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In January-February 2023 housing costs in Israel fell 0.2% compared with December-January 2022-2023, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported final week. Though housing costs have risen 12.7% over the previous yr, the newest knowledge suggests a change in development as greater rates of interest and costlier mortgages dampen the housing market.
However a more in-depth have a look at the info exhibits that costs are nonetheless rising in some areas of the nation. Within the northern area (the north excluding the Haifa area) in January-February 2023 housing costs rose 2.2% compared with December-January 2022-2023. There was little new development within the area in order that demand outstrips provide, though that is at the moment the most cost effective area within the nation with the typical house costing NIS 1.3 million.
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Costs additionally rose by 0.2% within the central area, which doesn’t embrace the Tel Aviv area. In Tel Aviv itself (Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Givatayim and Ramat Hasharon), the worth of a mean house fell 0.5% in January-February 2023 compared with December-January 2022-2023. The Tel Aviv area is the nation’s most costly with a mean house costing NIS 3.1 million and within the present financial local weather such excessive costs are maybe not sustainable. Costs additionally fell 0.5% within the Haifa area, which incorporates the Kraiot, Hadera and Pardes Hanna-Karkur. It’s much less clear why costs fell a lot on this area the place properties are extra modestly priced.
Costs in January-February 2023 fell 1.1% compared with December-January 2022-2023 within the Jerusalem area, which incorporates Beit Shemesh and Mevaseret Zion. The typical house within the area prices NIS 2.1 million and it’s potential that the approval of 8,000 new properties over the previous 4 years in Beit Shemesh has made builders versatile within the asking worth for brand new flats.
Costs in January-February 2023 fell 1.5% compared with December-January 2022-2023 within the southern area, which incorporates Beersheva, Ashkelon, Ashdod, Kiryat Gat, and Kiryat Malakhi. Costs on this area have fallen 3.3% over the previous 4 months.
Printed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on April 18, 2023.
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