| Month | Sale median ₪ | Sale $ | Sale £ | Sale € | Sale listings (n) | Rent median ₪ a month | Rent $ | Rent £ | Rent € | Rent listings (n) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 (month so far) | ₪2,400,000 | $776,000 | £579,000 | €691,000 | 592 | ₪5,000 | $1,620 | £1,210 | €1,440 | 1,806 |
| Israeli rooms | Bedrooms | Listings (n) | Median rent ₪ a month | Rent $ | Rent £ | Rent € |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | 0-1 | 340 | ₪4,200 | $1,360 | £1,010 | €1,210 |
| 3 | 2 | 489 | ₪5,200 | $1,680 | £1,260 | €1,500 |
| 4 | 3 | 277 | ₪7,500 | $2,430 | £1,810 | €2,160 |
| 5+ | 4 or more | 182 | ₪8,750 | $2,830 | £2,110 | €2,520 |
Frequently asked questions
What are current asking prices and monthly rents in Southwest?
On deduplicated public portal listings, the median asking sale price (city-wide figures for Bat Yam) in October 2026 (month so far) is ₪2,400,000 ($776,000) across 592 active portal listings, and the median monthly asking rent is ₪5,000 ($1,620) across 1,806 rental listings. By apartment size, median monthly asking rents are: 1-2 rooms (0-1 bedrooms): ₪4,200/month (n=340); 3 rooms (2 bedrooms): ₪5,200/month (n=489); 4 rooms (3 bedrooms): ₪7,500/month (n=277); 5+ rooms (4 or more bedrooms): ₪8,750/month (n=182).
How does Semerenko Group verify Southwest market data?
Recorded transaction prices come from official Israel Tax Authority filings (Nadlan / GovMap layer 16), asking prices come from deduplicated active listings on Israeli property portals, and foreign-currency figures use Bank of Israel representative exchange rates. Cells with fewer than 20 observations are suppressed. Data verified 2026-10-24.
Sources
- Bank of Israel representative exchange rates (EUR), data as of 2026-10-21
- Bank of Israel representative exchange rates (GBP), data as of 2026-10-21
- Bank of Israel representative exchange rates (USD), data as of 2026-10-21
- Active property listings (Yad2, Madlan and other public listing sites, duplicates removed), data as of 2026-10-24
Data compiled 2026-10-24 from cited sources · Editorial oversight: Chaim Semerenko · Methodology · Editorial policy · Corrections policy · Authors
Living in Southwest Bat Yam
Southwest Bat Yam (דרום מערב בת ים) is an older neighbourhood by the sea, home to a mix of young people, families and older residents. A Madlan neighbourhood profile, parts of which were written before the Red Line opened in 2023, describes Bat Yam's officially declared bathing beaches within walking distance, large parks close by (Butterfly Park, Gan HaIr, Gan Eshkol, Horshat HaYam and Gan HaIriya) and a small garden or playground a short walk from almost every home. For going out it points to the bars and restaurants on the promenade and on Balfour Street, the beaches and a swimming pool, with gyms, bowling and billiards in the employment zone on the other side of the neighbourhood. Those are one property portal's observations, not an official survey, so walk the streets around any flat you are considering. Our guide to life in Bat Yam covers the city as a whole.
Getting around Southwest Bat Yam
The Red Line light rail has run since August 2023, according to NTA (נת"ע), the government company that builds the Tel Aviv light rail and metro. NTA's Red Line page lists 10 Bat Yam stations. Nine are in service, among them Balfour, Binyamin and Yoseftal, and trains start and end at HaKomemiyut; the tenth, Menachem Begin, is under construction as part of the extension towards Rishon LeZion. The Madlan profile says the line runs along Yoseftal Street with stations within about 10 minutes' walk of most homes in the neighbourhood, so check the walk from the exact address. Our light rail guide covers the whole network.
The metro comes later. NTA's Bat Yam page plans M3 metro stations in the Yoseftal and HaKomemiyut areas and a Bat Yam terminus. M3 is planned as a ring line through Holon, Or Yehuda, Kiryat Ono, Petah Tikva and north Tel Aviv to the Herzliya employment centre, and Yoseftal is meant to become the interchange with the Red Line. NTA estimates the trip from Yoseftal to Tel Aviv HaShalom at about 14 minutes, including the change. Its timetable for Bat Yam: early works in 2026 along Yoseftal, Yitzhak Nissenbaum, Komemiyut, HaNevi'im and Naomi Shemer streets, heavy station works from 2028, tunnel boring in 2031, test runs in 2035 and service planned for 2037. NTA says these dates are estimates that can change, and until then the works will bring temporary changes to traffic, access and parking around the stations. Our article on how the Tel Aviv metro could reshape real estate looks at what a station nearby can mean for prices.
Driving is the weak point. The Madlan profile describes a serious parking shortage and traffic congestion, with public car parks planned by the municipality to ease it. It also noted that Bat Yam lacked a bike-path network, and that the city planned paths on Sderot HaAtzmaut, Derech Ben Gurion and Yitzhak Sadeh Street, with more to come alongside the light rail and the Ofnidan (אופנידן) bike highways. We have not confirmed which of those car parks and paths have been built, so ask the Bat Yam municipality.
Two halves of the neighbourhood, and what is planned nearby
Balfour Street splits Southwest Bat Yam in two. In Madlan's analysis from before the Red Line opened, the eastern part was cheaper, had more urban renewal under way and walking access to the light rail from almost every street, while much of the western part had not yet started renewal, which Madlan suggested could leave more room for upgrades there. For price levels today, use the dated figures at the top of this page rather than older portal averages. The TAMA 38 (תמ"א 38) projects Madlan counted were all in the eastern part. TAMA 38 was the national earthquake-strengthening plan, and its expiry and transition dates differ by planning area (what changed and what to check). Renewal also runs through local plans and pinui-binui (פינוי בינוי, evacuate and rebuild), so ask Bat Yam's planning department which plan covers a building before you buy. Our guide to urban renewal in Israel explains both routes.
Next to the neighbourhood, Madlan described Bat Yam's industrial zone as planned to become a modern centre for jobs, housing and leisure, and Park HaYam (פארק הים), a new neighbourhood of towers south of the employment zone, as going up with hotels, a beach park and public buildings in its plans. Published sizes for Park HaYam differ between sources and we have not confirmed the approved plan figures, so check the plan itself on the Planning Administration's XPLAN map or with the municipality before relying on any number of homes or completion date.
