Israel was listed as the second most expensive country in which to buy a home, according to research performed by Australia-based Compare The Market.Israel ranked number 2 out of 39 countries listed, where houses tend cost in the upwards of $9,780 per square meter, which would account for 26.6% of a household's disposable annual income.The research compared average property prices against normal household earnings and disposable income to determine what the cost per square meter would be as a percentage of annual income. console.log("BODY2. CatId is:"+catID);if(catID==120){console.log("BODY. YES for anyclip script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none";var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://player.anyclip.com/anyclip-widget/lre-widget/prod/v1/src/lre.js'; script.setAttribute('pubname','jpostcom'); script.setAttribute('widgetname','0011r00001lcD1i_12258'); document.getElementsByClassName('divAnyClip')[0].appendChild(script);}else if(catID!=69 && catID!=2){console.log("BODY. YES for vidazoo script");document.getElementsByClassName("divConnatix")[0].style.display ="none"; var script = document.createElement('script'); script.src = 'https://static.vidazoo.com/basev/vwpt.js'; script.setAttribute('data-widget-id','60fd6becf6393400049e6535'); document.getElementsByClassName('divVidazoo')[0].appendChild(script); }Israel ranked just below South Korea, where the cost per square meter as a percentage of annual income is 39.6%, with a lower average of disposable income across the board and a higher average price per square meter. The two ranked above Switzerland (26.5%), Luxembourg (23.7%) and Japan (23.2%).Turkey was listed as being the most affordable country to buy a home, with a cost per square meter as a percentage of annual income coming in at only 4.2%. Following closely behind is the United States, where houses cost $3,683 per square meter. And with most families having over $67,020 of annual disposable income, the cost per square meter as a percentage of annual income is 5.5%.