Kiryat Shmona
The original 1968 Garin Torani town, on the northern border. Ayalim is rebuilding its student village here with enhanced scholarships and free rent.
People
24,437
CBS, 2024-12-31
Rent, 3 rooms
₪2,647
Listings median, asking price. Signed leases typically run 2 to 5% below this, so it is not directly comparable to the CBS cities.
The cheapest place we hold a figure for. Listings median, 49 adverts.
Arnona here
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Periphery incentives
Rental assistance in the north runs through month 36 rather than stopping at 30.
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Read the cheap rent alongside the reality: the city was evacuated after October 2023, reporting in December 2025 put returns at roughly 60%, and CBS’s preliminary May 2026 estimate is BELOW its end-2024 level. This is a market recovering from war, not simply a bargain.