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Green bodies slam decision to extend mandate of fast-track planning committee
Opponents say top-down Committee for Preferred Housing Sites builds on too much open space, fails to construct basic infrastructure needed by new homes
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Israeli housing prices have nearly doubled in a decade, with no signs of slowing
Prices have risen by over 12% so far in 2021, and are only set to soar further without real government-initiated solutions, researchers say
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Bennett says he’s here to do good. He could start by tackling the housing crisis
As prices keep on soaring, buying a home is becoming an impossible dream for ever more Israelis. Even rentals are exorbitant. Let's have a strategy to put that right
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Government housing plan seen as just a ‘drop in the bucket’
Municipal resistance to more homes, lack of infrastructure, and unaffordable prices must all be addressed to make a dent in the market, analysts say
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Israelis borrowed record NIS 116 billion in mortgage loans in 2021
In December alone, Israeli banks lent 12.2 billion shekels ($3.89 billion) to home buyers, says Bank of Israel
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Israel to market 30,000 affordable housing units in 2022
First batch of 10,000 units will available to eligible buyers under lottery system by April, says Housing Ministry
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As housing crisis intensifies, Liberman eyes new plan aimed at lowering prices
Initiative will see state determine max price for land, with bids granted to contractors who offer lowest prices, and a commitment to finish building within 3 years
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As prices soar, Israel offers 10,000 discounted housing units in new lottery...
First batch of apartments to be raffled in 31 cities, with overall plan to see 30,000 affordable dwellings marketed by end of year; registration site briefly crashes
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Investors cool on Israeli housing market as January sales remain steady
Effects of purchase tax hike on second dwellings or more start to show, says new Finance Ministry report
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Housing prices keep soaring, up 15% from last year
Prices for homes reach new highs as government hopes for market to 'moderate'; investor activity drops
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To tackle rocketing housing prices, Israel suggests a stranglehold on Airbnb...
With hotels clamoring for crackdown and many priced out of rentals near Tel Aviv, government may seek to free up some 13,000 homes being used as vacation rentals today
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Protests gain steam as Israelis struggle with housing prices. But will they...
A decade ago, people moved into tents to call attention to the high cost of living. After years of government promises, they're back outside -- and housing prices have only soared
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Daily Briefing Nov 17: Democracy isn’t dying, but the housing market may be
Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on incessant rumors of a unity government and real estate editor Danielle Nagler on a new amusement park in the Negev The post Daily Briefing Nov 17: Democracy isn’t...
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Unsettled by Jewish history, a California lawmaker takes on his state’s...
Co-chair of Sacramento's Jewish Caucus, State Senator Scott Wiener cites his upbringing as inspiring legislation that will allow religious institutions to build homes on their land The post Unsettled...
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Fears of a bubble in Tel Aviv house market deflate, but prices still...
Rising mortgage rates put an end to the boom in Tel Aviv home prices, which tripled over the past two decades at the fastest rate among 25 major cities, UBS real estate index says The post Fears of a...
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