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Israel’s New Land Price Index Shows a 25% Drop Since Rate Hikes Began
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100% centerFirst reported by N12 · Jun 17, 2026
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What happened
Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics has launched a new annual land price index that will track residential land sold in state tenders and the free market. The index shows land prices have fallen 25% since interest-rate hikes began in 2022, after sharp swings in recent years.
- 01CBS launched a new annual land price index, published each June.
- 02The index excludes subsidized housing lottery land and uses a hedonic methodology.
- 03Land prices have fallen 25% since the Bank of Israel began raising rates in 2022.
- 04Sde Dov tender pricing collapsed after rate hikes and a housing market slowdown.
- 05Last year land prices fell 5%, suggesting developers are not highly optimistic.
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