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Interior minister approves doubling property taxes on vacant Israeli apartments

The tax hike, effective January 2014, will apply to flats that are empty nine months a year.

By Nimrod Bousso | May 20, 2013 | 05:16 AM | 2

Municipal tax hike on 'ghost apartments' in Israel stalled at Interior Ministry
By Ranit Nahum-Halevy | 1
Tel Aviv to double tax on empty apartments
By Vadim Sviderski
Cabinet approves recommendations aimed at easing housing shortage
By Moti Bassok and Ranit Nahum-Halevy

Home prices in Israel rose 6% in first quarter of 2013

The average new home sold for NIS 1.5 million during January-March 2013, while the average previously owned home cost NIS 1.128 million for the same period.

By Raz Smolsky | May 12, 2013 | 09:30 AM | 4

Treasury planning to tax profits on second homes

The Finance Minister may also tax advanced training funds and redraw the map of the periphery to apply a higher tax rate to more exporters.

By Meirav Arlosoroff | May 7, 2013 | 05:39 AM

Alony Hetz makes foray into U.S. real estate

Israeli firm agrees to invest $300 million in Carr Properties Corporation, a newly formed investor in Washington D.C. real estate, entering partnership with JPMorgan.

By Michael Rochvarger | May 6, 2013 | 04:00 AM

Simulation of a complex under construction in Jaffa.

Want cheaper housing? Taxing investors won't do it

Slapping tax on property bought for investment purposes will achieve precisely nada.

By Arik Mirovsky | Apr 12, 2013 | 06:16 AM

Israelis moving en masse to Tel Aviv area

By 2025, an estimated 80% of the country's population will be living in the greater Tel Aviv area.

By Hagai Amit | Mar 28, 2013 | 08:39 AM

An apartment in the Jaffa on the Boulevard construction project.

The old new White City

A new construction in south Jaffa makes the historic town more like Tel Aviv, but in a good way.

By Keshet Rosenblum | Mar 27, 2013 | 07:24 PM

Israel to build 150,000 rental units over next decade

Yesh Atid plan would hasten construction on agricultural land surrounding Israel's 15 largest cities by streamlining planning process.

By Ranit Nahum-Halevy | Mar 19, 2013 | 09:51 AM

Site of luxury beach project planned for Herzilya Pituah.

Giant Herzliya beach real estate plan approved after 23 years on drawing board

Regional planning board approves 80-dunam construction plan submitted by Ofer Brothers; revised plan drew objections from city hall and environmentalists, who claimed shoreline should be set aside for the public.

By Nimrod Bousso | Mar 18, 2013 | 01:19 PM

Tel Aviv apartment building - Ofer Vaknin

Fewer investors buying apartments in Tel Aviv, study shows

Finance Ministry statistics show investors make up lowest proportion of transactions in the region since 2002.

By Nimrod Bousso | Mar 13, 2013 | 05:53 PM

Construction site on Tel Aviv's Salma Street.

Housing market trends point to price rises ahead

Ministry cites fewer land sales, failed effort at affordable homes.

By Nimrod Bousso | Mar 12, 2013 | 04:32 AM

Nesher experienced the sharpest price increases in 2012.

Prices of new homes in Israel are down, Housing Ministry report says

The Housing Ministry attributes the downwards trend to massive land sales by the state, but figures in the real estate industry say the data is dubious.

By Nimrod Bousso | Mar 8, 2013 | 05:15 AM

Israeli court evicts Tel Aviv tenant over wild parties

Father of IDB's Nochi Dankner kicks out man who rented his apartment in prestigious YOO Towers after building representatives and management threatened to hold him personally responsible for disruptions.

By Yasmin Gueta | Mar 4, 2013 | 04:20 PM

Business

Government backs down on plan to limit pyramid groups

By Zvi Zrahiya, TheMarker | 03:40 AM

Antitrust chief ponders new limits on big companies

By Zvi Zrahiya, Eran Azran | 03:15 AM

Resignation of treaury budget chief may portend wave of exits

By Moti Bassok | 02:11 AM

Start-up of the Week

Staying ahead of the game

By Maya Epstein | 05:49 PM

Startup of the week / Using banks to move money is so yesterday

By Amitai Ziv | 02:30 PM

Startup of the week / Commerce Sciences puts you in that buying mood

By Inbal Orpaz | 04:05 PM

Tech roundup

Tech roundup / Stymieing smartphone smugglers

By Ruth Schuster | 10:32 AM

Tech roundup / What Else? A smart launcher; soccer still popular

By Ruth Schuster | 10:26 AM

Facebook in advanced negotiations to buy Israeli start-up Waze for $1 billion

By Amir Teig, Inbal Orpaz | 01:01 PM

Concentration in Business

Finance Committee chair slams government for capitulating to conglomerates

By Zvi Zrahiya, Ora Coren, TheMarker | 01:32 PM

Can Israel have an open-skies revolution and a better El-Al too?

By Guy Rolnik | 12:25 PM

New management, wage deal at El Al could transform company

By Eytan Avriel | 05:25 PM