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Your questions, answered.

What majority it takes to start a pinui-binui (Israel's demolish-and-rebuild track), what to check before signing with a developer, how the tax works when you sell an apartment. We hear these questions in every project and every deal. Each guide takes one of them and answers it completely — beginning in the first paragraph.

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Attaching common property to your apartment — and the building rights owners leave on the table

Physically attaching a roof or yard is not the same as owning its building rights. The distinction is where value is won or lost.

Real Estate

Selling agricultural land in Israel before rezoning?

Own the land outright, with title at the Land Registry (Tabu)? The rezoning gain is yours, less a 50% betterment levy and the tax on your gain. Lease it from the Israel Land Authority? Rezoning ends the lease in exchange for fixed per-dunam compensation, and a sale to a third party is realistic only before the ILA serves its surrender notice. Your lease says which one you are — read it first.

Real Estate

Can you sell a storage room attached to your apartment — without the apartment?

The straight answer: not to every buyer, and not in every deal structure. An attached storage room is legally part of the apartment itself. Here is the full route map — who may buy it from you, how each route is registered and taxed, and the Supreme Court case of the buyer who paid half a million shekels and never got a single meter registered in his name.

Real Estate

Appreciation tax and building rights on a private home: the complete guide

Inherited or selling a detached home? Hidden building rights can create a large, unexpected tax bill. How to plan the deal right.

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Attaching common property to your apartment — and the building rights owners leave on the table

Selling agricultural land in Israel before rezoning?

Can you sell a storage room attached to your apartment — without the apartment?

Appreciation tax and building rights on a private home: the complete guide

Master plan vs. comprehensive plan: the shortcut to a building permit in pinui-binui

The point of no return: the complete guide to vacating your apartment in urban renewal

Zero-rated or exempt? The VAT question inside every Israeli renewal deal

Guarantees in the urban-renewal agreement

The complete guide to obtaining a building permit in urban renewal

The secret to success: how the right designation brings tax benefits, legal certainty and a new home

How a critical zoning approval can save your project — and raise your property's value

Stage 6: signing the urban-renewal agreement

Stage 5 (cont.): the developer-selection conference and heads of terms

Once and for all: what is a caution note (he'arat azhara) — and does it really protect me?

Property rights, part 3: the mortgage

Property rights, part 2: lease, tenancy and subletting

The non-shop agreement: everything to know before you sign

The Shaked Alternative is now in force — do you know it?

Property rights, part 1: ownership

Do you own unregistered land? Why you should settle it now

Tabu, rights registry, deeds registry, condominium registry — which one actually holds your property?

Fast-track licensing: renewing your building in express mode

Stage 2 (cont.): electing and appointing the representatives

Your building's urban-renewal committee: how much power does it really have?

Stage 3: choosing the owners' attorney

Stage 3 (cont.): choosing an organizer

Stage 3 (cont.): choosing a construction supervisor and advisers

Stage 4: the developer bid process — competition on your terms

Stage 5: negotiating the material clauses of the agreement

Reasonable refusal in urban renewal: when the law stands with the owner who says no

Rights of the elderly and special populations in urban renewal

Urban renewal: why is it worth it?

Stuck in an urban-renewal project that won't move? How to exit the agreement

How much owner consent does urban renewal in Israel take?

The Shaked Alternative: what comes after TAMA 38 — and what it means for your building

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