We’ve all seen the number of headlines, sometimes conflicting, regarding the Israeli property market over the past few years. At times, it’s cited as one of the world’s hottest markets, yet with prices rising over 67% since May 2007, and 12% since August 2010, there are many detractors as well, citing the imminent approach of a bubble burst. It appears that these headlines have begun to take a toll on the market, with this past December, generally a busy time with with foreigners looking to buy and Israelis looking to move in time for the summer, being quite a quiet month. Where in December of 2010 Israel saw 8,466 sales , only a year later the holiday season produced 7,861 sales, a reduction of 7.7%. Despite the drop in volume, however, prices were 7.5% higher than ...

More often than not, “simple” choices aren’t as simple as they seem. Having opened up our second location on King George St., one of the busiest streets in Jerusalem, we felt it would be a good idea to install flat screen monitors in our window displaying current mortgage rates and terms. We assumed that the purchase and installation of the screens would not be overly complicated, however, our assumptions were far from correct. There are literally hundreds of options to consider ranging from screen size, flat screen technology, resolution, mounting solutions etc. It turn...