Real estate

New wave of aliyah presents opportunities, challenges for real estate investors

With more than 4,000 North American olim forecast for 2026, Israel must address housing affordability, currency pressures, and community integration to make aliyah financially viable.

New immigrants from North America arrive on a special " Aliyah Flight" on behalf of Nefesh B'Nefesh organization, at Ben Gurion airport in central Israel on August 14, 2019.
Connecting buyers, properties and professionals to simplify the journey to an Israeli home.

A place in Israel

The Parthenon temple without scaffolding for the first time in 200 years, October 17, 2025.

Greece plans to quintuple purchase tax for foreign real estate buyers

Jerusalem Leasehold Dispute Deepens as Supreme Court Hearing Is Delayed.

Supreme Court delays leasehold hearing, prolonging uncertainty for families - opinion


Diaspora buyers look to Israeli real estate amid rising aliyah interest

The Israel Home Expo will bring developers, mortgage and tax experts, and aliyah services together in Jerusalem as organizers seek to turn holiday visits into long-term moves to Israel.

Diaspora buyers look to Israeli real estate amid rising aliyah interest. Real estate fair in NYC earlier this year.

Handing over: Rosh Pina Mall sold for approximately NIS 50m.

Ashtrom Properties sells Rosh Pina Mall for NIS 48.5m to GT Real-Estate, signaling the southern developer's northern expansion to Hatzor Haglilit.

Rosh Pina Mall.

In the middle of the triangle

Muza Residences, a new luxury project by The Phoenix Real Estate and America Israel, is rising between Yarkon Park, the Mediterranean and Tel Aviv's museum row.

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Senior US Rabbi moves to Israel, chooses home in Jerusalem’s Givat Hamatos

Rabbi Kalman Topp, former head of Beverly Hills' Beth Jacob, joins a growing wave of US Olim establishing a new Anglo-Zionist enclave in the capital's emerging neighborhood.

Aderet project in Jerusalem by Ram Aderet Group and Saleet in the Givat Hamatos neighborhood.

Grapevine: More towers

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

View of the Jerusalem Light Train at the Mount Herzl train station, near where Epstein Tower will be built, August 18, 2024

Your Taxes: Is a hotel a real estate play in Israel?

Israeli real estate purchases can face up to 10% purchase tax, with anti-avoidance rules also taxing shares in entities whose assets are primarily Israeli property.

182 rooms, including 37 rooms with private pools. NYX Dead Sea Hotel

'We're better without Palestinian workers': Construction heads say foreigners better for Israel

Israeli construction giants are claiming that their industry is better off without Palestinian workers.

Foreign workers in Israel

The billionaire who wants to build the Middle East a parliament on Israeli soil - interview

Joseph (Joe) J. Sitt calls it the Abraham Organization, and he is deliberate about dropping the word "Accord," referring to it as "the next evolution."

Joseph (Joe) J. Sitt, the chairman and CEO of the New York real estate firm Thor Equities.

Public hospital in the Negev to enter planning and oversight phase

Peres Medical Center in Beersheba will include 2,100 beds, a train station, and direct connection to local tech park.

The Shimon Peres Medical Center in the Negev

Inside RUDE, the small Israeli studio outpacing traditional agencies

RUDE Studio shows how small, multidisciplinary teams can use AI for speed while relying on human taste, judgment, and storytelling to truly stand out.

Rude believes that Artificial Intelligence tools has transformed what a small group of creators can accomplish.