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David S. Levine

Nov 6, 2026, 12:12 PM

Another Solution to Israel’s Housing Crisis

There have been a number of articles (Arutz Sheva, Times of Israel, Globes) questioning why, with a surplus of housing units are prices not going down? Answers range from it depends on the city (or area) to the numbers...

Binyamin Elkalay

Nov 5, 2026, 7:55 PM

Buying off-plan in Arnona: 5 traps to check

"The sales office says 20 percent now, the rest at the keys. What am I actually signing?" I hear some version of that question every week from friends looking at the new towers on Derech Hevron. Arnona is where...

Stephen M. Flatow

Nov 4, 2026, 10:28 AM

Buy Now, Daven in 2030

There was a time when making aliyah required a certain tolerance for the unknown. Where would you live? Would you understand the guy at the bank? Would anyone at the post office understand you? Would you find a synagogue where...

Binyamin Elkalay

Nov 3, 2026, 9:03 PM

Old Katamon in 2026: What $1.3 million really buys

Every few weeks someone in a New York or London WhatsApp group asks the same question: "We have about $1.3 million. Can we buy in Old Katamon?" The honest answer is yes, but the budget decides more than the...

Nov 1, 2026, 2:23 PM

August: Developers sold 6% more, resale fell 7%

Israel's August housing numbers point in two directions at once. According to the Finance Ministry's chief economist, developers sold 3,362 new apartments in August, 6% more than in August 2025. Owners selling second-hand apartments closed 4,170 deals, 7% fewer (Ynet)....

Oct 22, 2026, 3:38 PM

Israel’s unsold homes: Where buyers have the edge

New apartment towers going up in Israel (illustrative, AI-generated image)

Israel's housing market has more new apartments sitting unsold than at any point on record. At the end of July, about 85,000 new units were still on the market, according to Central Bureau of Statistics figures reported by Globes. That...

Angel Manuel Garcia Carmona

Oct 1, 2026, 10:13 PM

The Spanish Left-Wing Calls Upon Hamas For Housing Crisis

AI-generated image created using ChatGPT

On the night of Saturday, September 26, indefinitely, an unauthorized camp-out began at the kilómetro cero of Spanish territory. Groups of the extreme left in its broadest sense, also associated with postmodern currents such as 'transfeminism,' 'radical ecosocialism,' and...

Sep 17, 2026, 2:21 PM

Urban Renewal: an Updated Land Redemption Strategy

It’s time for the next frontier of Jewish philanthropy A Pushke That’s what my Yiddish-speaking grandma called the tin Blue Box found everywhere in Israel and the diaspora when we were young. A coin by coin, harnessing the collective force of...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Aug 17, 2026, 7:07 PM

The role of the roof

In Parshat Ki Tetze (Dvarim 22:8) we learn about the importance of fencing in the roof of a building: “When you build a new home, you are to make a fence for your roof…” What were roofs like in Biblical...

Rebecca Schiller

Aug 17, 2026, 6:48 PM

Take It or Leave It – Overdraft and All

We’re about to enter the High Holidays. Rosh Hashanah is supposed to be about new beginnings. At least I hope it is. I’ve been thinking a lot about Adam and Eve and that red apple. They were tricked into eating...

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