{"id":14,"date":"2026-09-13T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kateklarkhomes-ca\/2026\/09\/13\/ontario-new-home-sales-jump-130-percent-after-enhanced-hst-rebate-but-condo-market-still-lags\/"},"modified":"2026-09-13T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T13:00:00","slug":"ontario-new-home-sales-jump-130-percent-after-enhanced-hst-rebate-but-condo-market-still-lags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/13\/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>Seeing Ontario\u2019s new home sales surge by 130% in Q2\u2014reaching 8,410 units\u2014is a significant shift, especially for those of you navigating the options for your next move. The enhanced HST rebate has clearly made an impact, particularly in boosting low-rise housing. While condo sales did rise by 12%, they\u2019re still well below the norms we\u2019ve seen in past years, with factors like fees, delays, and zoning restrictions continuing to weigh on the market overall. For clients\u2014whether you\u2019re a first-time buyer, a young family, or considering a change\u2014these shifts are crucial to understand. My focus is always on helping you achieve your real estate goals with careful guidance and attention to detail, so you can move forward with confidence.<\/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>Seeing Ontario\u2019s new home sales surge by 130% in Q2\u2014reaching 8,410 units\u2014is a significant shift, especially for those of you navigating the options for your next move. The enhanced HST rebate has clearly made an impact, particularly in boosting low-rise housing. While condo sales did rise by 12%, they\u2019re still well below the norms we\u2019ve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":42,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}