Personal transfers · Israel
One person. One fixed rate. Your Israeli transfer, sorted.
Buying in Israel is paid in stages, a deposit, purchase tax, instalments, then completion. One relationship manager plans every one of those payments and fixes your rate up to 12 months ahead, so the price you agreed stays the price you pay.
Every one of those stages is a separate shekel payment, and the pound can move a long way between the first and the last. A high street transfer treats each one as a one-off booking with no view of what came before or what’s still to come. CurrencyTransfer gives you one person who sees the whole plan, and a rate you can check against the mid-market rate before you commit.
Regulated payment partners, authorised in their operating jurisdictions, execute every transfer.
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Why buyers use CurrencyTransfer for an Israeli purchase
Whether you’re making aliyah, a returning resident, or buying a second home from abroad, one relationship manager plans the payments around your dates.
One named person
You won’t be handed a ticket number. From the first call you deal with one relationship manager who knows your purchase, your instalment dates, and the people on the Israeli side.
A price you fixed
Fix the rate for each instalment, up to 12 months ahead, so the shekel price you agreed is the price you pay in pounds. We’ll show you plainly what a forward costs and what it gives up, the decision stays yours.
Money that lands when the lawyer needs it
We plan each payment around your lawyer’s trust account, the Sunday-to-Thursday banking week, and the UK cut-off, and confirm the shekels have cleared before the deadline.
Your rate next to the mid-market rate
You see your rate against the mid-market rate every time you quote. No hidden fees. Regulated payment partners execute the transfers.
CurrencyTransfer provides the platform and the people; regulated payment partners execute the transfers and hold the funds throughout.
How it works
Open
Free, in minutes. You’re assigned a relationship manager who knows your purchase and your payment dates.
Add
Your relationship manager adds your Israeli lawyer’s trust account as a payee, ready for when a stage payment is due.
Book
When a payment’s due, log in, get a live quote against the mid-market rate, and book it.
Arrive
Funds cleared before 2pm UK time on a working day are typically paid the same day, straight to Israel. CurrencyTransfer never touches your money at any point.
What’s available?
Timing matters, and we make sure your shekels land exactly when they’re needed. The reason clients come back for a second property, and send their friends, is that someone answered the phone and sorted it.
Spot transfers
Pay today at today’s rate
Get a live quote, see it next to the mid-market rate, and book. Quotes refresh every 15 seconds. Funds go out the same day if cleared before 2pm. No hidden fees.
Forward contracts
Fix the rate for your completion date
Lock in today’s rate for a payment up to 12 months ahead, useful for the instalments and the purchase-tax payment as much as for completion. Your payment partner takes a 10% deposit at booking and you pay the balance on the agreed date.
Rate alerts
Wait for your rate, not at your screen
Set the GBP/ILS level you want and we’ll email you when it’s available. Free, no obligation. You still log in and decide whether to book.
Before you buy
- Yes. There’s no citizenship, residency or visa requirement to buy a home on private land. Owning property doesn’t give you residency, and Israel has no golden visa.
- Foreign residents pay purchase tax at the higher rate that applies to additional homes, plus a lawyer, an agent, and inspection and registry costs. Rates and bands change over time, so ask your lawyer for the current total before you commit.
- Yes, provided you use your own independent lawyer (not the seller’s), get a fresh Land Registry extract before you commit, and confirm your lawyer’s trust account details by phone, on a number you already know, before every payment.
“I am particularly impressed by their personal fast and safe service. Funds usually reach my account within 48 hours. A personal thankyou to Nathan who is always available to answer any technical questions.”
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Tell us when you expect to sign
Give us the date you expect to sign, the instalment dates if you have them, and a rough shekel amount. A relationship manager calls you back with a payment plan and what fixing the rate would look like.
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