Globes, Eric Mirowski, 13.02.2020
Crazy December, in which all new home purchase records were broken, brought 2019 to be the peak year of new home purchases for at least the last two decades. Last year, there was a 42% increase in the number of new apartments sold, compared with 2018 - according to CBS data (Central Bureau of Statistics). The city where the largest number of new apartments was purchased last year was Ramat Gan, where 1,583 new apartments were sold, followed by Herzliya and Tel -Spring.
In total, 32,456 new apartments were purchased in 2019, which is a record of at least two decades. The accelerated demand for new dwellings is reflected in the trend data, which shows that from the March of 2018, the number of new dwellings purchased is increasing at a monthly rate of 2.5% per month.
In fact, the CBS data is in addition to the data published in recent days by the Bank of Israel on the record highs that have been broken in the past year , and by the chief economist in the Treasury, who also noted the large amount of apartments purchased in December .
A large part of these apartments were purchased as part of a cost to the buyer. The CBS publication does not specify the proportion of subsidized dwellings of all new dwellings, but according to other CBS publications and according to data from the Chief Economist, it is estimated that their proportion reached around 45%. The CBS emphasizes the methodological changes that were made in counting the number of new dwellings sold.
Completing this assessment is the list of cities where the largest number of new dwellings has been purchased, revealing that the new dwelling market nowadays ranges from two poles: the first is discounted dwellings for the price of the dwelling, and the second is new dwellings sold as part of Tama 38 projects and urban renewal. Thus, the first three cities in the ranking - Ramat Gan, where 1,583 new apartments were purchased last year; Herzliya, where 1,394 new apartments were purchased; and Tel Aviv, where 1,323 apartments were purchased - are cities that excel in urban renewal and new projects in the free market; fourth in Jerusalem, Jerusalem , Holds the two poles - the urban renewal projects mainly Beck Wyeth Yuval various projects subsidized mortgage; after reaching many towns which excels mainly occupant price: Beersheba, plowing, Yavne, head-eye, Rishon Lezion, Tirat Hacarmel, Netivot, Or Yehuda and others.
December's high peak was due to exceptional sales of apartments in three districts: 1,171 apartments were purchased in the Tel Aviv District - almost double the perennial average in recent years, with the peak being mainly Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv and Herzliya; In the Jerusalem District, 322 new apartments were sold in December - also a 3-year record, largely determined by accelerated sales in Beit Shemesh and Jerusalem;While in the south, 725 apartments were sold - also a duplicate of the monthly average, thanks to sales in Netivot, Ashdod, Beersheba, Kiryat Gat, Netivot and Ashkelon.