The Sde Dov Journal
Long reads on the district, written from the record, with a source on every figure. History, plans, tenders, projects, and the questions that matter before you buy.
Buyer's guides
2026 purchase tax, mortgages, remote purchase, and oleh rules for foreigners and people moving to Israel. General information, not advice.
The whole process for this district in 2026: which projects are selling, the routes in, reservation, contract, guarantee, index linkage, payments, mortgage, purchase tax, handover and registration, and the questions only Sde Dov raises.
GUIDEWhat is actually published in 2026, how to read equivalent-area tables, and the three cash numbers that are not the headline.
GUIDEWhat a foreign resident, an Israeli resident and an oleh pay on a Sde Dov contract in 2026, which Tax Authority table each figure comes from, and when the investor rate may change.
GUIDEWhat Bank of Israel Directive 329 allows each kind of buyer in 2026, what 50 percent means at Sde Dov prices, what banks ask non-residents for, and how a mortgage meets an off-plan payment schedule.
GUIDEThe Sales Law guarantee and its alternatives, the accompanying bank and the voucher book, the 2022 limit on index linkage, compensation for late delivery, and what to check in a Sde Dov contract.
GUIDERemote purchase in 2026: lawyer, apostille, Tabu, tax, and keys.
GUIDEWhat you can actually do in English in 2026, and what stays Hebrew.
GUIDE2026 oleh purchase-tax rules, timing, and what Aliyah does not automatically fix.
GUIDEForeigners, movers, tax, mortgages, and Sde Dov in 2026.
GUIDEDecades of firefighting foam on an airfield, nine plots named by the Environment Ministry in July 2026, a court freeze on the landowners' allocation, buyers suing for refunds and writing exit clauses. What that means for a purchase, and the questions that belong in writing.