Rehovot property prices 2026 רחובות
Rehovot registers at about ₪25,595 per square metre (median of 4,104 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled)), which is number 22 of the forty cities in this series. At that rate a 70 sqm three-room costs about ₪1.79m and a 100 sqm four-room about ₪2.56m. A three-room asks about ₪4,920 a month and a four-room about ₪6,130, against Tel Aviv averages of ₪10,123 and ₪13,824.
Rehovot in six numbers
Rehovot sells at about ₪25,600/sqm, a clear discount to Rishon LeZion and Ness Ziona, and has a real employment anchor in the Weizmann Institute and Science Park. That makes it good value for olim who want a 4-room family flat for about ₪2.4–2.7m. Buy resale in the established northern neighbourhoods for liquidity, and approach renewal and Eastern Quarter plays as long-term bets.
Renting is reasonable while you learn the city: 3-room flats cost about ₪4,900–6,200 and 4-room flats about ₪6,100–6,500, below the Tel Aviv suburbs. Look near the station and the Weizmann Institute if you commute to Tel Aviv by train. Move quickly on well-kept family flats, because demand from academics and young families is steady.
What Rehovot is
Rehovot is a mid-size city of about 164,000 people (Madadirot). It was founded in 1890 as a moshava and is known as Israel's 'science city', home to the Weizmann Institute and the Hebrew University's Faculty of Agriculture. Its population is mixed: long-established Yemenite and other Mizrahi families, immigrants from the former Soviet Union and Ethiopia, academics, and a sizeable English-speaking group by Israeli standards. Registered resale deals run at a median of about ₪2.4m and ₪25,600/sqm (Dirobot, 2023–Aug 2026). That is well below Rishon LeZion and Ness Ziona to the north. Supply is set to grow a lot, through the approved 8,100-unit Eastern Quarter and one of the country's largest urban-renewal pipelines.
Boundaries and parts
Rehovot is in the central Shfela (coastal plain), about 20–25 km south of Tel Aviv. Ness Ziona lies to the north, Rishon LeZion to the north-west, Yavne to the west, Be'er Ya'akov to the north-east and Mazkeret Batya / Kiryat Ekron to the east and south-east. Route 40 runs along the eastern and southern edge, with Menachem Begin Road on the east side. Route 42 and Route 4 are to the west, and Route 431 is a short drive north. The Weizmann Institute and Rehovot railway station sit on the city's northern side, and Herzl Street is the historic north–south spine.
- Kiryat Moshe (south-west): the largest resale market (374 deals, 2023–Aug 2026), with older blocks. Median ₪2.42m and ₪26,000/sqm (Dirobot). It is also the city's flagship urban-renewal zone, where about 10,000 units are planned to replace about 2,000 (Nadlan Center).
- Sha'arayim (south): older, traditional neighbourhood and one of the cheapest, with a median of ₪2.16m and ₪23,540/sqm across 371 deals (Dirobot). It has the most rental listings in the city (Madadirot) and a 530-unit renewal plan (Nadlan Center).
- Neve Alon: mid-market family area. Median ₪2.35m and ₪26,389/sqm across 337 deals (Dirobot).
- Central station complex / city centre (Herzl, Gordon, Sokolov): mixed older stock around the central bus station. Median ₪2.285m and ₪26,046/sqm across 254 deals (Dirobot). The Herzl Street metro plan adds 2,111 units (Nadlan Center, Oct 2024).
- Rehovot HaMada (Science Rehovot, north, near the Weizmann Institute): newer, larger family flats. It has the highest median price in the city at ₪3.385m, or ₪27,352/sqm across 196 deals (Dirobot).
- Miller / Meltzer (north-east): newer high-rise stock. Median ₪2.87m and ₪27,358/sqm across 156 deals (Dirobot).
- Yachad: newer neighbourhood with the highest ₪/sqm shown on Dirobot, about ₪28,896/sqm (median ₪2.7m, 133 deals).
- Rehovot HaChadasha (New Rehovot, west/south-west): 2000s–2010s family flats and new projects (Azurim, Gindi). Median ₪2.7m and ₪25,176/sqm across 170 deals (Dirobot).
- Sela: mid-market area. Median ₪2.43m and ₪24,737/sqm across 243 deals (Dirobot).
- Rehovot HaHolandit (Dutch Rehovot, Har HaTzofim area): established area with gardens and larger flats, about ₪26,400/sqm (Nadlan Shark, Sept 2026).
- Binyamin / Nordau and Even Gabirol: older, smaller units and the cheapest entry points. Binyamin/Nordau has a median of ₪1.8m (₪24,925/sqm) and Even Gabirol ₪23,238/sqm (Dirobot).
Getting around
Rehovot railway station, next to the Weizmann Institute, is on the coastal line with direct trains to Tel Aviv in about 30 minutes (Weizmann Institute International Office). By car Tel Aviv is 30–45 minutes and Jerusalem about an hour. Route 40 runs along the east and south, and Routes 42/4 and 431 are within a few minutes. The central bus station is at Rehovot Mall, and shared taxis (monit sherut) run fixed routes, including on Shabbat. The planned Gush Dan metro line M1 will serve Rehovot, with a city-centre station on Herzl Street (Nadlan Center, Oct 2024). It is a long-term project and should not be priced in as near-term.
Schools, parks and families
Rehovot is a family city with a full range of state, state-religious (mamlachti-dati) and Haredi schools. The Weizmann Institute's Davidson Institute runs science enrichment programmes. The Weizmann Institute and the Hebrew University Faculty of Agriculture anchor a well-educated professional population, and the Science Park brings technology jobs. The city has an active cultural life, with theatre, music and sports teams (Weizmann Institute International Office). Families usually look at Rehovot HaMada, Rehovot HaChadasha, Neve Alon and the north-east (Miller/Meltzer) for newer, larger flats.
English speakers
Rehovot has a long-standing English-speaking community, built up partly through Weizmann Institute academics and postdocs. The Institute describes it as 'a large English-speaking population' by Israeli standards. Nefesh B'Nefesh says Anglo olim are spread across the city but many live near the Berman shul and the Chatam community, which is Haredi-leaning. Its contacts include Dati and Haredi families. The municipal Absorption Department runs an Immigrant House with Hebrew classes and housing help, and Danya has an immigrant cultural centre (NBN). The community is smaller and more religiously mixed than Ra'anana or Modi'in, and less concentrated in one neighbourhood.
How these figures are based
Each figure is the best available for that city, and the bases differ: Ra'anana ₪34,186 — median of 2,511 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Herzliya ₪38,923 — median of 2,908 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Modi'in ₪29,885 — median of 2,783 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Netanya ₪26,019 — median of 6,824 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Beit Shemesh ₪24,061 — median of 4,256 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Ramat Gan ₪36,202 — median of 5,899 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Givatayim ₪42,260 — median of 1,630 registered sales, Jan 2023–Jun 2026 (pooled); Kfar Saba ₪31,677 — median of 2,194 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Hod HaSharon ₪32,273 — median of 1,079 registered sales, Jan 2023–Jun 2026 (pooled); Ramat HaSharon ₪38,283 — median of 920 registered sales, Jan 2023–May 2026 (pooled); Efrat ₪22,591 — median of 133 registered sales, Jan 2023–May 2026 (pooled); Zichron Ya'akov ₪23,169 — median of 272 registered sales, Jan 2023–May 2026 (pooled); Rehovot ₪25,595 — median of 4,104 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Ashkelon ₪16,667 — median of 7,573 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Petah Tikva ₪27,377 — median of 7,779 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Rishon LeZion ₪27,132 — median of 5,770 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Ness Ziona ₪31,720 — median of 691 registered sales, Jan 2023–Jun 2026 (pooled); Be'er Ya'akov ₪22,222 — median of 1,787 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled), pulled down by discounted-housing sales; Caesarea ₪35,366 — median of 76 registered sales, Jan 2023–Mar 2026 (pooled), mostly apartments, not villas; Ma'ale Adumim ₪19,069 — median of 674 registered sales, Jan 2023–May 2026 (pooled); Ashdod ₪23,744 — median of 5,379 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Bat Yam ₪30,000 — median of 4,451 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Holon ₪28,308 — median of 4,136 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Givat Shmuel ₪29,351 — median of 934 registered sales, Jan 2023–Jun 2026 (pooled); Kiryat Ono ₪31,879 — median of 1,338 registered sales, Jan 2023–Jun 2026 (pooled); Shoham ₪32,579 — median of 250 registered sales, Jan 2023–Jun 2026 (pooled), apartments only; Be'er Sheva ₪13,737 — median of 10,436 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Haifa ₪19,592 — median of 10,848 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Hadera ₪20,303 — median of 3,074 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled); Karmiel ₪15,951 — median of 1,395 registered sales, Jan 2023–Jun 2026 (pooled); Alon Shvut ₪14,875 — median of only 12 registered sales, Mar 2023–Jun 2026, houses and flats together; Neve Daniel ₪15,351 — median of only 5 registered sales, Mar 2023–Jan 2026 — too few to be representative; Elazar ₪23,661 — median of 7 registered sales listed on Madlan, Jan 2025–Feb 2026, houses and flats together; Hashmonaim ₪20,293 — median of only 7 registered sales, Feb 2023–Apr 2025, all houses — too few to be representative; Kochav Yair ₪29,927 — median of 27 apartment sales, Jan 2023–Mar 2026, mostly Tzur Yigal; houses excluded; Even Yehuda ₪27,597 — median of 179 registered sales, Jan 2023–May 2026 (pooled); Pardes Hanna ₪20,867 — median of 679 apartment sales, Jan 2023–Jun 2026 (pooled); Kiryat Tivon ₪22,162 — median of 390 registered sales, Jan 2023–May 2026 (pooled); Kfar Vradim ₪15,135 — median of 89 registered sales, Jan 2023–Mar 2026 (pooled), mostly houses; Mevaseret Zion ₪29,561 — median of 467 registered sales, Jan 2023–May 2026 (pooled). Read the ranking as indicative, not exact.
What people actually paid
Every sale below is a completed transaction reported to the Israel Tax Authority, not an asking price or an agent's estimate. Across the 12 sales in this brief the price per square metre runs from ₪20,408 to ₪33,019. Floor, condition, a mamad, a lift, parking and whether the unit is new explain almost all of that spread.
No year-by-year series is published for Rehovot; the headline figure pools every registered sale since January 2023, which smooths out the 2025–26 softening.
How these figures are based
Sources: Madadirot, Rehovot city page, trailing 12 months (page undated, read 27 Sep 2026). This is the source's AVERAGE sale price, not a median. · Madadirot, trailing 12 months (read 27 Sep 2026). This is an AVERAGE, not a median. · Madadirot, trailing 12 months (read 27 Sep 2026). This is the AVERAGE resale price, not a median.
Dotted lines mark 75%, 100% and 130% of the city rate per sqm. A dot above the middle line paid more per metre than the city figure.
| Address | Rooms | Floor | Sqm | Price | ₪/sqm | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rambam 95 (neighbourhood not given by source) | 5 | 5 | 140 | ₪3,800,000 | ₪27,143 | 2026-09 |
| HaAmahot 11, ground-floor unit (neighbourhood not given by source) | 5 | 0 | 159 | ₪5,250,000 | ₪33,019 | 2026-09 |
| Kovshei HaHermon 15 (neighbourhood not given by source) | 4 | 7 | 108 | ₪2,400,000 | ₪22,222 | 2026-09 |
| Weisburg 5 (neighbourhood not given by source) | 3 | 1 | 68 | ₪1,840,000 | ₪27,059 | 2026-08 |
| Levi Eshkol 18 (neighbourhood not given by source) | 4 | 1 | 98 | ₪2,000,000 | ₪20,408 | 2026-08 |
| Eliezer Yakobson 11 (neighbourhood not given by source) | 3 | 4 | 62 | ₪1,700,000 | ₪27,419 | 2026-08 |
| Yitzhak Mougzach 15 (neighbourhood not given by source) | 6 | 2 | 142 | ₪3,250,000 | ₪22,887 | 2026-08 |
| Chen 16 (neighbourhood not given by source) | 3 | 1 | 72 | ₪2,100,000 | ₪29,167 | 2026-08 |
| Ezra 21 (neighbourhood not given by source) | 3 | 4 | 61 | ₪1,550,000 | ₪25,410 | 2026-08 |
| Raoul Wallenberg 4 (14th of 15 floors, neighbourhood not given by source) | 5 | 14 | 121 | ₪3,730,000 | ₪30,826 | 2026-08 |
| Max & Ampro Shein 6 (9th of 15 floors, neighbourhood not given by source) | 4 | 9 | 102 | ₪2,600,000 | ₪25,490 | 2026-08 |
| Shmoni David 5 (neighbourhood not given by source) | 5 | 3 | 120 | ₪3,600,000 | ₪30,000 | 2026-08 |
Sources: Dirobot city page (Israel Tax Authority registered transactions). Sales marked off-plan or new-build carry a new-build premium; a sale with no floor or date shown was published without one.
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What is for sale, and what is being built
Asking prices are what sellers hope for. Set them against section two, not in place of it. Madlan for-sale listings, Rehovot 4-room search (242 listings, read 27 Sep 2026). Asking prices for 4-room flats run from about ₪2.09m to ₪3.5m.
Pale bar: the city's registered figure. Asking prices per sqm are the listed price divided by the advertised area, which is often measured generously.
New build and renewal schemes
| Scheme | Type | From | Units | Delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shamayim VaAretz Almogim | New residential project | — | — | |
| Azurim Rehovot Azurim | New residential project, Rehovot HaChadasha | — | — | |
| Migdalei Ampa Ampa Israel | Residential towers | — | — | |
| Gindi project, Rehovot HaChadasha Gindi Group | New residential project | — | — | |
| Elite Rehovot Yitzhaki Group | New neighbourhood project | — | — | |
| HaMeyasdim M.B.Z. Yezumot VeHashkaot | City-centre project | — | — | |
| Eastern Quarter (HaRova HaMizrahi) Dira LeHaskir (government housing company) with Rehovot municipality | New neighbourhood of about 8,100 units: 5,100 mid-rise (6–10 floors) and about 3,000 in towers, between Route 40 and the Weizmann Institute | — | Not yet marketed. As of Feb 2026 the local committee was holding its first hearing on the detailed plan, before any permits. |
A "from" price is the cheapest unit, on the lowest floor, in the smallest configuration. Ask every developer for the price list by floor and the schedule of areas in writing, and ask what the price is on the ordinary payment schedule rather than a deferred one.
What buying here actually costs
At Rehovot's rate a 70 sqm three-room is about ₪1.79m and a 100 sqm four-room about ₪2.56m. On the four-room an oleh pays ₪2,904 in purchase tax; an Israeli resident buying a sole home pays ₪23,513; a non-resident or anyone buying a second home pays ₪204,760.
Bands frozen to 15 January 2028. Resident: nil to ₪1,978,745, 3.5% to ₪2,347,040, 5% to ₪6,055,070, 8% to ₪20,183,565, 10% above. Oleh (reg. 12A): nil to ₪1,978,745, 0.5% to ₪6,055,070, 8% above. Non-resident and additional home: 8% to ₪6,055,070, then 10%.
| Apartment | Buyer | Purchase tax | Lawyer, broker, other | Total costs | Of price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-room · ₪1.79m | Oleh, reg. 12A | ₪0 | ₪67,854 | ₪67,854 | 3.8% |
| Resident, sole home | ₪0 | ₪67,854 | ₪67,854 | 3.8% | |
| Non-resident / additional | ₪143,332 | ₪67,854 | ₪211,186 | 11.8% | |
| 4-room · ₪2.56m | Oleh, reg. 12A | ₪2,904 | ₪90,505 | ₪93,409 | 3.6% |
| Resident, sole home | ₪23,513 | ₪90,505 | ₪114,019 | 4.5% | |
| Non-resident / additional | ₪204,760 | ₪90,505 | ₪295,265 | 11.5% |
Lawyer 0.5% + VAT; broker 2% + VAT where one is used; ₪15,000 for surveys, the bank and registration. Buying direct from a developer removes the broker line, worth ₪60,404 on the four-room.
Reg. 12A runs from one year before aliyah to seven years after, is used once, and applies only to a residence under the single-apartment test. At Rehovot's four-room price it is worth ₪20,610 against the resident rate and ₪201,856 against the non-resident rate. Spending it on a small interim flat means buying the family home at full rate.
Renting in Rehovot
Madadirot gives an overall average rent of ₪5,223 and a gross yield of about 2.6%. The CBS average across all active leases was ₪4,870 in Q1 2026 (ynet, May 2026), below the national average of ₪5,027. New lets cost more than that. Bizportal (Dec 2024) reported 3-room flats at ₪6,000–6,200 and 4-room flats in the southern neighbourhoods at about ₪6,500, after rents rose 30% in two years. Madlan's average is ₪6,500. Realta's current asking rents look lower (median ₪4,500 across 331 listings, 26 Sep 2026), but that site is weighted towards small and older units.
Madadirot, Rehovot city page (average rent by room count) — Trailing 12 months (page undated, read 27 Sep 2026)
Gross yield = twelve months' three-room asking rent against a 70 sqm three-room at each city's price per sqm. Netanya, Kfar Saba, Shoham, Neve Daniel and Pardes Hanna are left out: no reliable three-room rent is published for them. Tel Aviv average from Scoutr, September 2026.
Cash out before the keys
| First month's rent | ₪4,920 |
| Security, at the legal cap (3 months) | ₪14,760 |
| Broker, if you hired one: one month + VAT | ₪5,806 |
| Cash out before moving in | ₪25,486 |
On a three-room at ₪4,920 a month. Security is capped at the lesser of three months' rent or a third of the total rent, and must be returned within 60 days of the end of the lease.
Rent against buying
At 3.3% gross — before the building committee, maintenance, empty months, management and tax — Rehovot is bought to live in or to hold, not for income. Net is typically a full point lower.
For a family arriving, renting for the first year here is rarely wasted money: it tests the streets, the schools and the commute before the largest purchase of the move, and keeps the oleh relief unspent.
The buildings, and what is happening to them
Rehovot has one of Israel's largest urban-renewal pipelines. It led the country in 2021 with 12,665 planned units (Nadlan Center). Kiryat Moshe, on about 1,500 dunams in the south-west, is the flagship: about 10,000 units will replace about 2,000, with 7–20 floor buildings, and residents chose Aura for 1,350 units. Oshiyot is awaiting approvals, with about 2,600 new units and 70% of residents signed. The Miltzin complex (Tzim BeHarim) would replace 450 public-housing units with 1,540. Smaller schemes include Sha'arayim (530 units, 20 floors), Marmorek (233) and ACL (100) (Nadlan Center, 2026 guide). The Herzl Street metro plan adds 2,111 units in place of 188 (Nadlan Center, Oct 2024).
Specific to Rehovot
Supply wave coming
The approved Eastern Quarter adds about 8,100 units, and urban renewal could add more than 10,000 in Kiryat Moshe alone. When these reach the market they will compete with resale stock, which may cap price growth. Price in the pipeline before paying a premium for new-build.
Eastern Quarter is years away
The Eastern Quarter plan was approved in 2023 after more than 190 objections and court petitions. As of February 2026 it was only at its first detailed-plan hearing, with no building permits. Treat marketing that promises quick delivery or 'next to the new neighbourhood' uplift with caution.
Renewal signatures are not permits
Kiryat Moshe, Oshiyot and Miltzin are at different stages, and several are still 'awaiting approvals'. Buying an old flat for its pinui-binui upside can mean a wait of many years, and outcomes are uncertain. Check the plan's actual statutory status with the municipality before paying a premium.
Metro is long-term
Plans for Herzl Street and the city centre are tied to a future M1 metro station, but the line is a long-horizon national project. Do not pay today for a transport upgrade that may be more than a decade away.
Neighbourhood gaps are wide
Neighbourhood medians range from about ₪23,200/sqm (Even Gabirol) and ₪23,500/sqm (Sha'arayim) to about ₪28,900/sqm in Yachad (Dirobot). Neighbourhood figures also mix old walk-ups with new towers. Compare a flat with deals on the same street and in similar buildings, not with the city median.
Rent data disagree
Figures for Rehovot rents range from a CBS all-lease average of ₪4,870 to a Madlan average of ₪6,500. Bizportal reported 3-room new lets at ₪6,000+ after a 30% rise in two years. Budget for current market asking rents, not the CBS average, and expect competition near the Weizmann Institute and the station.
Low rental yield
Gross yields are about 2.4–2.6% (Bizportal Feb 2025; Madadirot), below mortgage rates. Investors should not rely on rent to cover financing, and returns depend mainly on capital growth, which the supply pipeline may slow.
When buying anywhere in Israel
The register, not the listing
Pull the Tabu extract yourself. Mortgages, caveats, inheritance orders, attachments and undivided co-ownership are common and are solved before the contract, not after it.
Built area against the permit
Enclosed balconies, roof rooms and subdivided units are often unpermitted. The bank's valuer will exclude them and the municipality can enforce against them.
Parking and storage "with the apartment"
Check they are registered attachments in the condominium order. An unregistered space can be lost on resale or in a renewal deal.
Mortgage before contract
A signed contract does not depend on the mortgage. Sole-home loans are capped at 75% of value. Get approval in principle first, and start source-of-funds paperwork for money from abroad weeks ahead.
Off-plan: guarantees and linkage
Every payment to a developer must be secured under the Sale (Apartments) (Assurance of Investments) Law. Payments are linked to the construction inputs index, capped by Amendment 9 at half the rise.
Your own lawyer, a licensed broker
The seller's or developer's lawyer acts for them. A broker must be licensed and hold your signed written order under s.9 of the Real Estate Brokers Law, or no fee is due.
When renting anywhere in Israel
Check who owns it
Ask for the Tabu extract or a power of attorney. Rental scams take deposits for flats the "landlord" does not own. Pay nothing before a viewing and a signed lease.
The security is capped
The lesser of three months' rent or a third of the total rent, returned within 60 days. Get the cap written into the lease.
Who pays the broker
Whoever hired the broker. If the landlord listed through an agent, the tenant cannot be made to pay that agent's fee.
Repairs and notice
Listed faults are the landlord's to fix within 30 days, 3 if urgent. A landlord not renewing gives 90 days' notice; a tenant gives 60. These rules fall away above ₪20,000 a month.
Mamad, lift, parking, air conditioning
In much of Israel's older stock none of them can be assumed. Confirm each in the lease, with which air-conditioning units work.
Oleh arnona discount
Commonly 90% on up to 100 sqm for 12 months within the first 24 after aliyah. It is not automatic: register with the municipality on the day you move in.
Rehovot property: common questions
What is the average price per square metre in Rehovot?
Registered sales put Rehovot at about ₪25,595 per square metre (median of 4,104 registered sales, Jan 2023–Aug 2026 (pooled)). Individual sales in this brief range from about ₪20,408 to ₪33,019 per square metre, depending on the building, floor and condition.
How much does an apartment cost in Rehovot?
At the registered rate a 70 sqm three-room apartment costs about ₪1.79m and a 100 sqm four-room about ₪2.56m. New-build and renovated apartments sell above that; older walk-ups without a lift or safe room sell below it.
How much is rent in Rehovot?
Asking rent for a three-room apartment in Rehovot is about ₪4,920 a month, and about ₪6,130 for a four-room. Twelve months' rent against a 70 sqm three-room at the registered rate gives a gross yield of about 3.3%.
How much purchase tax does a new oleh pay in Rehovot?
On a four-room at about ₪2.56m, an oleh using the regulation 12A relief pays about ₪2,904 in purchase tax, against ₪23,513 for an Israeli resident buying a sole home and ₪204,760 for a non-resident or anyone buying an additional home. The relief applies from one year before aliyah to seven years after, once.
Is Rehovot a good place to buy?
Rehovot sells at about ₪25,600/sqm, a clear discount to Rishon LeZion and Ness Ziona, and has a real employment anchor in the Weizmann Institute and Science Park. That makes it good value for olim who want a 4-room family flat for about ₪2.4–2.7m. Buy resale in the established northern neighbourhoods for liquidity, and approach renewal and Eastern Quarter plays as long-term bets.
Is Rehovot a good place to rent?
Renting is reasonable while you learn the city: 3-room flats cost about ₪4,900–6,200 and 4-room flats about ₪6,100–6,500, below the Tel Aviv suburbs. Look near the station and the Weizmann Institute if you commute to Tel Aviv by train. Move quickly on well-kept family flats, because demand from academics and young families is steady.
Where do these figures come from?
Sold prices are completed sales reported to the Israel Tax Authority, read through nadlan.gov.il, Madlan and Dirobot. Asking prices and rents come from live listings. Purchase tax follows the bands frozen to 15 January 2028. Nothing here is a valuation or legal advice.
Six checks on every apartment in Rehovot
- The registered sales in that building, not the city figure. The spread in section two is the reason.
- Tabu extract and permits: who owns it, what is registered against it, and whether the area offered is the area permitted.
- Mamad, lift, parking and storage confirmed in writing, and parking checked as a registered attachment.
- Renewal status of the building and the street: any TAMA 38 or pinui-binui agreement, its stage and the level of owner consent.
- Running costs in writing: arnona for the exact address, the building committee, and any management company charge.
- For olim, the 12A relief confirmed before contract: the window, that it is unused, and that the purchase is a residence.
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Sources. Dirobot – Rehovot city page (Tax Authority deals) (2023-01 to 2026-08-09, read 2026-09-27); Madadirot – Rehovot city page (Trailing 12 months, read 2026-09-27); Madlan – Rehovot sold prices (Read 2026-09-27); Madlan – Rehovot 4-room listings (Read 2026-09-27); Nadlan Shark – Rehovot neighbourhoods (Updated 2026-09-12); Realta – Rehovot rentals (2026-09-26); ynet – CBS rents Q1 2026 (2026-05); Bizportal – Rehovot rents jump over 20% (2024-12-29); Bizportal – 8,400 new flats in Rehovot (2025-02-06); Magdilim – Eastern Quarter (2026-02-08); Nadlan Center – Urban renewal Rehovot 2026 guide (2026); Nadlan Center – Herzl Street metro plan (2024-10); Nadlan Master – New projects Rehovot (Read 2026-09-27); Nefesh B'Nefesh – Rechovot community guide (Read 2026-09-27); Weizmann Institute International Office – Rehovot city (Read 2026-09-27). Tel Aviv-wide rents: Scoutr rent report, 30 days to 25 September 2026. Purchase tax: Land Taxation (Betterment and Acquisition) Law 5723-1963 and the Purchase Tax Regulations, reg. 12A, bands frozen to 15 January 2028.
Limits of the data. No yearly ₪/sqm medians for 2023–2026 were found. Dirobot shows only the pooled figure, and the Yad2/Yadata pages did not render data, so 'trend' is empty and yoy_pct is null. Nadlan Shark shows mixed neighbourhood-level annual changes (from -7.7% in Rehovot HaHolandit to +6.7% in Avnei Chen), with no city total. Room-count figures are Madadirot AVERAGES over an undated trailing 12 months, not medians. No median sqm by room count was found. The deal count differs by snapshot: the Dirobot page shows 4,104 deals to 9 Aug 2026, while its search-result title said 3,617. Sources do not give a neighbourhood for most of the example deals. Dirobot gives floor as 'x of y'. Madlan's HaAmahot 11 is ground floor, recorded as floor 0. A Bar Kokhba 20 deal listed as 'floor 8 of 7' was excluded as a data error. A Madlan deal at Menucha VeNachala 33 (5 rooms, 100 sqm, ₪1.92m) was excluded as a possible outlier or partial sale that could not be verified.
Scope. Medians and averages describe populations, not properties. Nothing here is a valuation, a tax ruling or legal advice. The Tel Aviv Property Index holds no listings, takes no referral fees, no advertising and no developer money. This brief was prepared free of charge.