{"id":21,"date":"2026-09-14T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/craigpeeling-com\/2026\/09\/14\/ontario-tax-relief-spurs-new-homes-i-help-wonderful-people-buy-sell-great-homes-its-an-honour-when-you-refer-your-family-friends-and-neighbours\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T16:00:00","slug":"ontario-tax-relief-spurs-new-homes-i-help-wonderful-people-buy-sell-great-homes-its-an-honour-when-you-refer-your-family-friends-and-neighbours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/14\/ontario-tax-relief-spurs-new-homes-i-help-wonderful-people-buy-sell-great-homes-its-an-honour-when-you-refer-your-family-friends-and-neighbours\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario Tax Relief Spurs New Homes | I help wonderful people buy &#038; sell great homes &#8211; its an honour when you refer your family, friends and neighbours!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/craig-peeling\/permanent-tax-reform-4ff0\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>When we talk about what shapes the price of a new home in Ontario, it&#039;s eye-opening to realize that taxes and government charges account for about 36%\u2014that\u2019s more than a third of the total cost sitting outside of the actual building expenses. For many single-family homes, development charges alone have soared past $100,000 in several communities, and with other levies factored in, buyers can be looking at an extra $200,000 just to get their keys. Recently, a joint effort between federal and provincial governments gave municipalities access to additional funding if they agreed to cut residential development charges by 30% to 50% or more, with the requirement that these savings last for at least three years. The impact was immediate: after the HST cut, Ontario saw 8,400 new home sales in the first three months\u2014more than double the 3,600 sales in the same period in previous years. If steps like making the HST rebate and reduced development charges permanent were taken, it could provide the kind of certainty that buyers, builders, and communities need to see real improvements in both affordability and housing supply. As someone who\u2019s helped wonderful people navigate these decisions, I know just how much these changes could mean for families looking to find their next place to call Home.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we talk about what shapes the price of a new home in Ontario, it&#039;s eye-opening to realize that taxes and government charges account for about 36%\u2014that\u2019s more than a third of the total cost sitting outside of the actual building expenses. For many single-family homes, development charges alone have soared past $100,000 in several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":54,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigpeeling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}