Starting July 1, 2010 Ontarians can expect to pay a harmonized sales tax (HST) rate of 13% on a long list goods and services that were previously exempt from the 8% Provincial Sales Tax (PST). While the impact of the tax will be felt by all Ontarians, the province’s 3 million homeowners and the thousands who buy and sell a home every year will be hit particularly hard by this latest ...
Posted by Carol Ireland
on September 25, 2009
Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program's Homeownership Program
The purpose of the Homeownership Component of the Canada-Ontario Affordable Housing Program (AHP) is to provide down payment assistance in the form of a forgivable loan to eligible individuals and families for the purchase of a home. All homes purchased must be new homes or conversions from non-residential use that have not previously ...
Posted by Carol Ireland
on September 1, 2009