Foreign Buyers

Buying in Israel Without Being There: Power of Attorney and Remote Closings

Written by Noa Peretz Head of Sales

The fully remote purchase is normal now

Roughly a third of the purchases we accompany close without the buyer setting foot in Israel between the first video tour and key handover. The legal machinery for this is mature - what matters is doing the paperwork in the right order.

The three documents that make it work

  • A notarized power of attorney, signed at an Israeli consulate or apostilled locally
  • A wire-transfer declaration file for the receiving Israeli bank
  • A signed engagement with an independent Israeli lawyer who holds the POA

What we still insist on

One in-person or high-quality video walkthrough at the pre-delivery inspection. Every remote-closing horror story we know traces back to a skipped inspection, not to the paperwork.