# Cheshbon ne'emanut

> The lawyer's trust account. Your reservation should land here, not with the salesman.

Canonical: https://shavnu.com/glossary/cheshbon-neemanut

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**חשבון נאמנות**

Israeli real-estate lawyers run a trust account (cheshbon ne'emanut). Deposits, tax, and sometimes staged payments pass through it. Wire instructions should come from the lawyer on letterhead, with the Israeli bar details, not from a WhatsApp. If someone asks you to pay a developer or broker directly 'to save time,' that is the moment to stop.


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Source: https://shavnu.com/glossary/cheshbon-neemanut on Shavnu, an independent English guide to the
Sde Dov district in Tel Aviv. Figures come from the public record: Israel Tax
Authority transaction reports, Tel Aviv GIS, tender results and the Hebrew press.