It's cheaper to buy a house and finance it than it is to rent in many markets.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
It is expensive to live in hotels, even cheap ones - more expensive than renting.
People should buy a house to live in, not as an investment. Property has become such a national obsession - it was the primary subject at dinner parties and how many television shows were dedicated to the market. It's not good for the economy.
Properties have different characteristics, like companies, and the market throws up more opportunities because it is inefficient.
Even in a bad market, location, location, location is a way to still buy and sell property.
It's easy to underestimate the real cost of home ownership.
What we see out there is an affordable housing crisis, particularly in the rental market in cities big and small, and we don't have the resources necessary to fill that gap.
We can't have investors buying four apartments while young couples struggle to raise another 5,000 shekels for a home. I appeal to investors: Think about these young couples, and invest your money elsewhere.
In markets, you have rich years, and you have less rich years.
I think homes are a palpable form of investment, and I understand them.
You don't make houses cheaper by making them more expensive to build.