Use your IRA to purchase Investment Real Estate in Israel

If you are a U.S. citizen and have a self-directed Individual Retirement Account, you may not be aware of the fact that you can actually purchase Investment Real Estate in the U.S. or internationally.  This is information your Stockbroker may not want you to know because he or she would love to see your funds [...]

Israel Real Estate – Update on Land Reform

In a reference to his plan to privatize the Israel Land Administration land, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said in a speech at the just completed Caesarea Forum on National Economic Policy ” We must simplify the building process, make homes cheaper to buy, and enable people to afford homes without mortgaging their lives”.  He also [...]

Israel Real Estate Update: Understanding the Current Market

A very informative article just appeared at Haaretz.com that gives some extremely interesting details about the current Real Estate market in Israel.  The article is based on figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics in Israel.  First quarter of 2009 figures shows that apartment prices in Israel, actually rose an average of 5%.  There has been [...]

Diaspora Jews’ Israel real estate purchases declined in 2008

So says an article at today’s Haaretz.com The global economic crisis has badly hurt property sales to foreign residents. State Revenues Authority data shows that in the fourth quarter of 2008, there was a 40% decline in the number of sales compared to the third quarter – and a 60% decline in comparison with the [...]

Need a good Tel Aviv Real Estate Agent?

Whether you are considering buying an apartment in the Ramat Aviv area of north Tel Aviv, the Dizengoff area in Central Tel Aviv, along Hayarkon, in Neve Tzedek, in Jaffa or anywhere else in the Tel Aviv area, we have an Agent who can assist you in your property search.  To be put in touch [...]

Eight questions to ask before you buy a home

That’s the title of an article at haaretz.com, written earlier this year by Guy Liberman.  Although it’s difficult to tell when you read the article where one questions ends and the next begins, the article does have some very good information for those people who are considering buying an apartment in a “new” building in [...]

Realty officials:Apartment prices to drop

Survey conducted among 50 CEOs, deputy directors of leading real estate agencies reveals 14% believe flat prices will decline in central Israel by more than 20%; most believe prices will rise again in 2010.  Those are the headlines of an article at Ynetnews.com which discusses sales prices and the prices of rentals.

New apartment sales up in Jerusalem & Haifa

According to an article at the Arutz Sheva website, new apartment sales in Jerusalem doubled in January of this year, compared to January of 2008.  Sales of new apartments in Haifa were also up for this same period but only moderately at a 12% increase.  The rest of the country experienced a decrease in sales [...]

Future apartment shortage in Israel

With global real estate markets experiencing declining values over the last 12 months, one would think the same would hold true for Israel.  That may be the case at this moment, but according to an article at jpost.com   earlier this month, the point is made that construction of new apartments is way down which may [...]

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