What's Happening in the Israeli Real Estate Market? | Perspectives on the Housing Market in Israel

What's Happening in the Israeli Real Estate Market? | Perspectives on the Housing Market in Israel

Over the past month, the Israeli business press has been flooded with numerous articles and interviews concerning the state of the Israeli housing market. After seeing a steady increase in housing prices since 2007, at an average rate of 12% a year, prices rose over 15% in the last year, prompting many in the press and public to claim a bubble, due to these numbers being out of the norm for a developed country.

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What’s Happening in the Israeli Real Estate Market? | Perspectives on the Housing Market in Israel

What’s Happening in the Israeli Real Estate Market? | Perspectives on the Housing Market in Israel

Over the past month, the Israeli business press has been flooded with numerous articles and interviews concerning the state of the Israeli housing market. After seeing a steady increase in housing prices since 2007, at an average rate of 12% a year, prices rose over 15% in the last year, prompting many in the press and public to claim a bubble, due to these numbers being out of the norm for a developed country.

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Tel Avivians Against Historic Preservation?

Tel Avivians Against Historic Preservation?

Next week Tel Avivians will celebrate “White Night”, the anniversary of UNESCO’s bestowing of the honor of a UN World Heritage Site onto Tel Aviv’s White City. The White City, a collection of over 4000 Bauhaus, Eclectic, and International Style buildings dating from the city’s birth in 1909 to the end of the 1930’s, is the world foremost site of the Bauhaus architectural style, the vast majority of the school being destroyed by the Nazis throughout the 1930’s and 1940’s.

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There ARE High Return Yields in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area, and on the Beach!

There ARE High Return Yields in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan Area, and on the Beach!

While we all know that the days of high yield returns in Central Tel Aviv for the average investor have passed, there are still some viable options to make in excess of 3.5% in areas farther afield in Jaffa and Herzliya. An investor can expect an average return of 2.5 – 3% in Tel Aviv. Unfortunately, sellers have already calculated the maximum the property could ever possibly be worth and take this out on the buyers. Fortunately, there are other options out there.

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Are Real Estate Prices in Israel About to Drop? | Where is the Israeli Housing Market Going?

Are Real Estate Prices in Israel About to Drop? | Where is the Israeli Housing Market Going?

With the continuous rise in real estate prices in Israel over the past few years, many have begged to ask the question, “when will they fall?”. Those of us in the business get this question almost daily, with each of us giving a different perspective, depending on which market we’re catering to. My take? There are simply less apartment and homes sales being done here in my market in Tel Aviv, though that’s not to say that the prices have been lowering, and for us lucky brokers who have been able to seal deals, business has been good.

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Are Real Estate Prices in Israel About to Drop? | Where is the Israeli Housing Market Going?

Are Real Estate Prices in Israel About to Drop? | Where is the Israeli Housing Market Going?

With the continuous rise in real estate prices in Israel over the past few years, many have begged to ask the question, “when will they fall?”. Those of us in the business get this question almost daily, with each of us giving a different perspective, depending on which market we’re catering to. My take? There are simply less apartment and homes sales being done here in my market in Tel Aviv, though that’s not to say that the prices have been lowering, and for us lucky brokers who have been able to seal deals, business has been good.

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