(haipo) – The real estate market in Haifa is showing significant strength: in the months of May to July 2026, 522 new apartments were sold in the city, an increase of 57.7% compared to the previous three months. The second-hand market also recorded an increase, with 879 transactions. The new data from the Central Bureau of Statistics places Haifa among the leading cities in Israel in the number of transactions.
522 new apartments sold in Haifa in three months
According to CBS data published today, September 10, 2026, and relating to the months of May-July 2026, 522 new apartments were sold in Haifa. In the previous period, February-April 2026, only 331 new apartments were sold in the city.
This is an increase of 57.7% within three months, a figure that places Haifa in third place in Israel in the number of new apartments sold during the period under review, after Tel Aviv-Yafo and Kiryat Gat.
The second-hand market in Haifa is also strengthening.
It wasn't just the new apartments that saw brisk activity. In May-July, 1,000 new apartments were sold in Haifa. 879 second-hand apartments, compared to 814 apartments in the previous three months, an increase of 8%.
In the second-hand apartment category, Haifa ranks second among the localities examined, after Jerusalem, where 937 apartments were sold during this period.
More than 1,400 transactions in the city in three months
Combining the two categories shows that during May-July 2026, 1,401 transactions for the sale of new and second-hand apartments.
The figure indicates significant activity in the local housing market, with the sharpest increase recorded in the new apartment market.
Haifa District: Increase of approximately 41% in new apartments
The trend is not limited to the city of Haifa. In the entire Haifa district, 1,355 new apartments were sold during the period under review, an increase of 40.9% compared to the previous three months. At the same time, 2,380 second-hand apartments were sold in the district, an increase of 12.6%.
The national real estate market recovered during the period under review.
At the national level, approximately 25,160 apartments were sold in May-July 2026, an increase of 20.8% compared to February-April 2026.
Of these, approximately 10,470 were new apartments and approximately 14,690 were second-hand apartments. In July alone, approximately 7,600 apartments were sold in Israel.
Haifa continues to stand out on the national real estate map
The new data places Haifa at the top of the Israeli cities in both new apartment sales and the second-hand market. The key question in the coming months will be whether the sharp increase in new transactions in the city reflects a long-term trend change, or whether it is a one-off recovery after weaker months.
Meanwhile, at least according to May-July data, The Haifa real estate market has once again shown significant movement, and in new apartments at a much higher rate than the average recorded in the city in the previous period.
Where exactly are these apartments that were sold in Haifa? In general, the data in the article is very partial. Not a serious article.