What are the hidden costs when you buy an apartment in Israel?

Are there taxes when you buy a home?

What are the taxes payable by sellers and why should you as the buyer care?

Should you build rather than buy?

Should I use a real estate agent?

Does the real estate agent have to tell you the truth about the apartment?

Do you have to pay the real estate agent if the deal falls through?

Why is there a discrepancy between the number of square meters you were told constituted the apartment and the number of square meters for your wall-to-wall carpet? Or, where did 20% of your apartment disappear?

I don’t speak Hebrew. Can I insist that the contract be in a language I understand?

How do you guarantee your purchase money?

The definition of ‘price’, or, what does the term USDollar actually mean?

I am looking to buy a property in Israel where is there more choice – new construction or secondhand ?

What is the Tabu?

What if the property is not actually registered in the land registry?

What is a ‘Caution’ and how does it help you?

Who is Israel Lands Authority?

What are Agreement Fees and who should pay them?

How to avoid paying Agreement Fees when you sell the property at a future date.

What is capitalization?

How do I find the money to fund my home purchase?

Should I borrow in foreign currency or in shekels?

I am a new immigrant, how do I go about getting help from the Government?

How do I find out the up to date information of what state funded finance is available?

What are area loans?

How do I get a better deal from the lenders?

Will the government help me?

What if the builder goes bust? Can you protect yourself?

Does the law protect you against faulty workmanship?

How long do I have before the builder’s legal obligations expire?

Your builder find that the land on which he is building is a Maccabean archeological site. The exciting finds are covered in newspapers worldwide. Is finding these cultural treasures good or bad for you?

You get possession of your new apartment but the builder is lackadaisically developing the area around the building. You sink in mud in winter and choke in the dust in the summer. What to do?

A few years after you have made yourself comfortable in your apartment you receive a letter from the builder that he plans to add four more storeys to the building. He apologizes for the expected noise, disruption and inconvenience over the upcoming 24 months. Can he do this?

What should I consider when looking for an apartment?

Buying from a plan: how to know what you get when paper becomes concrete

What is the technical specifications schedule (mifrat techni).?

What is the other important appendix to the contract?

Can anyone represent himself to be an estate agent

What are your obligations towards the real estate agent?

What if the agent is not licenced? Do you have pay him?

How do you check if the agent is licenced?

Can you try to get a better deal from your real estate agent?

What are the alternatives to real estate agents and are they effective?

You desperately want this apartment. You have no time to obtain a full contract. Should you sign a ‘Zichron Devarim’ or memorandum of understanding just so you do not lose the opportunity?

do the caveats regarding memorandums of understanding apply when you are buying a new apartment

What is the difference between a fundamental breach of contract and an ordinary breach of contract?

What is an Agreed Compensation?

What is a grace period?

If you are late in your payments do you pay interest?

Should you use a professional surveyor to inspect the apartment before receiving possession?

What is the legal meaning of ‘transfer of possession’?

Do you have come personally to Israel to receive possession?

The apartment’s share in the common property.

What are ‘bloc’ and ‘plot’ numbers? How do they help you identify the property you’re buying?