As prices and crowding in central Tel Aviv scare buyers away, reasonable options are springing up elsewhere. Just check the leases first.
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Small claims, big headaches
On cases involving a landlady who tried to get a tenant to pay her costs and dog-lovers who weren't their landlord's pet residents.
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The allure of Tel Aviv's eastern neighborhoods
Sand castles in the air
Owners in the Carmel Beach Resort sued when the hotels, shops and marina they say the company promised them never materialized - and lost in court.
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Hunting for homes,
and realistic statistics
Real estate prices may be dropping, but not as much as the government says, partly because a move toward cheaper transactions is skewing the numbers the public sees.
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The ball is in the consumer's court
Legal precedents are changing the rules in the real estate market, often in favor of homeowners and buyers.
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How green was their valley
The proposed reform in the betterment tax on farmland threatens to stifle investment, and could have a particularly harsh effect on the periphery.
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Parking space commands record price - NIS 137,000
Rising demand and diminishing space behind large sum.
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Judaization of the Negev at any cost
Government construction plan seeks to prevent Bedouin from 'taking over' the area.
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Tel Aviv housing market: Deep freeze in the north, thaw in the south
After the rise in property prices, investment apartments offer a paltry 2.6% annual return.
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New housing for Arab
villages stonewalled
Residents are forced to build illegally while the authorities demand an upgraded sewerage system that the Galilee communities cannot afford.
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End of an era / Falafel eateries must leave Bezalel market without compensation
They broke the rules, now must pay the price, says court.
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Strengthening the periphery - but just for show
National Master Plan 35 has clearly missed its population-dispersal goals by a huge margin.
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Hostages to the system no more
People buying homes from building contractors know the problem - being handed a fat contract over which they have very little influence, even when armed with a lawyer. But a new District Court ruling could wind up changing the rules.
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The war over National Master Plan 38
The neighbors in a building all want to renovate and shore it up - except for one who is stubbornly demanding to build on the roof, as is his right. What to do?
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Car keys - can't leave home without 'em
Study on metropolitan Tel Aviv shows huge gap in access to workplaces when comparing commuting by car and public transport.
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The wheeler-dealer next door
In the 'pinui-binui' game, so-called machers who organize their neighbors sometimes grab too big a piece of the pie.
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High-finance mortgages drop
as banks become risk-averse
In this feverish housing market, bankers are scared of getting stuck with assets worth less than the loans made to buy them.
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New idea to ease housing shortage / Builders may be given more time to pay for state land
Treasury officials frown at the concept of the state guaranteeing bank loans to builders, as touted by Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias, but the problem is that local banks are nearing the ceiling on lending to contractors.
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'Crunch time' for Egyptian economy
Protests send growth rate down to 1% as tourists disappear.
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Where did the millions go?
The story of a wealthy, ultra-Orthodox businessman, a successful real estate agent from Caesarea, an exclusive high-rise − and huge sums that were apparently embezzled. Now for the court case
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How much does it cost to rent in an ideological West Bank settlement?
Detailed survey shows rental prices in the most popular settlements are up to 400 percent higher than prices in the least popular.
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