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HaaretzEconomy

Real Estate Broker Discusses Market Shifts Amidst Security Concerns

Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba

Center-leftCharged tone

Hebrew · 2 newsrooms covering

Real estate broker Gali Appel Castel notes developers are accepting significantly lower prices for properties. The article also includes disparate mentions of security incidents, political commentary, and personal accounts related to the conflict.

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  • Real estate developers are accepting much lower prices for properties.
  • A broker advises showing clients fewer property options.
  • The article includes unrelated security and political commentary.
  • A personal account describes a family displaced by conflict.

Gali Appel Castel, a real estate broker and marketer, has observed significant shifts in the property market, noting that developers who previously balked at minor price differences are now willing to accept substantial reductions. She stated that a contractor who once rejected deals over a NIS 5,000 difference would now sell for NIS 100,000 less. Appel Castel also offered advice to clients, suggesting it's better to show them only two apartments rather than ten, and discussed the actual extent of price drops.

The article also touches upon unrelated security and political matters. It mentions Karim, a 16-year-old on guard duty against settlers, and the subsequent death of Akbi. A separate segment references a warning about the "demographic threat" and proposes solutions, while another discusses a new version of the October 7th events that may not be flattering to Netanyahu. Additionally, there's commentary on the high price of fish, political maneuvering involving figures like Bennett, Eisenkot, and Lieberman, and a personal account of a family dispersed across four countries due to ongoing conflict, with signs in Hebrew being described as "disgusting."

HaaretzLeft · Tel Aviv

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