{"id":68,"date":"2026-10-04T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2026-10-04T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T10:00:00","slug":"gta-new-single-family-home-sales-surge-246-in-july-as-ontarios-expanded-hst-rebate-drives-buyers-back-to-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/2026\/10\/04\/gta-new-single-family-home-sales-surge-246-in-july-as-ontarios-expanded-hst-rebate-drives-buyers-back-to-market\/","title":{"rendered":"GTA new single-family home sales surge 246% in July as Ontario&#8217;s expanded HST rebate drives buyers back to market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Builder incentives and government tax relief have boosted single-family home sales in the GTA, despite an 8.5% year-over-year price drop. Expanded tax rebates and builder price cuts offer savings unmatched by resale homes, which aren&#039;t subject to HST. However, new condo sales remain low due to stricter rebate eligibility. Buyers are advised to automate savings, use tax-advantaged accounts, manage debt, budget for extra costs, and explore various local programs for better affordability.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/money.ca\/real-estate\/gta-hst-rebate-new-home-sales-surge\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Builder incentives and government tax relief have boosted single-family home sales in the GTA, despite an 8.5% year-over-year price drop. Expanded tax rebates and builder price cuts offer savings unmatched by resale homes, which aren&#039;t subject to HST. However, new condo sales remain low due to stricter rebate eligibility. Buyers are advised to automate savings, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":319,"featured_media":69,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/319"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purchaserealestate.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}