Drive through · The Sharon
Driving through Hod HaSharon
Four villages that became a city, filmed end to end at normal speed — Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar and Ramat Hadar, the newer apartment neighbourhoods, the station and the streets where the plots are. Wide, low and green, and filmed to show how much of it is houses rather than blocks.
What a Hod HaSharon drive actually shows you
Hod HaSharon is the Sharon city people describe as 'nice' and then fail to explain. The explanation is that it is four former villages that never fully merged in character, with a housing stock that is unusually heavy on private homes and plots for somewhere this central.
So the camera runs all four, plus the newer apartment neighbourhoods that have changed what the city offers.
Four villages, still visible
Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar and Ramat Hadar filmed in sequence, so the differences that survived the merger are on screen.
How much of it is houses
Plot sizes, gardens and low-rise streets — the reason families move here, and unusual this close to the centre.
The new apartment neighbourhoods
Recent building that has added a different product to a city historically defined by houses.
The station side
Proximity to the eastern line, which is a real pricing factor for commuting households.
The run through Hod HaSharon
The full drive covers all four founding villages and the newer neighbourhoods. Times are from the start of the film.
Magdiel 00:00
One of the founding villages, mature streets, houses and gardens, with a strong local identity.
Ramatayim 04:20
The second of the originals, low-rise and green, long-settled and quiet.
Hadar and Ramat Hadar 08:00
The remaining founding areas, lower density again, with larger plots in places.
The new apartment neighbourhoods 12:10
Recent building with modern specification — a different product from the rest of the city.
The station side 15:40
The streets nearest the eastern line, and what that proximity is worth in practice.
The plot streets 18:30
Where the larger private homes and building plots are, filmed so the scale is visible.
Towards Kfar Saba and Ra'anana 21:00
The boundaries with the neighbouring cities, because this is a market people compare rather than choose in isolation.
Every Hod HaSharon film we have
The full drive, the villages worth seeing on their own, and the timed commute tests.
Hod HaSharon, end to end
All four founding villages, the newer neighbourhoods, the station side and the plot streets.
Magdiel and Ramatayim
The two best-known founding villages on their own, filmed back to back.
The new apartment neighbourhoods
Modern stock in a house city — the easiest product here to assess from abroad.
The station, on foot
Timed walks to the platform from three different parts of the city.
Hod HaSharon to Tel Aviv
Rail and road on the same morning, filmed in parallel.
Hod HaSharon to the tech corridor
Herzliya Pituach, Kfar Saba and Petah Tikva at the morning peak, timed.
The one thing a drive through Hod HaSharon will not answer
This is a house market more than an apartment market, and houses are the properties film flatters most. A camera shows you a street and a frontage. It cannot show you a boundary line, an unpermitted extension, a drainage problem or what the last owner did to the roof.
So use the drive to choose the area, and budget properly for legal and surveying work before you commit to a specific house. That advice applies anywhere; it applies more here because the stock is older, lower and more individual than in the apartment cities nearby.
Hod HaSharon: questions from the footage
What is Hod HaSharon?
A low-rise Sharon city formed from the merger of four villages — Magdiel, Ramatayim, Hadar and Ramat Hadar — sitting between Kfar Saba, Ra'anana and Petah Tikva.
Is it good for Anglo families?
It offers a similar quality of life to Ra'anana with a smaller English-speaking community. Families wanting established Anglo infrastructure usually prefer Ra'anana; those wanting space and quiet often prefer here.
What kind of housing is there?
Historically houses, cottages and low-rise, which is what defines the city. Recent development has added modern apartment neighbourhoods, a different product with a different buyer.
Does it have a train station?
Yes, on the eastern line with services towards Tel Aviv, and proximity to it is a real pricing factor.
Is there an average price for Hod HaSharon?
No official one — the city is not in the CBS eighteen-city series. The house market and the new-apartment market behave differently and should be assessed separately.
Can I buy a house here from abroad?
Yes, but budget for proper legal and surveying work. Boundaries, extensions and permissions are what go wrong when a house is bought remotely.
The neighbouring drives
Nobody buys in the Sharon without comparing. These are filmed to the same standard, so they can be watched back to back.
Kfar Saba
Larger, with a walkable centre, a hospital and a station.
Drive throughRa'anana
The established Anglo city next door, typically more expensive.
Drive throughEven Yehuda
A Sharon moshava turned commuter village, house-dominated and cheaper.
Drive throughRosh Ha'ayin
Large new-build neighbourhoods east along route 5, at lower prices.
Seen the streets. Now the numbers.
The drive is one part of the Hod HaSharon file. The area profile, the quarterly market analysis, the current projects and the remote purchase guide are all filmed and written to the same standard.