Central bank says steps provide financial relief and ease cashflow crunch in wake of Hamas onslaught and ongoing war

In the Deloitte Property Index of European residential housing markets, Tel Aviv replaced Paris as the costliest city to buy a square meter of apartment in 2022

With price highs and transaction lows, securing a property deal seems harder than ever

Central bank chief instructs banks to fully pass on interest rates to deposit holders and come up with a plan to pay interest on the billions of shekels sitting in current accounts

Bank of Israel head urges local banks to improve services by actively offering interest-bearing deposits to their customers

Central bank lifts borrowing costs by 25 basis points, citing inflation above 5% and a tight labor market; sees signs of moderation in economic activity

Net profit surges 21.3%, prompting bank to raise dividend payout 10 percentage points to 40% of quarterly profit as it benefits from steady interest rate hikes over past year

Housing market shows a slowdown as prices stabilize; volume of real estate transactions down 39% year-on-year

Israeli bank to freeze mortgage rates for borrowers facing repayment difficulty as the Bank of Israel is expected to raise interest rates again on Monday

Monthly mortgage lending rises almost 24% from October, though still below peak of March 2022