{"id":18,"date":"2026-09-14T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/14\/ontario-tax-relief-spurs-new-homes\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T11:00:00","slug":"ontario-tax-relief-spurs-new-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/14\/ontario-tax-relief-spurs-new-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Tax Relief Spurs New Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/afsaneh-tehrani\/permanent-tax-reform-4ff0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Ontario\u2019s approach to tax relief is shaping the landscape for new homes in our province. With taxes and government charges making up around 36% of a new home\u2019s cost, it\u2019s clear that more than a third of the price goes beyond just construction. Development charges\u2014often over $100,000 for a single-family home\u2014have been a major factor, and when combined with other levies, can add up to $200,000. A coordinated federal-provincial initiative has offered municipalities access to funding if they reduce residential development charges by 30% to 50% or more and maintain those reductions for at least three years. Since the HST cut, Ontario saw 8,400 new home sales in the first three months, compared to 3,600 in the same period previously. As someone who focuses on Ontario houses and condos, I see firsthand how making the HST rebate and lower development charges permanent could bring more stability and affordability for buyers, builders, and our communities\u2014helping us all move toward a more accessible housing market.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario\u2019s approach to tax relief is shaping the landscape for new homes in our province. With taxes and government charges making up around 36% of a new home\u2019s cost, it\u2019s clear that more than a third of the price goes beyond just construction. Development charges\u2014often over $100,000 for a single-family home\u2014have been a major factor, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":19,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atzrealty.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}