Lawyer for Buying and Selling an Apartment in Ramat HaSharon

Buying an apartment in Ramat HaSharon? A lawyer acting for you checks the rights in the apartment, the building file at the municipality and the contract, builds a payment mechanism that protects your money, and accompanies the transaction until it is registered in your name. This applies both to a second-hand apartment and to a new apartment from a developer.

Selling an apartment? The lawyer prepares the contract, makes sure the money reaches you before the rights pass, and handles the land appreciation tax (mas shevach) and the certificates until the buyers are registered.

A real estate lawyer is the person who accompanies the buyer or the seller in the apartment transaction: checking the rights, drafting the contract, reporting to the Tax Authority and registering the rights.

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Header photo: Welcome sign at the entrance to Ramat HaSharon. Photo: דוד שי, Wikimedia Commons, licence CC BY-SA 3.0. The image was cropped.

When do you need a lawyer to buy an apartment in Ramat HaSharon?

In Ramat HaSharon it is worth involving a lawyer before the deposit or the memorandum of understanding on a second-hand apartment, and certainly when the apartment is registered with the Israel Land Authority or a housing company, or carries a mortgage, an attachment or cautionary notes.

The checks for each type of transaction are detailed on the pages Buying a second-hand apartment and Buying an apartment from a developer.

What does the lawyer do when you sell an apartment in Ramat HaSharon?

Sellers of an apartment in Ramat HaSharon prepare a current Land Registry extract, check for a land appreciation tax exemption and settle the debts to the local authority ahead of the clearance certificate. The contract sets a clear delivery date and an irrevocable power of attorney that allows the registration to be completed.

All the stages of a sale are explained on the selling an apartment page.

What is specific to an apartment transaction in Ramat HaSharon?

In Ramat HaSharon you pay a 119 ₪ application fee before applying for the clearance certificate, which is issued after an up-to-date measurement and a check by the collection department. Most blocks in the city are registered at the Tel Aviv Land Registry office, but the real estate taxation office is Netanya.

The Land Registry clearance certificate

In Ramat HaSharon the municipal certificate for the Land Registry is requested through an online form on the municipality website, using the property number shown on the arnona bill. Before filling in the form you pay an application fee of 119 ₪, which is updated by the consumer price index. For a sale you attach a full copy of the contract signed by both parties with the possession date, a Land Registry extract from the last three months, copies of the seller's and buyer's ID cards or a power of attorney, and the previous purchase contract, except for properties bought before 1.7.1975. According to the municipality website, during the review you may be asked to pay a betterment levy and drainage and development levies, and the certificate is issued after an updated measurement and a check by the Collection Department. The Land Registry certificate page on the Ramat HaSharon municipality website (Hebrew).

The building file and the planning committee

Ramat HaSharon has a Local Planning and Building Committee, which is responsible among other things for issuing building permits, and it has set spatial guidelines for the city's planning area. On the municipality's Engineering Administration website you can locate building files and permit applications. Before signing, check the building file and the permits, and make sure the apartment has no unapproved additions, enclosures or splits. If you find a deviation, the contract can include a mechanism that places the risk on the seller, or the price can be renegotiated. The planning and building committee page on the Ramat HaSharon municipality website (Hebrew).

Viewing the building file. Search the building file on the website of the Ramat HaSharon Municipality (in Hebrew). Before signing, compare the permits and plans in the file with the apartment as built.

Urban renewal

The Ramat HaSharon Municipality has an Urban Renewal Administration, set up in 2023 under a call by the Government Authority for Urban Renewal and reporting to the city engineer. According to the municipality website, the administration assists residents and developers, among other things in choosing a tenants' committee and professionals, and its page publishes an urban renewal policy document, the status of renewal complexes and guides by the Authority for Urban Renewal, such as the guide to the evacuation-construction agreement. If you buy an old apartment in a complex where a project is being promoted, check the planning status, whether an agreement was signed with a developer and what it requires of the owners. The Urban Renewal Administration page on the municipality website (Hebrew).

Land Registry, real estate taxation and the Israel Land Authority

According to the Survey of Israel block layer and Ministry of Justice data, transactions in Ramat HaSharon are registered mainly at the Tel Aviv Land Registry Office (125 Menachem Begin Blvd., Tel Aviv-Yafo). Block 6553 is registered at the Petah Tikva Land Registry Office (26 HaHistadrut St., Petah Tikva). Blocks 6603 and 6604 are registered at the Netanya Land Registry Office (18 Ben Zvi Blvd., Netanya, 4th floor, Government Center). The office for a particular apartment is therefore determined by its block number.

The transaction is reported to the Netanya Real Estate Taxation Office (Government Center, 18 Ben Zvi Blvd., Netanya). A property on Israel Land, owned by the State, the Jewish National Fund or the Development Authority, is handled by the Tel Aviv region of the Israel Land Authority.

The assignment changes from time to time, so before filing it is worth confirming it by the apartment's block number with the search tool by block (data as of 14 November 2026). The municipal clearance certificate, who signs it and how to obtain it, is explained in the article on the municipal certificate for the Land Registry.

Where are new homes being built in Ramat HaSharon?

New housing in Ramat HaSharon is planned mainly in Neve Gan North, Glilot, Ramat HaSharon West (a VATMAL compound) and the recreation strip. Urban renewal includes pinui-binui compounds such as Reines, Geulim, Lev HaIr - Sokolov, HaTze'irim and Eilat, and a city-wide building-renewal plan is at the start of planning.

New neighbourhoods

Neve Gan North. A planned neighborhood north of Neve Gan with 3,150 housing units and an ecological park of about 200 dunams. It is part of Phase A in the city vision document, which describes it as future construction. (source)
Retzuat HaNofesh (Recreation Strip). A neighborhood of 3,500 housing units to be built north of the HaMishtala neighborhood in Tel Aviv. It is part of Phase A in the city vision document. (source)
Glilot South. A planned compound of about 19,000 housing units, of which about 16,000 are within Ramat HaSharon, on about 1,714 dunams. It is part of Phase A in the city vision document. (source)
Glilot North (the Tenth Quarter). According to the city vision document, about 6,000 housing units are to be built in the area alongside culture and leisure centers. (source)
Ramat HaSharon West (VATMAL compound). Declared a preferred housing compound (VATMAL), plan TMAL/1068, on 9.1.2017. (source)

Urban renewal

Reines compound. A publicly initiated pinui-binui plan approved in 2025: 104 existing housing units and 270 proposed units, with about 4,000 sq m of commercial and office space. (source)
Geulim compound. A publicly initiated pinui-binui compound with 180 proposed units, where building permits were issued in 2025; the report lists project execution at 100%. (source)
Lev HaIr-Sokolov compound. A 72-unit sub-compound declared in 2025 in the developer track; per the report it was or is to be included in a larger declaration in the local authority track. (source)
HaTze'irim compound. A pinui-binui compound with 435 proposed units, where building permits for 164 units were issued in 2022. (source)
City-wide plan replacing TAMA 38. The Government Authority for Urban Renewal is advancing a city plan for building-level renewal in Ramat HaSharon: 75 buildings, 962 existing and 2,598 proposed units; status per the report - start of planning. (source)
Summary of declared compounds. Cumulatively through 2025, Ramat HaSharon had 5 compounds declared in the local authority track with 1,972 proposed units, and 2 compounds in the tax track with 879 units. (source)
Eilat compound. Pinui-binui compound in the taxation track where building permits were issued; per the Urban Renewal Authority 2023 report, 687 proposed units in total and 100% of the project permitted. (source)
City-wide building-renewal plan (TAMA 38 replacement). Per the Urban Renewal Authority 2025 report, Ramat HaSharon's city-wide building-renewal plan is at the start-of-planning stage and covers 75 buildings: 962 existing and 2,598 proposed units. (source)

The data was collected from official sources: the Planning Administration, the Israel Land Authority, the Ministry of Construction and Housing and the local authority. It is updated twice a year and was last updated on 14.11.2026. Before signing, check the current status of the plan and the project. When buying from a developer, check the contract, the security for your payments and the specification; see Buying an apartment from a developer.

How does the process work?

The purchase process in Ramat HaSharon is built in stages: review of the extract or certificate of rights and the building file, a payment schedule against security, registration of a cautionary note and reporting to the Real Estate Taxation Office within 30 days, and then a handover protocol and registration.

The stages, and the checks made at each stage, are detailed in the article 12 checks before signing and on the pages Buying a second-hand apartment and Buying an apartment from a developer.

What should you bring to the meeting?

To make progress already at the meeting about an apartment in Ramat HaSharon, you bring the ID cards of all buyers, the apartment's address and any document you have already received: a draft contract, a memorandum of understanding or a mortgage approval in principle.

How long does it take and what does it cost?

The fee is agreed in advance, after a short conversation about the transaction. What affects it is explained in the article How much does a lawyer for buying or selling an apartment cost, and for budgeting there are the purchase tax calculator and the additional costs calculator.

What is the difference between the developer's lawyer and a lawyer acting for you?

For a new apartment in Ramat HaSharon, the contract is drafted by the developer's lawyer in the developer's favour. The role of a lawyer acting for you is to review the contract, request amendments and make sure every payment you make is backed by security.

The full comparison, and what a lawyer acting for you checks in the developer's contract, are explained on the page Buying an apartment from a developer.

Service from the office

The office is at 17 Tzahal Street, Ness Ziona, and handles apartment transactions in Ramat HaSharon. Meetings are held at the office, or elsewhere by prior arrangement.

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Questions and answers

How much does a Land Registry certificate cost in Ramat HaSharon?

According to the municipality website, the application fee is 119 ₪ and is updated by the consumer price index. It is paid before filling in the form. During the review you may also be asked to pay a betterment levy and drainage and development levies.

Which documents are attached to a Land Registry certificate request when selling an apartment in Ramat HaSharon?

A full copy of the contract signed by both parties with the possession date, a Land Registry extract from the last three months, copies of the seller's and buyer's ID cards or a power of attorney, and the previous purchase contract, except for properties bought before 1.7.1975. The form also requires the property number from the arnona bill.

When is a municipal Land Registry certificate not needed in Ramat HaSharon?

According to the municipality website, no municipal certificate for the Land Registry is needed to register an inheritance order, a probate order or a mortgage.

Which Land Registry office, real estate taxation office and Israel Land Authority region serve an apartment in Ramat HaSharon?

Transactions in Ramat HaSharon are registered mainly at the Tel Aviv Land Registry Office. Block 6553 is registered at the Petah Tikva Land Registry Office. Blocks 6603 and 6604 are registered at the Netanya Land Registry Office. The exact office is determined by the apartment's block number. The transaction is reported to the Netanya Real Estate Taxation Office, and a property on Israel Land is handled by the Tel Aviv region of the Israel Land Authority.

Last updated: 14 November 2026