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אליף ארלפ, מפלגת "די לינקה" בברלין, גרמניה

Berlin’s ‘Mamdani’ won big on housing. Now her promises face reality

Elif Eralp rode Berlin’s housing crisis to 25.7% of the vote with promises to bring major landlords into public ownership, cap rents and tax luxury homes; now a €4.6 billion budget gap, coalition resistance and a shortage of new construction stand between the campaign and implementation

Ze'ev Avrahami, Berlin | 09.25.26

הדמייה של מיזם התחדשות עירונית ברחוב סוטין בתל אביב

New towers, new powers: How Israeli municipalities became real estate power players

As projects transform entire neighborhoods, local authorities are moving beyond planning and zoning to demand schools, clinics and public spaces

Yossi Valass | 09.10.26

Israel’s home prices look stable. The deals tell a different story

Analysis: With sales slowing and buyers staying on the sidelines, developers are increasingly using financing incentives, flexible payment plans and other concessions instead of cutting prices, obscuring the true cost of housing

Dr. Bella Barda Bareket | 08.10.26

Israel’s inflation hits lowest level since 2021 at 1.6% as home prices plunge

June consumer prices were unchanged, while apartment prices fell 1% over two months and 2% annually, though rents rose sharply for new tenants

Gad Lior, Hila Tsion | 07.15.26

The protest that failed: Israeli home prices surge 84% in 15 years

The average Israeli apartment has gained about 1.1 million shekels ($333,000) since the 2011 social justice protests, while wages rose more slowly and buyers now need over 164 monthly salaries to purchase a home

Hila Tsion | 07.14.26

More than 65,000 homes planned as Israel advances major housing deals

Kfar Yona signs its first roof agreement, a NIS 2 billion plan for over 10,000 homes; Holon signs a NIS 3 billion deal for more than 8,000, while 47,000 more units advance through urban renewal and new construction

Hila Tsion | 06.30.26

Weak dollar may push Americans to secondhand Jerusalem homes, official says

Finance Ministry official Galit Ben Naim tells a Jerusalem urban renewal conference that exchange rates are likely to curb US purchases and shift buyers to secondhand apartments

ynet Global | 06.22.26

Why homes in Israel are so expensive

Land prices, taxes, levies and yearslong planning delays are driving Israel’s housing costs, with experts saying prices are set long before construction begins

Yossi Valass | 06.11.26

Israel's inflation flares in April as gas prices hit households

Consumer prices jumped on higher gas costs, but annual inflation remains within target as markets expect a Bank of Israel rate cut

Gad Lior, Hila Tsion | 05.15.26

בונים דירות 4 חדרים ויותר. בנייה בירושלים

Jerusalem’s war on ghost apartments: family-size housing jumps 50%

A review for Jerusalem Day finds the city is curbing small-apartment approvals and advancing four-room homes, as urban renewal approvals jumped 129% in three years

Hila Tsion | 05.14.26

Da Vinci Tower. Some of the apartments were hit by an Iranian missile

After Iranian missile strike, Abou Family REIT saw 'once-in-a-generation opportunity'

Abou Family REIT bought 40 Da Vinci Towers apartments in Tel Aviv from the Israel Land Authority after an Iranian missile strike at a discount, about 2M shekels per unit after renovation; it is marketing 20 units for 13,000–16,000 shekels monthly

Hila Tsion | 05.06.26

What buyers paid for secondhand homes across Israel this week?

As housing prices keep dropping, secondhand apartment deals offer a snapshot of current demand — from a Be’er Sheva garden apartment that sold for 1.4 million shekels to a Haifa penthouse bought for 2.1 million shekels

Hila Tsion | 05.03.26

Israelis no longer buy homes where they want to live, but where they can afford to

A review of about 700 homebuyers found more than half bought in locations dictated by budget rather than preference, as soaring prices push families from Kiryat Ono to Or Yehuda, from Rishon Lezion to Yavne and Be'er Yaakov, and from Beersheba to Ofakim

Hila Tsion | 04.27.26

Israel housing market cools as apartment prices slip in latest CBS index

Secondhand home sales: Find out how much a 4-room apartment with an area of 110 square meters in Be'er Sheva sold for, or a 5-room penthouse in Nahariya; and where was a 4-room garden apartment sold for about 4 million shekels?

Hila Tsion | 04.26.26

The race for Israel’s last luxury beachfront homes shifts to Netanya

As Israel’s buildable coastline shrinks, a final wave of luxury homes rises in Netanya; buyers are focusing on sea views, projects that offer a high quality of life and on a rare opportunity to secure a first-line beachfront property before supply runs out

ynet Global | 04.09.26