{"id":38,"date":"2026-09-05T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/05\/the-program-is-working-ontario-home-sales-surge-130-after-hst-rebate\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:00:00","slug":"the-program-is-working-ontario-home-sales-surge-130-after-hst-rebate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/05\/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>New home sales in Ontario surged 130% year-over-year in Q2 2026 after the provincial government cut the 13% Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) on new homes. Sales rose from 3,645 to 8,410, mainly driven by single-family homes. Condo sales increased slightly but lagged due to strict rebate eligibility timelines. The HST rebate, offering up to $130,000 off homes under $1.5 million, aims to boost housing starts, jobs, and economic growth before ending in March 2027.<\/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>New home sales in Ontario surged 130% year-over-year in Q2 2026 after the provincial government cut the 13% Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) on new homes. Sales rose from 3,645 to 8,410, mainly driven by single-family homes. Condo sales increased slightly but lagged due to strict rebate eligibility timelines. The HST rebate, offering up to $130,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.adilalbert.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}