In the past few months there has been a big debate in the government and the public concerning the high price of apartments and the fact that many people cannot afford to purchase one. When purchasing an apartment from a construction company, 18% of the price is Value Added Tax
We’ve all heard of the German Templar colonies built during the second half of the 19th century all over Israel in places such as Haifa, Jerusalem, Jaffa, the Galilee and next to Lod. These were agricultural settlements built by a group of German Protestants from Wittenberg, Germany. These settlers brought
In the past twenty years some of the major Israeli cities have literally been cut in two by major highways or railroad lines. We can see examples of this in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Haifa. Tel Aviv is divided by the Ayalon Highway, along which the train line for Tel
In the recent past I have been writing about possible up and coming cities that could be the next best real estate investment. To this end I’ve mentioned both Haifa and Hadera. Well, how about Bat Yam? Bat Yam is a small city to the south of Jaffa. It is
