Topic: Israel's overheated housing market rouses concerns
The global financial crisis has left Israel's real estate market with a problem most U.S. homeowners only dream about: Property values are rising too fast.
Fueled by record-low interest rates and a shortage of new construction, average real estate prices in Israel are up nearly 30 percent since the start of 2009, according to government and industry statistics.
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