REAL ESTATE

The Tel Aviv District Planning and Building Commission has given final approval to expand the hotel to 1,350 rooms.

There were 11,228 building starts for apartments in Israel in the second quarter of 2018, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports.

New mortgages amounted to NIS 14.8 billion in the second quarter.

Only 13% of housing purchases in Israel in July were by investors.

The property's value is assessed at NIS 70-90 million.

A selection of recent real estate deals in Israel including in Jerusalem, Ramat Gan, Kfar Saba, Netanya, and Beersheva.

Investment house Altshuler Shaham already holds 8.7% of the income producing real estate company.

After falling for most of the past year, home prices rose for the second successive month, while the Consumer Price Index rose less than expected.

The Central Bureau of Statistics reports a 1.8% increase in the stock of unsold housing.

Housing prices in Tel Aviv fell 9% in 2017-2018, the Ministry of Finance reports.

It is unclear whether Kahlon supports a rate hike, especially as it would hit mortgage holders.

Construction work on four buildings in Rishon's new Eleph district is due to be completed by 2022.

Prices may fall short term, but conditions are being created for steep rises later on, developer Eido Hagag argues.

After court approval of the Africa-Israel debt settlement, Ben-Moshe and his companies can start raising the cash required to complete it.

Changes in the criteria for cutting down trees and pressure to utilize space do not bode well for preservation.

Eden the Jerusalem Development Company plans transforming the crumbling buildings of the Talpiot industrial zone into gleaming office towers.

Last week's tremors in Tiberias are a reminder that a major earthquake in Israel is a question of when, not if.

Elbit will pay NIS 1.8 billion for IMI Systems and has been promised NIS 1.8 billion for vacating the Ramat Hasharon site. But will the plant move to the Negev as promised?

The Check Post terminal contains stops on the Metronit lines, city and interurban buses, and a railway station.

Israelis buying real estate in the US may not be aware of their exposure.

A smart city is no substitute for a sense of belonging.