{"id":22,"date":"2026-09-03T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/03\/ontario-new-housing-shows-optimism\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T14:00:00","slug":"ontario-new-housing-shows-optimism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/03\/ontario-new-housing-shows-optimism\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario New Housing Shows Optimism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/anita-shumlick\/signs-optimism-housing-e9a6\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>There&#039;s a sense of optimism in Ontario&#039;s new housing market as recent government actions have sparked an increase in home sales and a steady uptick in both proposed and enrolled new builds. As someone who negotiates purchases for buyers across Ontario, I pay close attention to early enrolment activity\u2014since builders typically qualify and enrol homes just before construction starts, this is often a first sign of movement. While the broader market and economy are still fragile, especially with residential real estate insolvencies higher than usual, there are ways for buyers to protect themselves. If you&#039;re purchasing a new freehold home in Ontario, enrolling within 45 days helps secure deposit protection up to $100,000 and gives you earlier access to warranty guidance. The outlook for the rest of the year remains hopeful: I\u2019m seeing momentum toward more quality and affordable homes, all while buyer protections stay front and center\u2014a priority I always advocate for my clients.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#039;s a sense of optimism in Ontario&#039;s new housing market as recent government actions have sparked an increase in home sales and a steady uptick in both proposed and enrolled new builds. As someone who negotiates purchases for buyers across Ontario, I pay close attention to early enrolment activity\u2014since builders typically qualify and enrol homes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":23,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}