Through the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) you can purchase a home with 5% down-payment.
The only requirements are:
More than $500,000?
If your home purchase price is more than $500,000 you can purchase your home with a 5% down-payment on the first $500,000 combined with a 10% down-payment on the excess amount between $500,000 and $1,000,000.
More than $1,000,000?
If you are purchasing a home over $1MM, you will require a minimum 20% down-payment.
For more information click the following link: CMHC Homeowner Mortgage Loan Insurance
Traditionally any amount of money that you withdraw from your Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) is considered taxable income.
The RRSP Home Buyers’ Plan allows you, as a first-time home buyer, to make a tax-free withdrawal (up to $25,000) from your RRSP to use towards the down payment on your home. If applicable, your spouse or common law partner may also withdraw up to $25,000 for a total combination of $50,000.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Any funds borrowed from your RRSP is required to be repaid. The repayment must begin 2 years after your purchase and must be repaid within 15 years.
This is a Canada wide program supported by the Canadian Government.
This refund is available to you if you’re buying a home in Ontario, British Columbia and Prince Edward Island. The City of Toronto also has its own land transfer tax rebate that you may receive in combination with Ontario’s rebate. Depending on where you live will determine how much you will recover from your Land Transfer Tax (LTT).
Here’s how the Land Transfer Tax Refund works in Toronto, Ontario and British Columbia:
LTT Rebate | Toronto | Ontario | British Columbia |
---|---|---|---|
Max Rebate | $4,725 | $4,000 | $8,000 |
Covers LTT on home value of: | $400,000 | $368,000 | $500,000 |
Partial refund available? | 50% refund if spouse doesn't qualify | 50% refund if spouse doesn't qualify | 50% refund if spouse doesn't qualify |
(For B.C. only) Partial refund for homes valued between $500,001 – $525,000, see following link for detailed chart.
For a detailed government definition of each province’s land transfer tax rebate follow the appropriate links below:
A nearly decade old program implemented by the Federal government, it allows first-time home buying Canadians to receive a tax rebate. It helps recover the costs surrounding a home purchase such as:
The tax credit will currently help you recover 15% of your closing costs, up to a max of $750.
In order to be eligible for the tax credit you must meet the following requirements:
This tax credit exists to assist first-time home buyers with the closing costs related to purchasing their first home. With this credit, you can receive up to 15% of your closing costs (to a maximum of $750) as a tax credit.
For more information follow the link to the government website, First-Time Home Buyers’ Tax Credit (HBTC)
Though this is not a rebate exclusive to first-time home buyers, we recommend that you take advantage of it if you’re purchasing a newly built home.
This rebate helps Canadian who paid GST or HST on their new home, renovating an existing home or rebuilding a home due to loss by fire. Canadians who qualify can receive a rebate on the GST they paid on their new home.
In Ontario you can receive a rebate on the HST you paid to renovate an existing home or the purchase of a new home.
In order to be eligible for the GST/HST New House Rebate you must meet the following requirements:
For more information follow the link to the government website, GST/HST new housing rebate.
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