The consumer price index rose in February by 0.2% compared to January, and housing prices fell in December-January by 0.1% compared to November-December 2025.
Data released this evening (Sunday) by the Central Bureau of Statistics shows that inflation climbed from 1.81% to 21% - a rate that is still within the target range set by the Bank of Israel. It should be noted that these figures are not affected by the war with Iran, which broke out on the last day of February.
Notable price increases were recorded in February in the categories of fresh fruit (an increase of 3.6%), culture and entertainment (0.8%), food, housing, home maintenance, and transportation (an increase of 0.3% - each) and miscellaneous (an increase of 0.6%). Notable price decreases were recorded in February in the categories of clothing (an increase of 3.3%), fresh vegetables (1.4%) and furniture and home equipment, which decreased (0.2%).
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The CBS data also shows that, broken down by district, apartment prices rose in December-January in the Tel Aviv district by 0.7% and in the Haifa and South districts by 0.1%.
In the Northern District, prices remained unchanged, while in the Central District there was a decrease of 0.6% and in the Jerusalem District of 0.9%.
On an annual basis, between December-January of this year compared to December-January of last year, apartment prices decreased by 0.9%.
The rent for tenants who renewed their contract increased by 2.7%, and for new tenants (apartments in the sample where there was a tenant turnover) increased by 5.8%.
