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ָָָA sign declares an upcoming construction project in the Gonen neighborhood of Jerusalem, January 2020. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The proposed new look for the Great Synagogue in Tel Aviv, due for completion in 2028. (Courtesy/Up Architects)

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

By Danielle Nagler

Illustrative: Construction of new residential buildings on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv, May 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

By Danielle Nagler

June 15, 2023, 10:41 pm

Housing prices dip slightly but remain about 10% higher than in 2022

Annual rises in rents, mortgage payments make housing increasingly expensive compared to average salaries and consumer prices

By Danielle Nagler

Construction in Holon, May 2020. (100 via iStock by Getty Images)

June 14, 2023, 3:08 pm

Real estate transactions plummet close to 20-year low in stalled housing market

The number of residences changing hands hits record lows in April, down 55% from last year, as prices and borrowing costs climb

By Danielle Nagler

May 25, 2023, 5:38 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

Illustrative: A building in Kiryat Bialik undergoing urban renewal as part of Tama 38 regulation, on October 24, 2018. (Meir Vaaknin/Flash90)

May 4, 2023, 5:39 am

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

Frameworks that allow for renovating — or demolishing and reconstructing — buildings with more and better apartments show growth in new government data

By Danielle Nagler

April 21, 2023, 2:57 am

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

Work on Tel Aviv’s main synagogue will remove 1960s additions and add much-needed public space on Allenby Street

By Danielle Nagler

Lit-up apartment building in Petah Tikva, August 2021. (Itay Tamir via iStock by Getty Images)

March 24, 2023, 7:05 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

An illustrative photo of new residential towers in Beit Shemesh, April 2022. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

February 24, 2023, 5:15 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

File: The Tel Aviv skyline (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

February 15, 2023, 11:51 pm

Inflation higher than expected in January; housing costs keep rising

Cost of living rises 0.3% over the month, bringing the year-on-year rise of consumer price index to 5.4% — highest since 2008; home sales slow but prices remain high

By Danielle Nagler

An aerial view of Rishon LeZion, February 2018. (Vicu9 via iStock by Getty Images)

February 10, 2023, 11:29 am

Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel

The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in Israel’s property market right now

By Danielle Nagler

An illustrative photo of newly completed high-rise residential buildings in the 1200 neighborhood of Hod Hasharon, in central Israel on September 14, 2022. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

January 16, 2023, 8:00 am

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

New CBS report shows prices up 18.8% in October to November 2022, a slight drop from previous period with record 20.3% rise

By Danielle Nagler

A file photo of construction on the Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail as part of the mass transit system for the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, some of which runs underground, September 13, 2021. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

January 13, 2023, 3:49 pm

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

Builders say funding proposals for major infrastructure project are unreasonable and unviable; so-called Metro Law advances in legislative committee

By Danielle Nagler

Israeli elderly women take part in a morning workout in a former hotel turned into a social housing building for elderly Israelis from the former Soviet Union, in Jerusalem on September 4, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)

December 30, 2022, 5:58 am

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

Jewish Agency, government ink agreement to provide affordable housing for senior Israelis in cities like Beersheba, Ra’anana, and Tel Aviv

By Danielle Nagler

A rendering of development plans for the Kikar Atarim area in Tel Aviv, proposed in a presentation to the Tel Aviv Municipality in January 2022. (Screenshot via the Tel Aviv Municipality website, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

December 28, 2022, 6:23 pm

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

Critics argue proposed project hands public space to private developers who hope to build two 25-story towers and a six-story building for mixed residential, hotel space

By Danielle Nagler

A construction site for new apartment buildings in Beit Shemesh photographed on February 21, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

December 21, 2022, 10:48 am

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

Home-building activity increases by 15% compared to last year, with construction started on over 70,000 apartments

By Danielle Nagler

Artist's impression of potential redevelopment on the grounds of an IDF army base in Tel Aviv (courtesy Israel Land Authority)

December 6, 2022, 4:53 pm

Defense tech firm Rafael to vacate prime Tel Aviv real estate for new development

Initial agreement with Israel Land Authority will see Iron Dome maker leave central area to make way for 900 new apartments, offices, commercial complex, and public space

By Danielle Nagler