New Build Property in Acre: Developments & Areas 2026

Why invest in Acre

Acre is a city you visit before you live in it. Its port, active since antiquity, has seen Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Crusaders, Mamluks and Ottomans pass through. The Old City, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2001, is one of the best-preserved medieval ensembles in the Near East: the Crusader citadel and its Knights' Halls, the Templars' Tunnel, the Khan al-Umdan — the great merchants' inn — and the Al-Jazzar Mosque, with its green dome, form a setting you cross on foot, between the ramparts and the sea. A few minutes away, the Shrine of Bahji, a Baha'i holy place north of the city, is part of the Baha'i Holy Places inscribed by UNESCO in 2008. The modern city grew around this ancient core, along Haifa Bay, with residential neighbourhoods, beaches and a railway station on the Nahariya–Haifa line, which links Acre to the centre of the country by train. With 52,885 residents in the CBS 2024 census, Acre is a mixed Jewish and Arab city, whose neighbourhood life blends communities and traditions. The Acre property market is first of all a resale market. In the Old City, stone houses are renovated within a protected framework — it is a listed site, managed with the Old Acre Development Company — and every renovation project needs careful attention to heritage rules. Outside the Old City, the modern neighbourhoods offer recent buildings, family apartments and town houses, often a few minutes' walk from the beach. There is currently no IsraelStart new development in Acre: this page is therefore a guide, not a catalogue. To buy, the most effective approach is a personalised search: you state the type of home, the budget and the neighbourhood — Old City, seafront or modern neighbourhoods — and our team searches for you, including in resale, with our guide to buying resale property in Israel. Neighbouring cities with new developments, such as Haifa, Nahariya or Kiryat Ata, also offer alternatives a few minutes away by train. We publish no price per square metre for Acre: the figures circulating rest on no verifiable source, and a price shown without a source serves neither buyer nor seller. To place a budget, the reliable approach is to compare recent listings in the target neighbourhood and simulate purchase costs — including the purchase tax, Mas Rechisha — with our taxes and fees simulator. Buying in Acre from abroad mainly concerns heritage lovers and second-home buyers, looking for a character home on the Mediterranean. The typical path runs through a personalised search, a focused visit, a supported offer and financing prepared in advance, with our financing simulator to frame the budget. Our team supports buyers from the first visit to signing, in English.

• Living in history: Few cities in the world offer life in a UNESCO-listed site, between Crusader ramparts and an ancient port. In Acre, history is not a backdrop: it is the setting of daily life.
• The Mediterranean Sea: The port, the ramparts and the beaches north of the city give Acre a relationship with the sea that inland cities do not have. You swim, you fish, you dine facing the open water.
• An alternative to Haifa: Twenty minutes by train from Haifa, Acre offers a more intimate setting, human-scale neighbourhoods and a less tight market, without moving away from the jobs and services of the northern metropolis.
• A project to build with a hunter: With no catalogue of new developments, Acre is bought with support: our personalised search explores resale, renovation and the modern neighbourhoods, and frames the budget with the city budget simulator.

Key advantages

• A UNESCO-listed Old City: The Old City of Acre, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2001, is one of the finest medieval ensembles on the Mediterranean. Living there means living at the heart of five thousand years of history.
• The seafront, on foot: Fishing port, ramparts facing the Mediterranean, beaches north of the city: Acre is a city where the sea is part of everyday life, without leaving the centre.
• Twenty minutes from Haifa: Acre station links the city to Haifa and Nahariya by train, and Road 4 runs along the coast. You live in Acre and work or go out in Haifa, without the big city's prices.
• A mixed, living city: Jews and Arabs live side by side in Acre, with markets, restaurants and festivals blending traditions. It is a city where you feel at home, whatever your background.

Infrastructure & Transport

• Transport: A railway station on the Nahariya–Haifa line, bus lines to Haifa, Nahariya and Karmiel, and Road 4 along the coast. Regional travel is by train or by car.
• Education and services: Primary and secondary schools, kindergartens and community centres in the modern neighbourhoods. Local shops in the city centre, a market in the Old City and supermarkets on the outskirts.
• Heritage and culture: Crusader citadel, Knights' Halls, Templars' Tunnel, Khan al-Umdan, Al-Jazzar Mosque, ancient port and museums: the Old City is an open-air museum, visited all year round.

Investment profile

• Heritage lovers: Buyers who choose Acre look for a character home, often in the Old City or near the port, with the wish to renovate while respecting the listed heritage.
• A second home by the sea: Diaspora families and Israelis from the centre of the country look for a Mediterranean pied-à-terre here, twenty minutes from Haifa, in a calmer and more affordable city.

Neighborhoods of Acre

• Old City

• Port and seafront

• City centre

• Northern neighbourhoods

• Eastern neighbourhoods

• Northern seafront

New build or resale in Acre

In Acre, you can compare the new developments listed in our catalogue or entrust us with the search for an existing property. The choice depends on your timeline, overall budget and target neighbourhood.

For resale, we define a brief with you — neighbourhood, number of rooms, mamad, lift, parking, outdoor space — then consult several sources and present an explained selection, with trade-offs and points to confirm.

Frequently asked questions about Acre

Acre or Akko — what is the difference?

None: it is the same city. Acre is the name used in French and English, Akko is the official Hebrew name (עכו). Saint-Jean-d'Acre is the historic French name, inherited from the Crusader period.

Can I buy a house in the Old City of Acre?

Yes, but the Old City is a UNESCO-listed site: renovation is regulated there, and every project must respect heritage rules, managed with the Old Acre Development Company. Our team supports you in assessing a home before buying.

Are there new developments in Acre?

No, IsraelStart currently offers no new development in Acre. This page is a guide: to buy, use our personalised search, which explores resale and renovation, or look at the new developments of neighbouring cities, Haifa, Nahariya and Kiryat Ata.

What is the price per square metre in Acre?

We publish no price per square metre for Acre, for lack of a verifiable source. To place your budget, compare recent listings in the target neighbourhood and use our city budget simulator.

Can I buy in Acre from abroad?

Yes. The path runs through a personalised search, visits organised during your stay or by video, then support for the offer, financing and fees, including the purchase tax simulated with our dedicated tool.

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