Amherst · Amherst
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PVSC + MLS · Area aggregate
Among the faster-rising areas in Nova Scotia.
Amherst's price per square foot rose 22% over two years — versus +13% across Nova Scotia, on 162 recent and 184 prior sales. This is an area-wide read, not a per-home estimate or a forecast.
A community within Amherst, on Nova Scotia's official governance map.
Sells in a median 29 days · 128 sold
Sells for a median 95% of original asking — 13% at or above ask · 128 sold
0% cut their price before selling · 128 sold
Market conditions among homes that sold over the last 24 months.
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Single-family homes here typically sold around $245,000 over the last 24 months — +22% on a mix-controlled price-per-square-foot basis over two years (Nova Scotia as a whole: +13%). Assessed values moved +61% over three years.
As of the 2021 Census, about 9,402 people live here, with a median household income near $55,602. 57% of homes are owner-occupied and 49% are single-detached.
Roughly 68 homes were added in the last five years — about 3.5% of the stock, and new builds trade at a +59.3% per-square-foot premium to existing homes of the same size.
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Recorded sales
Registry of deeds · ungated| SEP 25 2026 | 8 Penny Lane, Amherst | $455,000 |
| SEP 04 2026 | 33 Beacon Street, Amherst | $270,000 |
| SEP 03 2026 | 5 Minto Street, Amherst | $155,000 |
| AUG 31 2026 | 12 Central Avenue, Amherst | $291,500 |
| AUG 28 2026 | 39 Rogers Avenue, Amherst | $323,000 |
| AUG 20 2026 | 5 Edgewood Avenue, Amherst | $175,000 |
| AUG 03 2026 | 40 Clifford Street, Amherst | $285,000 |
| JUL 30 2026 | 35 Hickman Street, Amherst | $270,000 |
| JUL 30 2026 | 6 Durley Street, Amherst | $300,000 |
| JUL 30 2026 | 103 Hickman Street, Amherst | $163,000 |
| JUL 30 2026 | 65 Charles Street, Amherst | $127,000 |
| JUL 27 2026 | Vista Drive, Amherst | $219,298 |
Source: PVSC sales records — single-parcel transfers of $50,000 or more. Multi-parcel conveyances and nominal family transfers are excluded because they aren't market sales.
The figures · three reads
PVSC ROLL · REGISTRYAssessed $/ft² by era built
Pre-19602018+
Sale $/ft² by home type
DetachedSplit-level
Where recent sales landed
Under $300k$500–750k
Price-per-square-foot trajectory PVSC · Sales
Most recent sales landed between $140,200 and $398,250 (10th–90th percentile).
How Amherst compares to Nova Scotia PVSC + Census · vs NS
The blue dot marks Amherst against the Nova Scotia tick; the province's own figure is given beside each rail. No position number is printed (DL-69 as applied, docs/16 §D.79).
Who lives here 2021 Census · apportioned
Census figures are apportioned from 2021 dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share — an honest approximation, not a direct count.
The three reads in full.
Every era, every home type, every price band. PVSC as of 2026-10-11.
About 68 new homes were built in Amherst over the last five years — roughly 3.5% of its homes. New homes trade near $290/ft² against $182/ft² for existing — a +59.3% premium per square foot, after holding size constant. Counts detached, semi, townhouse and small multi-unit homes only — apartment and commercial development are tracked separately, so this is not a count of all new housing units.
Assessed value per ft², by era built
Recent sale price per ft², by home type
Where recent sales landed
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An area profile for Amherst — how the area has moved, never a per-home estimate or a forecast. Market figures cover the last 24 months of arm's-length single-family sales (Property Valuation Services Corporation); the trend is on median price per square foot, which controls for which homes happened to sell. Where recent sales are too thin to be reliable, the typical-price figure is suppressed and the assessed-value movement is shown instead. New-build premiums hold home size constant. Demographics are from the 2021 Census of Canada, apportioned from dissemination areas to this boundary by parcel share.
Sources — PVSC (sales & assessment, Open Data & Information Government Licence – PVSC & Participating Municipalities) · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (Statistics Canada Open Licence) · governance boundaries © Open Data Nova Scotia (Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia) · market data as of October 2026.