Golden Visas for Israelis soar

The increase in investment by British, Americans and Israelis in the domestic real estate market, through the Golden Visa program, has been steep over the last year. This stems from the official figures of the Ministry of Immigration and Asylum, showing very large increases in the granting of initial permanent investor permits.

After August this year, it appears that investors from the UK have now climbed to fifth place on the list, just one residence permit away from fourth in line, Iran. So far Britons have secured 482 permits, with a relative share of 3.8%. The increase in permits compared to last August reaches 51%, as a year ago 318 permits were approved - i.e. a 2.9% share of the total.

The increase in investors from the US is also great, amounting to 47% on an annual basis and reaching 353 permits or 2.8% of the total. This compares to 240 permits and a share...