposed real estate reforms move...

16.02.2023 3

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Danielle Nagler

Inflation rate surpasses expectations in January; housing costs keep rising

The cost of living is continuing to rise in Israel, according to figures released Wednesday by the Central Bureau for Statistics. Data showed...

16.02.2023 30

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Danielle Nagler

Knesset committee fails to update earthquake construction framework

A Knesset committee meeting Monday on earthquake preparedness broke up without agreement on a new framework to strengthen hundreds of thousands of...

13.02.2023 9

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A playground for the 1%, Savyon’s multimillion shekel homes suddenly seem reasonable

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...

10.02.2023 20

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Danielle Nagler

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

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...

10.02.2023 30

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Danielle Nagler

Israeli buildings face major earthquake risk, despite efforts to upgrade them

Experts have consistently warned that a major earthquake centered in Israel could damage hundreds of thousands of homes in the country, despite the...

07.02.2023 40

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Danielle Nagler

Government advances plans for new community near Gaza Strip

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...

06.02.2023 30

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Danielle Nagler

Afula to build massive new neighborhoods to grow population

The northern Israeli city of Afula is set to expand significantly in the coming years after the northern district planning committee approved proposed...

03.02.2023 20

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Danielle Nagler

Hotels okayed for Zichron Yaakov wine tourism complex

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...

02.02.2023 40

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Danielle Nagler

New inter-ministerial cabinet to tackle Israel’s housing crisis

Construction and Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf will head a soon-to-be-established, inter-ministerial cabinet tasked with tackling Israel’s...

31.01.2023 20

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London gets a taste of Roladin with new gourmet doughnut shop in city center

Israeli bakery chain Roladin recently opened a gourmet doughnut shop in the heart of London’s tourist district, offering the eatery’s famous...

27.01.2023 30

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Danielle Nagler

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

Although there are widespread predictions that house prices will fall in the course of 2023, the most recent market data (from October to November...

27.01.2023 20

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Jerusalem moves forward with urban renewal plans in key neighborhoods

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...

26.01.2023 40

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Danielle Nagler

US developer pays over $200 million for slice of central Jerusalem

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...

20.01.2023 40

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Israeli kitchens serve up smart features, bold colors in newest design trends

The kitchen — its design, functionality, location, and view — is often the selling point of a home. It is the command center, the main gathering...

20.01.2023 20

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

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...

16.01.2023 50

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

Building industry professionals are protesting a proposed stipulation to the so-called Metro Law that is expected to draw about half the funding for...

13.01.2023 30

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Danielle Nagler

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

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 —...

13.01.2023 20

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Danielle Nagler

Latest housing lottery hits close to 1 million entries for 6,500 discounted homes

The fourth round of the previous government’s housing lottery program for first-time buyers known as Mehir Matara, or “Target Price,” generated...

12.01.2023 10

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Israel’s housing market is headed for rough terrain in 2023, experts say

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...

06.01.2023 20

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Danielle Nagler

Iran closes French institute to retaliate for Khamenei cartoons

TEHRAN — Iran announced Thursday the closure of a Tehran-based French research institute in protest against cartoons of the Islamic Republic’s...

05.01.2023 30

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First of Zion: Rishon is Israel’s best city to live in, statistics bureau finds

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...

05.01.2023 30

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Danielle Nagler

Bliss this mess: Jerusalem’s ‘home therapist’ tidies rooms into a well-ordered life

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...

01.01.2023 40

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Danielle Nagler

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

A new agreement between the Finance Ministry, the Construction and Housing Ministry, and the Jewish Agency was approved this week to deliver 3,000...

30.12.2022 30

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Danielle Nagler

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

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...

30.12.2022 20

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6,500 subsidized homes on offer in latest Israeli housing lottery

The fourth round of the government’s housing lottery program for first-time buyers known as “Target Price” (Mehir Matara) kicked off on...

30.12.2022 20

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Danielle Nagler

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

Tel Aviv business owners and some 400 residents filed their objections with the municipality this month over a proposed development project for the...

28.12.2022 20

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Danielle Nagler

Holon gets okay for central Israel’s largest urban renewal plan

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...

22.12.2022 10

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Danielle Nagler

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

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...

21.12.2022 20

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Danielle Nagler

Circassian town in northern Israel wins UN recognition as global ‘tourist village’

The Circassian town of Kfar Kama in northern Israel was selected as an international “tourist village” by the United Nations World Tourism...

21.12.2022 10

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Danielle Nagler

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

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...

16.12.2022 20

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Danielle Nagler

House prices keep soaring, marking record 20.3% rise in a year

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...

15.12.2022 10

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Danielle Nagler

Mortgage borrowing in Israel rises slightly in November amid general cooldown

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...

14.12.2022 20

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Danielle Nagler

Developers secure funds to build proposed Florentin Square project in Tel Aviv

A major redevelopment plan for Tel Aviv’s Florentin neighborhood appears to be moving forward after the Israeli developer of the project secured...

14.12.2022 20

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