Israel's Most Stable Neighborhoods See Minimal Price Drops Amid Market Slowdown
Translated & summarized from Ice by baba
In a slowing Israeli housing market, several neighborhoods are showing remarkable price stability. The "Yud Alef" neighborhood in Be'er Sheva leads, with prices actually increasing and average discounts of only NIS 20,000. Other stable areas include neighborhoods in Rehovot, Sderot, Ashkelon, Or Yehuda, and Rosh HaAyin, where average price reductions are minimal, often below 3%. This resilience is attributed to lower price points and tax benefits in peripheral cities.
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- Be'er Sheva's "Yud Alef" neighborhood shows the most stable housing prices in Israel, with average discounts of only NIS 20,000.
- Rehovot's "Hatzrot HaMoshav" and "Rehovot HaHadasha" neighborhoods have average discounts around NIS 70,000, less than 3%.
- Peripheral cities like Be'er Sheva and Rehovot have neighborhoods with minimal price drops due to lower costs and tax benefits.
- Older apartments lacking protected rooms are harder to sell, with average listing times reaching 149 days in some areas.
- Or Yehuda's "Bayit BaPark" saw the highest absolute average discount at approximately NIS 91,000, despite minimal percentage drops.
Despite a general slowdown in Israel's housing market, certain neighborhoods are experiencing minimal price declines, with some even seeing slight increases. These stable areas are often found in peripheral cities like Be'er Sheva, Rehovot, Sderot, and Ashkelon, where lower prices and tax benefits contribute to market resilience. A recent analysis of real estate data revealed that "Yud Alef" neighborhood in Be'er Sheva is the most stable, with prices actually rising against the market trend. In this neighborhood, 40% of apartments sold at the seller's asking price, and the average price reduction was only about NIS 20,000, representing a very small percentage of the overall cost.
Older apartments, particularly those lacking a protected room (Mamad), are harder to sell, with an average listing time of 149 days in "Yud Alef." However, for these properties, which typically sell for hundreds of thousands of shekels, even a reduction of tens of thousands is not considered significant in absolute terms. Three-room apartments in the area currently range from NIS 700,000 to NIS 750,000, with little room for negotiation.
Following Be'er Sheva, two neighborhoods in Rehovot, "Hatzrot HaMoshav" and "Rehovot HaHadasha," showed significant stability. In "Hatzrot HaMoshav," nearly 27% of apartments sold at asking price, while in "Rehovot HaHadasha," no apartments sold below the asking price. The average discount in both neighborhoods hovered around NIS 70,000, less than a 3% reduction.
Other neighborhoods with minimal price drops include "Neot Hashikma" in Sderot, where discounts averaged NIS 45,000 and sales occurred within two months. "Bayit BaPark" in Or Yehuda, "Ramot Karmel" in Ashkelon, "Psagot Afek" in Rosh HaAyin, "HaRakefet" in Rishon LeZion, "Hadrat Ganim" in Petah Tikva, and "Netivot West" also made the list, with average discounts generally slightly above 3%.
While the average discount across most of these stable neighborhoods is around 3%, which translates to approximately NIS 70,000 on an average Israeli apartment, "Bayit BaPark" in Or Yehuda saw the highest average discount in absolute terms at about NIS 91,000, due to higher property prices, even though the percentage discount was not significant.
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