A new housing project in Einav, called Hemedat Shomron, is attracting young religious Zionist couples who can no longer afford a private home in central Israel. The article says the broader housing market has pushed many of them away from expensive apartments in Gush Dan and toward a quiet but growing move into northern Samaria.
The development offers detached homes with gardens starting at 1,880,000 shekels. According to the report, that price, along with the chance to live in a house with a yard and a stronger community life, is drawing families who want to leave the cycle of high mortgage payments and small apartments in places such as Petah Tikva and Netanya.
Einav is described as home to about 250 families, with active community life and neighborhood facilities that include synagogues, kindergartens, a clinic, a gym, a grocery store, a pizzeria, tourism areas, and a spring that serves as a local meeting point. The settlement also has organized daily transport for medical staff to Laniado Hospital in Netanya, Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, and Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba.
The project includes three main home types, all with gardens and expansion potential, a 5-room detached house of 152 square meters, a 5-room duplex of 144 square meters with a yard, sun balcony, and private parking, and a 4-room duplex of 115 square meters plus an internal shell of 85 square meters that can be expanded later or turned into a rental unit. The location, near Shavei Shomron and Avnei Hefetz, is said to be about 20 minutes from Route 6, and the article says the new Samaria railway can now connect residents to central Israel in 20 minutes. Local council head Yossi Dagan is backing heavy investment in infrastructure and education, while the current presale phase is presented as a window to buy before demand and further development push prices higher.
