PM Mark Carney Announces Elimination of GST on New Homes
PM Mark Carney Announces Elimination of GST on New Homes

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PM Mark Carney Announces Elimination of GST on New Homes

First time home buyers will not be charged GST (5%) when buying a home, as long as the place they're buying costs less than $1M. This means that people buying a home for the first time will save up to $50k on their purchase.
Edit: Note, GST is mostly only charged when buying newly built homes, so this won't have any effect for people buying used homes.