The proposed inclusion rate increase was cancelled in March 2025. The principal residence exemption still has no dollar cap. And the 365-day flipping rule catches more people than expected.
Three per cent of assessed value, every year, on any Toronto home deemed vacant — and failing to file the annual declaration is what causes most of the bills.
Ontario’s Non-Resident Speculation Tax is 25% of the purchase price and applies province-wide. Here is who pays it, what it applies to, and how the exemptions and rebate actually work.
Three levels of government now stand between a non-Canadian and a Toronto house. Here is the full stack — the federal ban, Ontario’s 25% NRST and Toronto’s 10% MNRST — with the arithmetic.
On 1 April 2026 Toronto raised its municipal land transfer tax on every portion of price above $3 million. Here are the old and new bands side by side, and the dollar difference at each price point.
The complete Ontario and Toronto land transfer tax tables as they stand after the 1 April 2026 increase, with combined totals worked out at every luxury price point.
Most luxury marketing plans are a brochure of activities. Here is what actually reaches the small group of buyers who will decide your price — and why going exclusive usually costs money.
Not every dollar spent on a Toronto luxury home comes back. Here is an honest ranking of what returns, what is neutral, what costs you — and the permits that decide whether you can do it at all.
In a market with roughly 75 sales a month above $3 million across the whole GTA, presentation is not decoration. Here is what actually moves the number at the top end.
Garage capacity in Toronto is set by frontage and the zoning envelope long before it is set by budget. Here is what parking is actually worth at the top end, in houses and in condominiums.
