{"id":111,"date":"2026-10-22T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/?p=111"},"modified":"2026-10-22T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T11:00:00","slug":"ontario-new-build-hst-costs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/22\/ontario-new-build-hst-costs\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario New-Build HST Costs"},"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\/sam-alhashlamoun\/new-build-hst-remotion-videos-7b71\" 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>In Ontario, some builders now advertise new-home prices exclusive of HST, meaning tax gets added first and buyer relief applies afterward, not before.<br \/>\nThat matters because enhanced relief can cover full HST on eligible homes up to $1M, stay capped at $130K to $1.5M, then taper by $1.85M.<br \/>\nA home listed at $1.5M exclusive of HST is not a $1.5M acquisition; after relief, the example closing cost reaches roughly ~$1.565M.<br \/>\nAt $1.475M exclusive of HST, relief brought the example to ~$1.537M, but adding a $75K lot premium lifted total cost to ~$1.637M.<br \/>\nBefore comparing Ontario new builds or resale homes, confirm whether pricing includes HST, how upgrades affect totals, and what relief the buyer actually qualifies for.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Ontario, some builders now advertise new-home prices exclusive of HST, meaning tax gets added first and buyer relief applies afterward, not before. That matters because enhanced relief can cover full HST on eligible homes up to $1M, stay capped at $130K to $1.5M, then taper by $1.85M. A home listed at $1.5M exclusive of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/331"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111\/revisions\/113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.realtyprime.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}