A man walks into a bar and says, "Free drinks for everyone! I just made my last mortgage payment." Everyone congratulated him and rushed for the free giveaways except for one of his friends who walked over and asked, "You just bought the house a few months ago and said the rate was so high that you were barely making your payments; How

The Wall Street Journal recently wrote about national real estate companies like eXp Realty (NASDAQ EXPI), Compass Realty (NYSE COMP), as well as Redfin Corp. (NASDAQ RDFN) who have experienced what anyone would call a market crash with both of their shares losing close to 70% of their value in just the last 12 months. Could this

Presenting an exciting new project in Ir Yamin, Netanya.

(Courtesy of Tivuch Shelly) With much success in the past few months selling beach properties in Netanya, we are currently representing several residential developments ranging from the most exclusive to

In October 2022, the Israeli government approved the establishment of a museum in honor of Albert Einstein, to be located on The Hebrew University’s Safra Campus in Givat Ram, Jerusalem. In addition to the new museum, Albert Einstein’s name is prevalent in Israel, as it adorns street signs in Lod, Petach Tikva, and Haifa. These

A man walks into a bar and says, "Free drinks for everyone! I just made my last mortgage payment." Everyone congratulated him and rushed for the free giveaways except for one of his friends who walked over and asked, "You just bought the house a few months ago and said the rate was so high that you were barely making your payments; How

(BPT) The arrival of autumn is a good time for homeowners to replace batteries in their smoke detectors and carbon monoxide alarms. And as winter approaches, it’s also a good time to make sure that a home’s heating comfort system is in good working order and ready to support indoor air quality.

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Growing up, every Sunday at 2 p.m. my parents would put me in the back seat of our two-toned green Chevrolet and we would drive across Brooklyn to visit my grandparents in Williamsburg. Upon arrival we would be promptly ushered into the living room and for the next two hours it was the same thing every week. Politics, politics,

In terms of the economy and the increase in mortgage rates, I would say it is what it is. Do we predict the future? Do we hold off our game plans? Should we worry? Maybe all of the above? I just don’t think that procrastination helps in any capacity. Maybe, just maybe, we should look at planning based on what we want to

(BPT) With autumn underway, leaves are changing colors, temperatures have cooled down and days are shorter. During this time of change, your home and wardrobe go through a transition as well. This is the time of year you get sweaters and jackets out of storage bins or the back of your closet, and blankets come out to warm up beds

We have entered an unnerving real estate market. Over the past few weeks, I have been fielding many interviews with publications such as CNBC, Fox Business, Money, Yahoo, Forbes, Fortune, and the like about shifts in the housing and lending industries. My big concern with such editorials is that many of these reporters and the experts they

Mark Twain famously said, “Truth is stranger than fiction.” Interestingly, this adage has spurred the oft-quoted saying, “History is stranger than fiction.” Thankfully for us, sometimes taxhistory truly is stranger than fiction. In this short article we will describe how the strange but true history of tax

(Courtesy of Tivuch Shelly) Combine the emotional and spiritual satisfaction of having a home in Israel together with two of the most pleasurable beachfront sites in all of the country, Netanya and Ashkelon. Both of these beachfront cities are rapidly developing and Anglos are flocking to these areas. For people dreaming