For an apartment costing NIS 2 million ($620,688), the expense for buyers went up NIS 20,000 ($6,200) just since March

Prices for homes reach new highs as government hopes dampen for market to 'moderate'; investor activity drops

Extension to allow builders to wrap up projects under TAMA 38, a national program to quake-proof older structures exploited in central Israel due to higher prices

Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren talks politics; Tech Israel editor Ricky Ben David discusses our new real estate section and sheds light on Tel Aviv's new solar-fabric umbrellas

119,207 households registered a million bids to compete for 10,000 properties to be built across 31 localities

Housing Ministry to finance infrastructure development -- the streets, schools, services needed to serve a bigger population -- in Ashdod, Jerusalem, Lod, Haifa and more

Initiative will see state determine max price for land, with bids granted to contractors who offer lowest prices, and a commitment to finish building within 3 years

Quality space in the right location has become as important to a startup as a patent, say commercial real estate experts

In December alone, Israeli banks lent 12.2 billion shekels ($3.89 billion) to home buyers, says Bank of Israel

Projected structure will dwarf its three sibling Azrieli towers, rising 91 stories at height of 350 meters