{"id":19,"date":"2026-09-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/shankhurrum-com\/2026\/09\/19\/the-program-is-working-ontario-home-sales-surge-130-after-hst-rebate\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T11:00:00","slug":"the-program-is-working-ontario-home-sales-surge-130-after-hst-rebate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/19\/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 real estate market has seen remarkable momentum this year, with new home sales rising 130% in Q2 2026 following the introduction of a 13% tax cut on new builds. This significant increase\u2014from 3,645 to 8,410 sales\u2014has been especially notable among single-family homes. The current HST rebate, which offers up to $130,000 for homes under $1.5 million, has clearly encouraged many buyers to take action ahead of the March 2027 deadline. As someone who has guided hundreds of clients through the real estate process across the GTA, I understand how these policy changes can open new doors for both homeowners and investors. Staying informed about opportunities like this is key to making confident, well-timed decisions in our dynamic market.<\/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 real estate market has seen remarkable momentum this year, with new home sales rising 130% in Q2 2026 following the introduction of a 13% tax cut on new builds. This significant increase\u2014from 3,645 to 8,410 sales\u2014has been especially notable among single-family homes. The current HST rebate, which offers up to $130,000 for homes under [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":484,"featured_media":20,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/484"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shankhurrum.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}