For journalists & researchers
Scoutr Press Kit
Everything you need to write about Israeli real estate, the apartment crunch, or Scoutr itself. All data is licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) - free to cite with attribution.
The story
Israel has one of the most opaque, fragmented real estate markets in the developed world. Apartment listings are spread across Yad2, Madlan, and dozens of city-specific Facebook groups. Good rentals get taken within hours of being posted - sometimes minutes. The traditional advice ("just check Yad2 every morning") fails completely against the speed of the market.
Scoutr is a free Telegram bot that fixes this. It scans all three sources every few minutes, filters duplicates, and sends instant alerts when new listings match your search. Built for renters, not landlords or brokers. No signup, no email, no fees.
The interesting part for journalists is the data side. Because Scoutr scans the entire Israeli rental market continuously, it has near-real-time visibility into prices, supply, and movement that's hard to get any other way. Bank of Israel reports lag by months. The Central Bureau of Statistics lags by quarters. Scoutr lags by minutes.
By the numbers
160
active users
43,500
listings indexed
8,782
alerts sent
Updated daily.
Live rent data
Top 5 cities by listing volume, current 30-day averages. Free to cite.
| City | Active listings | Avg rent (NIS/mo) |
|---|---|---|
| תל אביב | 4,741 | 11,172 |
| נתניה | 1,293 | 6,815 |
| רמת גן | 1,234 | 7,144 |
| הרצליה | 1,170 | 13,807 |
| בת ים | 978 | 6,034 |
For full data, see the Israel Rent Report (18 cities, daily updated).
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Standard description you can paste directly into articles:
Scoutr is a free Telegram bot that scans Yad2, Madlan, and Israeli Facebook real estate groups in real time, sending instant alerts when new apartments matching a user's search criteria appear. Built to solve the speed problem in Israeli apartment hunting, where good rentals are typically taken within hours of being posted. Used by thousands of renters across 18 Israeli cities. Free, no signup, no fees. Available at scoutrbot.com and via @scoutr_ai_bot on Telegram.
Citation format
If you use Scoutr data in your article, please cite us with a link back. Suggested format:
Source: Scoutr Israel Rent Report, scoutrbot.comStory angles we can help with
- →Tel Aviv rent crisis - We have month-over-month price data, supply trends, and listing velocity for Tel Aviv neighborhoods.
- →Cost-of-living comparisons - Real prices across 18 Israeli cities, broken down by room count, neighborhood, and feature.
- →Olim housing experience - Anonymized data on which cities new immigrants are searching, what budgets they set, and where they end up.
- →Tech worker migration - Where Israeli hi-tech employees are renting after layoffs and remote shifts.
- →The end of Yad2's monopoly - How Madlan and Facebook groups are changing the listing landscape.
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