The internet contains a wealth of information that can help you learn about the Israeli real estate market including different neighborhoods and cities in Israel, as well as price apartments accurately. It also contains sales listings for tens of thousands of Israeli apartments. Therefore, even you don’t end up finding an apartment to buy online, there is a chance you will want to spend time online gaining relevant information that will help you be successful in picking and buying an apartment.
Databases for Real Estate in Israel:
One of the best starting places online is the Israel Tax Authority’s online real estate database, accessed via www.nadlan.gov.il, offering one the ability to view every real estate transaction in Israel by parcel. In practical terms, this means you can search for an apartment building in Israel and view its entire sales transaction history going back decades, and including basic information about all apartments which have been bought and sold going back multiple decades, such as the number of rooms and stories, the number of sales transactions, and price. This can be an invaluable tool to help you know how much money to offer in your initial offer. Although the website is in Hebrew, there is also a map-based search tool, and you may sort search results by street and neighborhoods second prominent online database is published by the online secondhand broker “yad2,” which is the equivalent of “craigslist” in Israel. The database, available at www.yad2.co.il, saves and agglomerates data from all apartments listed which have been sold. One may also view pictures of the apartment, if uploaded by the seller, in addition to viewing the apartments’ location and the prices of transactions.
Search Engines for Israeli Real Estate:
As the quantity of potential information available online is nearly unlimited and can become overwhelming, free form search engines such as Google can be accurate and precise tools to narrow your parameters while still searching the entire internet. Search engines can also turn up free advice and articles which can help you be more informed. Besides for direct, relevant information, you could also end up finding a relevant ancillary search tool, community, or database by using a search engine correctly.
Social Media:
Portals like Facebook and Youtube have recently expanded in popularity for real estate listings, and real estate agents also usually maintain an active social media presence for this same purpose. One can usually find such groups by surfing to the relevant platform and using accurate search terms, and often, some real estate agents are available to chat electronically via these social media portals, where they can answer any questions you might have about the Israeli real estate market.
Multimedia:
Once you have an apartment in mind, tools like Google Maps and Street View can be very useful in learning about an apartment’s vicinity, thereby helping ascertain an apartment’s suitability for you. Visualizing a specific apartment’s area, street, and nearby commercial outlets can help you decide if you can see yourself living in the area, and can be a first step towards the topic of the next article.