{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-20T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/homesbysunita-com\/2026\/09\/20\/ontario-new-home-sales-jump-130-percent-after-enhanced-hst-rebate-but-condo-market-still-lags\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:00:00","slug":"ontario-new-home-sales-jump-130-percent-after-enhanced-hst-rebate-but-condo-market-still-lags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/20\/ontario-new-home-sales-jump-130-percent-after-enhanced-hst-rebate-but-condo-market-still-lags\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario new home sales jump 130 percent after enhanced HST rebate, but condo market still lags"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Ontario\u2019s new home sales have just surged\u2014up 130% in Q2 to 8,410 units\u2014thanks to a refreshed HST rebate that\u2019s especially giving low-rise buyers a real boost. It\u2019s the kind of bold move that shakes things up for families looking to find their next home or first-timers eager to get started. Still, condo sales only inched up 12% and remain below what we\u2019d expect, with high fees, construction delays, and zoning rules keeping a lid on options for many. As someone who\u2019s spent years guiding buyers and sellers through every corner of Brampton, I see how these market shifts play out on the ground: more breathing room for detached and townhome buyers, but condo seekers are still facing plenty of hurdles. In a market that\u2019s always changing, it helps to have local insight\u2014and a clear path forward.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/thehub.ca\/2026\/08\/12\/ontario-new-home-sales-jump-130-percent-after-enhanced-hst-rebate-but-condo-market-still-lags\/\"><\/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 sales have just surged\u2014up 130% in Q2 to 8,410 units\u2014thanks to a refreshed HST rebate that\u2019s especially giving low-rise buyers a real boost. It\u2019s the kind of bold move that shakes things up for families looking to find their next home or first-timers eager to get started. Still, condo sales only inched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesbysunita.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}