Central Bureau of Statistics: Haifa lags behind in the sale of new apartments and leads in second-hand apartments
New and second-hand apartment sales data in Haifa: an optimistic and challenging situation
According to data published by the Central Bureau of Statistics, Haifa ranks 15th in sales of new apartments In the period between May and July 2024. During these three months, 260 new apartments were sold in the city, compared to 252 new apartments sold in the months of February-April 2024 - an increase of 3.2%. However, it is evident that Haifa, the third largest city in Israel, is in a significant gap compared to other cities such as Ofakim (513 new apartments), Ashkelon (428) and Lod (412).
In the sale of second-hand apartments, Haifa presents a more impressive figure, with second place in the country. Between May and July 2024, 866 second-hand apartments were sold in the city, compared to 819 in the months of February-April - an increase of 5.7%. Jerusalem leads in the sale of second-hand apartments with 1,027 apartments in the same period.
In addition, July 2024 highlights Haifa's place in the stock of new apartments for sale: 1,650 new apartments, which places the city in tenth place in Israel in terms of the supply of new apartments.
Trends in the new apartment market
In general, the market for new apartments in Israel saw a significant increase - in the three months of May-July 2024, approximately 24,530 new apartments were sold, which represents an increase of 31.7% compared to the corresponding period in 2023, and an increase of 5.9% compared to February-April 2024.
In light of the fact that Haifa has been considered a relatively safe area since the outbreak of the war, it could be expected that the city would become a preferred destination for evacuees from more dangerous areas, but sales of new apartments in the city continue to falter. The reasons for this are probably also related to the limited supply of new apartments in the city, following a slow pace of construction starts in recent years.
However, Haifa may see a change in the coming years. The deputy mayor and chairman of the subcommittee for planning and construction, Sharit Golan Steinberg, is working to promote the granting of building permits in the city, at the same time as changes in the local engineering director. It is possible that the data of the Central Bureau of Statistics in the coming years will reflect this push and lead to an increase in construction starts and the sale of new apartments in the city.
Ido Morag: Haifa will be on the map in terms of construction in the coming years
CEO and owner of Morg Properties Haifa - a real estate agency and board member of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Haifa and the North Ido Morg believes that in the coming years we will see an improvement in the sale of new apartments in Haifa: "Regarding the new apartment data, the amount of sales is a function of supply. The more construction there is, There will be more transactions. Relatively speaking, there are no extensive construction volumes, mainly due to the procrastination of the city's leadership in the previous term.
From my knowledge of the people working today, I believe that we will see a change in this matter, and the handling of planning and construction in the city will be more efficient but also responsible and in symbiosis with the character of the city. Haifa will also be on the map in construction in the coming years and in my estimation will be a worthy option for young couples from the central cities, who do not want to be enslaved to the central prices."
The second-hand market encourages investors and housing developers
One of the encouraging figures is Haifa's second place in the sale of second-hand apartments, a figure that shows confidence on the part of both real estate investors and housing developers. According to local estimates, Haifa is becoming more attractive to live in thanks to the increase in prices in its satellite cities - Kiryat, Tirat Carmel and Nesher. The differences in prices between Haifa and the periphery have narrowed in recent years, and are no longer as significant as they were in the past.
Haifa - a city in decline, a city of animal killers. Negative karma, a miserable mayor.
How right a faithful reader is
All the stakeholders who feed and make a living from the proliferation of construction in the city know how to praise uncontrolled and unrestrained construction without any comprehensive urban planning.
The entrepreneurs became urban "super architects" under the auspices of the legal advice of the local committee, which only takes care of covering the salaries of the municipal employees.
All municipal officials up to the level of the mayor are completely indifferent to the common phenomena of violations of the law that are carried out in the municipality in order to promote construction projects under TAMA 38 that are against the law. The old lying engineer of the local committee works in close cooperation with the municipal legal advice and so is the result - complete and illegal destruction of the city under the leadership of the mayor and the chairperson of the sub-committee for planning and construction mentioned in the article.
Shame, disgrace, danger, scandal!!
A beautiful PR article for Sharit Golan. It's just a shame it's not accurate. After a 12-year delay by the municipality in granting a permit due to municipal bureaucracy and an evil tree official, the local committee headed by her kicked off the project and closed it apparently to add a commercial front.
Now the tenants have to look for another developer and wait another 12 years (most of which don't have it) and continue to live in crumbling houses with no MMD and no shelter.
Thank you Sharit Golan for ruining the Horev project for us