Israel housing prices
A woman’s eviction in Madrid brought down a government. What can Israel learn from it? - opinion
Israel does not need to copy every provision of Spain’s housing policies. It is easy to tell a family that cannot afford to buy to keep renting, but harder to explain how they can plan their lives.
Netanyahu says he 'lost a little weight' since Oct. 7, changed Israel’s security doctrine
The printer is already on the wall: The unexpected solution to the housing crisis - opinion
The dream persists: New survey shows Israelis’ confidence in the housing market
Finance Ministry nixes proposal for taxing multiple home ownershp
Poll shows 60% of Israelis oppose increased defense spending at expense of welfare, 44% opposed to Lapid's 0 VAT plan.
![House and calculator [Illustrative].](https://images.jpost.com/image/upload/f_auto,fl_lossy/q_auto/c_fill,g_faces:center,h_194,w_290/252626 "House and calculator [Illustrative].")
Housing starts fall to two-year low
From April to June of 2014, just 9,311 new starts were recorded, down 19.3% from the previous quarter and 13.8% from the same period the previous year.
Sprawling new Jerusalem neighborhood approved
Neighborhood of 1,830 homes in high rises on 63 acres of land featuring affordable units for young families to be built in capital.
Lapid vows to pass 0 VAT law in October, fast-track housing law approved
Housing Minister Ariel suggests special Knesset recess session will take up 0 VAT law.
Knesset Interior Committee approves fast-track housing bill
World Bank ranks Israel 140th out of 189 countries in building and construction bureaucracy index; new measure aims to bring down overinflated price of housing.
From the Ground Up: Not so secret agents
A good agent will identify a need and solve it or make sure that it is solved by the right person.
Modernizing Safed
Bargains can still be found in Safed, but new developments are bringing prices up.
128 housing units approved for non-Orthodox section of J’lem’s Ramot
Deal provides housing at lower prices for secular, moderately religious residents in an increasingly ultra-Orthodox neighborhood.
Old-world charm
Katamon mixes the old with the new, with beautiful Arab buildings from the early 20th century alongside smaller single-family homes built after 1948.
This week in Jerusalem 358098
Peggy Cidor’s round-up of city affairs
