{"id":62,"date":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/20\/the-program-is-working-ontario-home-sales-surge-130-after-hst-rebate\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T17:00:00","slug":"the-program-is-working-ontario-home-sales-surge-130-after-hst-rebate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/20\/the-program-is-working-ontario-home-sales-surge-130-after-hst-rebate\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The program is working&#8217;: Ontario home sales surge 130% after HST rebate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Ontario\u2019s new home market has seen a remarkable shift: sales have soared by 130% in Q2 2026 after a 13% tax cut on new builds. That\u2019s a leap from 3,645 to 8,410 homes sold, with single-family homes leading the way. This HST rebate\u2014providing up to $130,000 for homes under $1.5 million\u2014has clearly caught buyers\u2019 attention, but it wraps up in March 2027. As someone who guides buyers through the process of finding and negotiating the right Ontario home, I\u2019m seeing firsthand how incentives like these can open doors and create new possibilities for both first-timers and seasoned movers. If you\u2019re curious how these changes could impact your next move, now is the time to get informed.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/nowtoronto.com\/real-estate\/ontario-new-home-sales-hst-rebate-2026\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario\u2019s new home market has seen a remarkable shift: sales have soared by 130% in Q2 2026 after a 13% tax cut on new builds. That\u2019s a leap from 3,645 to 8,410 homes sold, with single-family homes leading the way. This HST rebate\u2014providing up to $130,000 for homes under $1.5 million\u2014has clearly caught buyers\u2019 attention, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62","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\/62","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=62"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anitashumlick.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}