Double whammy of high rates and no workers leaves Israeli builders with big losses * Our regular housing snapshot feature * Open House Jerusalem

[Times of Israel]( [Real Estate Israel]( Friday, March 29, 2024 Presented by [Zemach Hammerman]( Analysis Shoshanna Solomon [Double whammy of high rates and no workers leaves Israeli builders with high debt]( And the specter of a housing shortage is triggering a rise in demand and price rises [Apartment sales jumped 14% in January amid ongoing war, new figures show]( By Sharon Wrobel [Housing snapshot: Home sales and rentals across Israel]( By Shoshanna Solomon The Times of Israel’s regular feature on what is happening in the local property market right now Promoted Content [Zemach Hammerman CEO envisions a post-war real estate boom in Israel]( The company is currently marketing several projects with substantial investment potential if Feiglin’s optimistic prognoses come to fruition. [Rescheduled Open House Jerusalem to launch with several tours related to Oct. 7]( By Jessica Steinberg Batim Mibifnim was postponed from late October after the Hamas attack; now it will take place over two weekends in April [They fled Nahal Oz after Hamas attacked on Oct. 7. They don’t know whether to return]( By ADAM GELLER While many older residents of the kibbutz on the Gaza border say they’ll go home, younger ones are unsure: ‘My heart says go back, it’s your home. But I have no idea how to do it’ [Over half of southern evacuees back home as officials prep massive rehabilitation push]( By Canaan Lidor and Ariella Oldfield [At Dead Sea hotels, lasting mental, physical traumas delay homecoming for some evacuees]( By Canaan Lidor [Jerusalem mayor reverses support for large development at Bible Hill nature spot]( By Sue Surkes Following widespread public objection, municipality backs away from plan for hotel and commercial center on central site overlooking Old City [After seven years, Mobileye inaugurates new Jerusalem office campus]( By Sharon Wrobel NIS 1 billion-plus complex in the Har Hotzvim tech park to be the main R&D site of the self-driving auto technology firm [Israel greenlights plans for nearly 3,500 new settlement homes]( By ToI Staff and Jacob Magid Defense Ministry body approves projects to build 2,402 new homes in Ma’ale Adumim, 694 homes in Efrat and 330 homes in Keidar after record-breaking year of West Bank expansion [Construction begins on large new settlement neighborhood west of Ariel]( By Jeremy Sharon [Once-thriving agriculture struggles to stay afloat in evacuated northern border area]( By Agencies and ToI Staff Almost no supplies are delivered and few people remain at farms and food tech startups in zone battered by rocket fire and drone attacks from Lebanese terror group Hezbollah [Real Estate Israel]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? [Subscribe here]( [Unsubscribe]( from this List © 2024 The Times Of Israel, All Rights Reserved